HomeChronology EntriesDocumentsPeopleLogin

Chronology Entry

Year

1922

Text

[Babbitt, Irving]. Baibide zhong xi ren wen jiao yu tan. Hu Xiansu yi. [ID D28798].
In the editor's preface, Wu Mi tried to make Babbitt (known to his Chinese readers as Baibide) relevant to 1920s China. He ignored Babbitt's role in the American debate on higher education ; instead, he depicted him as a foreign expert who had answers to Chinese questions. First, he stressed that despite Babbitt's inability to read Chinese, he was well informed regarding the recent development in China. He told his readers, that Mr. Baibide 'is particularly concerned with the affairs of our country, and he reads all the published works on our country'. Second he pointed out that as 'a leading literary critic in America', Mr. Baibide offered a vision of society fundamentally different from that of other Western thinkers. While other Western thinkers stressed the benefits of scientism and materialism in producing more consumer goods, Mr. Baibide focused on the role of religion and morality in shaping an individual's spiritual life. As other Western thinkers saw modern Europe as the apex of human development, Mr. Baibide combined the learning of 'East and West, and past and present'.
Wu told his readers that from Babbitt's perspective, there was an oneness in the teachings of Plato and Aristotle in the West, and those of Siddhartha Guatama and Confucius in the East.

Mentioned People (3)

Babbitt, Irving  (Dayton, Ohio 1865-1933 Cambridge, Mass.) : Professor of French Literature, Harvard University, Literaturkritiker, Philosoph

Hu, Xiansu  (Nanchang 1894-1968 Beijing) : Botaniker, Professor Nanjing University, China Central Academy

Wu, Mi  (Jingyang, Shaanxi 894-1978 Jingyang, Shaanxi) : Professor of English, Southwest Normal College, Yanjing University, Qinghua University, Beijing ; Founder of Chinese comparative literature, Chief editor Xue heng

Subjects

Philosophy : United States of America

Documents (1)

# Year Bibliographical Data Type / Abbreviation Linked Data
1 2008 Hon, Tze-ki. From Babbitt to "Bai Bide" : interpretations of new humanism in 'Xueheng'. In : Beyond the May fourth paradigm : in search of Chinese modernity. Ed. by Kai-wing Chow [et al.]. (Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, 2008). Publication / Babb8
  • Source: Mei, Guangdi. Xian jin xi yang ren wen zhu yi. In : Xue heng ; 8 (Aug. 1922). [Humanism of the contemporary West. Erwähnung von Irving Babbitt]. (Babb14, Publication)
  • Source: Wu, Mi. Baibide ren wen zhu yi. In : Xue heng ; 19 (July 1923). [Irving Babbitt's humanism]. (Babb13, Publication)
  • Source: [Babbitt, Irving]. Baibide lun min zhi yu ling xiu. Wu Mi yi. In : Xue heng ; 32 (Aug. 1924). [Irving Babbitt on Democracy and leadership. Transl. of chapter V, 'Europe and Asia']. (Babb9, Publication)
  • Source: Xu, Zhen'e. Baibide shi ren wu zhu yi. In : Xue Heng ; 34 (Oct. 1924). [Artikel über Irving Babbitt]. (Babb10, Publication)
  • Source: Wu, Mi. Baibide lun ou ya liang zhou wen hua. In : Xue heng ; 38 (Febr. 1925). [Artikel über Irving Babbitt]. (Babb11, Publication)
  • Source: Zhang, Yinlin. Baibide lun ban da yu Faguo si xiang. In : Xue heng ; 74 (March 1931). [Artikel über Irving Babbitt]. (Babb12, Publication)
  • Cited by: Zentralbibliothek Zürich (ZB, Organisation)