Chronology Entry
Year
1923
Text
Wu, Mi. Wo zhi ren sheng guang. In : Xue heng M no 16 (1923). [My view of life].
Hou Chien : From his student days at Harvard University, Wu Mi has been a faithful propagandist of the Babbittian ideal. His diatribe against the Movement for a New Literature that culminated in the May fourth movement, and especially his self-expository essay antedating Irving Babbitt's stand, show clearly the direction of his mental efforts.
At Wu Mi's program for achieving a virtuous life we find it to contain three items. 1( self-discipline and resort to rituals (li), 2) practicing loyalty (or good faith, zhong) and sympathetic magnanimity (or extensions of one's feelings to others, shu), and 3) maintenance of the golden mean (zhong yong). The first has been used by Li Ji in summarizing Babbitt's teachings. All of them are found in Confucius.
Hou Chien : From his student days at Harvard University, Wu Mi has been a faithful propagandist of the Babbittian ideal. His diatribe against the Movement for a New Literature that culminated in the May fourth movement, and especially his self-expository essay antedating Irving Babbitt's stand, show clearly the direction of his mental efforts.
At Wu Mi's program for achieving a virtuous life we find it to contain three items. 1( self-discipline and resort to rituals (li), 2) practicing loyalty (or good faith, zhong) and sympathetic magnanimity (or extensions of one's feelings to others, shu), and 3) maintenance of the golden mean (zhong yong). The first has been used by Li Ji in summarizing Babbitt's teachings. All of them are found in Confucius.
Mentioned People (2)
Babbitt, Irving
(Dayton, Ohio 1865-1933 Cambridge, Mass.) : Professor of French Literature, Harvard University, Literaturkritiker, Philosoph
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 | 1974 | Hou, Chien. Irving Babbitt and Chinese thought. In : Tamkang review, vol. 5 (1974). | Publication / Babb26 |