Hu Shi' s Study of Chinese Medieval Intellectual History

Part One-6Hu Shi's Outline of the History of Chinese Philosophy(vol.1),published in February 1919,marks the commencement of modem Chinese research on the history of Chinese philosophy.Its novel research methods and viewpoints reverberated throughout the academic world of the time,and it was reprinted only two months later.The contents of the volume were limited only to the early Qin dynasty(ancient period),prompting Cai Yuanpei,in his preface,to conclude his outline of the volume's four special characteristics with the following plea.