I. Family and Early Life
The People of Hui-chou
My Family－the Hu Clan of Shang-chuang, Chi-hsi
My Father

II. Student Days in the United States (1910-1917)
Meeting People of Different Faiths－My Early Student Life at Cornell University
My Interest in American Politics
From Agriculture to Philosophy, Various Reasons
I Became a Trained Public Speaker
My Training in Parliamentary Procedures
Cosmopolitanism, Pacifism, and Internationalism the Political Faith of a Young Student
Columbia University (1915-1917)
John Dewey and Pragmatism
The Pragmatic Theory of Thinking
Development of the Hu Shih Methodology
Thinking of a Language Reform in China
Some Accidents that Led to a Revolution
A Lonely Literary Experimental Work and a Revolutionary Manifesto
III. Working for a Chinese Renaissance
The Outbreak of a Literary Revolution and Its Achievement
Some Characteristics of the Literary Revolution
The Chinese Renaissance and Its Fourfold Meaning
A Political Intervention: “The May 4th Movement”
“Science” and “Democracy” Correctly Defined
“Concrete Problems V. Abstract Isms”: My First Clash with the Marxists
A Systematic Study of China’s Cultural Heritage
“A History of Chinese Philosophy” and Its Subsequent Researches, Particularly on Ch’an Buddhism
Historical Research in the Popular Novel (1922-1933)
Some Concluding Remarks on the Progress and Setbacks of the Chinese Renaissance Movement

Glossary
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