No student of Chinese history can say that the Chinese are incapable of religious experience, even when judged by the standards of medieval Europe or pious India.

During his tenure there he received support from Chen Duxiu editor of the influential journal New Youth quickly gaining much attention and influence. Hu Shih (17 December 1891 – 24 February 1962) was a Chinese philosopher essayist and diplomat. He also had a number of other noms de plume.

Hu is widely recognized today as a key contributor to Chinese liberalism and language reform in his advocacy for the use of written vernacular Chinese. Hu Shih (17 December 1891 – 24 February 1962) was a Chinese philosopher essayist and diplomat. He was influential in the May Fourth Movement one of the leaders of China's New Culture Movement was a president of Peking University and in 1939 was nominated for a Nobel Prize in literature.