胡适英文口述自传

胡适（1891－1962），安徽绩溪人，因提倡文学革命、思想革命而成为新文化运动的领袖之一。兴趣广泛，著述宏富，在文学、哲学、史学等诸多领域都有开创性的贡献。历任北京大学文学院院长、中国驻美国大使、北京大学校长、“中央研究院”院长等职。 唐德刚（1920－2009），安徽合肥人，美国哥伦比亚大学博士，历史学家、传记文学家。著有《李宗仁回忆录》、《胡适口述自传》、《顾维钧回忆录》、《胡适杂忆》、《袁氏当国》等，对口述历史的发展有很大贡献。

《胡适英文口述自传》是胡适对自己一生学术研究的总结评价。20世纪50年代，胡适应哥伦比亚大学“中国口述历史学部”之请，受唐德刚采访，以英文口述生平，总结一生学术思想，于1958年完成十六次正式录音。英文文稿由唐德刚根据录音整理而成，并于1959年经胡适手订。 《胡适英文口述自传》中，从投身文学革命，到审视中国哲学史，到重新发现禅宗的历史，再到批判性地研究白话小说，忆及文学、史学、哲学等方面主要思想。 《胡适英文口述自传》共分三部分：1）家庭与早年生活，2）在美国的学生生活（1910—1917），3）投身中国文艺复兴事业。 The Personal Reminiscences of Dr. Hu Shih is a product of sixteen taped interviews done in 1958 with the assistance of Dr. Te-kong Tong, then a staff member of the Chinese Oral History Project of the East Asian Institute of Columbia University, and edited by Dr. Hu in 1959. It is a retrospective account of his fertile scholarly career more than a life history. He discusses the early influences that shaped his theories of literary reform. He then reflects on his analyses of early Chinese philosophy, his discoveries in the history of Ch'an (Zen) Buddhism, and his critical studies of major Chinese novels. The manuscript is divided into three major sections: 1) Family and Early Life; 2) Student Days in the United States (1910-1917); 3) Working for a Chinese Renaissance. Although terminated by Dr. Hu's death, the autobiography retains his direct conversational style, polished by his own hand. It is the last extensive work in English by this eminent world figure.

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