In Soviet Russia, there was bread but no freedom; in the United States, there was bread and freedom; when they came (referring to ***), there was no bread and no freedom.

The reasons why Hu Shi refused to stay in the mainland:

1. Political stance

Hu Shi was a pioneer of the New Culture Movement and an early liberal thinker in China. After the Communist Party seized power, Hu Shi followed the Kuomintang to Taiwan and served as the president of the Academia Sinica. In mainland China, the Beijing government has widely criticized Hu Shi, and this historical and cultural figure has suffered unknown injustices.

2. The kindness of knowing and meeting

Hu Shi had a feeling of knowing and being grateful to Chiang. This may not only be the reason why Hu Shi did not stay in the mainland, but also the reason why he always remained politically active in his later years. The important reason why we can't break up with Jiang.

3. Pursuit of Democracy and Freedom

At the end of 1948, the battle for the Nationalist Party was almost a foregone conclusion on the military and political battlefields, while the battle for ideas and intellectuals was almost a foregone conclusion. However, it became increasingly prominent. Chiang Kai-shek began to formulate the "Plan to Rescue Mainland Scholars" and used various means to induce scholars to go to Taiwan. On the other hand, the Communist Party of China also sincerely invited celebrities to go north. The two sides performed a game of cultural celebrities in China in the 20th century. Battle for battle.

Hu Shi was the first person on the rescue list drawn up by Chiang Kai-shek. Faced with this scramble, Hu Shi said that in Soviet Russia there was bread but no freedom, but in the United States there was bread and freedom. They are here. , no bread and no freedom.

In 1953, the whole country criticized Hu Shi's "reactionary" ideas. A reporter in the United States interviewed Hu Shi himself: "What do you think of this critical movement? Why does mainland China label you as a reactionary thinker? What kind of hostile thoughts do you have?"

Hu Shi thought for a while and replied: "First of all, I advocate freedom, freedom of belief, freedom of speech, and freedom of expression; secondly, I advocate doubt. I have always opposed dogmatism throughout my life, that is, I have opposed dogmatism."

Extended information:

< p>Hu Shi's achievements: Hu Shi summarized China's academic research in the past three hundred years. He included the compilation of national heritage or the study of Chinese studies within the scope of the "Chinese Renaissance" and published "Shuo Confucianism". This was not only the pinnacle of Hu Shi's scholarship, but also a representative work of achievements in the history of modern Chinese culture in the 1930s.

Hu Shi changed the issue of Zen history research from the inheritance of the twenty-eight ancestors of the Western Heaven to the issue of the Zen revolutionaries themselves. His judgment carried many future results and achievements.