ATS2039 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: May Fourth Movement, Hu Shih, Wild Beasts
30 May 2018
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ATS2039 - Lec 3 Notes
Pin yin - spelling out the sounds 1960 to 1970, Romanisation
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Qing Dynasty - ends 1911 中华民国 (Republic of China) takes over, 五四
运动 (movement)
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1918 WW1 ended
May Fourth movement 1919
QingDao - German colonised (QingDao Beer)
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白话- simple speech
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What is the main argument of Cai Yuanpei's piece? How did you find it?
洪水猛兽 - even greater than the floodwaters and wild beasts
•Hong Shui: Should allow thought to be developed freely instead of
blocking it, thus it will be beneficial and not destructive
•Meng shou: There are people who work for a living that are starving
while the warlords are living in luxury, why send in military to attack
patriotic young people?
•Freedom of thought, allow to develop not repress, handle problems
Hu Shi provides eight suggestions for linguistic reform. Why does he do
this?
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"Stakeholder" Groups
Update on social groups in early 20th century in China:
•Aristocrats
•Scholars officials
•Criminals
•Foreigners
•Farmers
•Traders
•Beggars
•Soldiers
•Laborers (skilled/unskilled)
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Pluralism:
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