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Egan, Susan Chan was born on February 11, 1946 in Manila. Daughter of Mariano Sui Ming and Rita Patricia (Quejong) Chan. came to the United States, 1969.
(A Pragmatist and His Free Spirit portrays the unconventio...)
A Pragmatist and His Free Spirit portrays the unconventional love between a Chinese social reformer and an American avant-garde artist. Hu Shi was a student at Cornell when he first met Edith Clifford Williams. They exchanged some 300 letters between 1914 and 1962; these, alongside Hu's diaries, poems and other correspondence, provide the substance of this book. In Williams, Hu met his intellectual match. She helped him reconcile his self-image as an independent thinker with his acquiescence to an arranged marriage. Best known for his contribution to China's Literary Revolution, Hu's experimental vernacular poetry was partly inspired by his exposure to Williams's avant-garde art. In reconstructing their romance, the authors deftly exemplify the dilemmas which confronted a generation of Chinese intellectuals, particularly those educated in the West. Although Hu shared his contemporaries' patriotic hopes for China, he never subscribed to the prevailing ideology. Sustained by Williams's unflinching honesty, he advocated John Dewey's pragmatic approach, one which has recently regained acceptance in China. Although the romantic ardor dwindled, the two retained, in each other's eyes, an image of their idealistic youth.
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As a scholar, William Hung was instrumental in opening China's rich documentary past to modern scrutiny. As an educator, he helped shape one of twentieth-century China's most remarkable institutions, Yenching University. A member of the buoyant, Western-educated generation that expected to transform China into a modern, liberal nation, he saw his hopes darken as political turmoil, war with Japan, and the Communist takeover led to a different future. yet his influence was widespread; for his students became leaders on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, and he continued to teach in the United States through the 1970s. In 1978, he began recalling his colorful life to Susan Chan Egan in weekly taping sessions. Egan draws on these tapes to let a skillful raconteur tell for himself anecdotes from his life as a religious and academic activist with a flair for the flamboyant. His reminiscences encompass the issues and dilemmas faced by Chinese intellectuals of his period. Among the notables who figured in his life and memories were Hu Shih, H. H. Kung, Henry Winter Luce, John Leighton Stuart, Timothy Lew, and Lu Chihwei. While retaining the flavor of Hung's reminiscences, Egan explains the evolution and importance of his scholarly work; captures his blend of Confucianism, mystical Christianity, and iconoclastic thought; and describes his effect on those around him. For it was finally his unyielding integrity and personal kindness as much as his accomplishments that caused him to be revered by colleagues and generations of students.
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( A Pragmatist and His Free Spirit portrays the unconven...)
A Pragmatist and His Free Spirit portrays the unconventional love of Hu Shi, a Chinese social reformer and civil rights pioneer, and Edith Clifford Williams, an American avant-garde artist of the early twentieth century. Hu studied at Cornell University, where he first met Williams, and Columbia University, where he worked with the famous pragmatist John Dewey. At the time of his death in 1962, he and Williams had exchanged more than 300 letters that, along with poems and excerpts from Hu's diaries and documents (some of which have never before been translated into English) form the center of this book. In Williams, Hu found his intellectual match, a woman and fellow scholar who helped the reformer reconcile his independent scholarship with cultural tradition. Williams counciled Hu on the acceptance of an arranged marriage, and she influenced his pursuit of experimental vernacular poetry through an exposure to avant-garde art. In 1933, the two became lovers, although their romance would eventually dwindle. Nevertheless, Williams maintained a devoted and honest correspondence with Hu throughout his tumultuous life. Hu's work touched on virtually every crucial aspect of twentieth-century Chinese society, particularly Chinese liberalism and the use of vernacular Chinese. A Pragmatist and His Free Spirit explores the lesser-known side of this major philosopher while reconstructing his romance with Williams. Not only does the volume place Hu within the larger social, economic, and political context of his time, but it also provides readers with a multifaceted portrait of China's dramatic modern history. Hu Shi: Father of the Modern Chinese Renaissance •1891: Born in a suburb of Shanghai; 1962: Died in Taipei. • Married with three children. • Possibly the most documented life in modern China. • Earned a B.A. and M.A. at Cornell University; Earned a Ph.D. at Columbia University, where he studied with the famous pragmatist John Dewey. • Became a leading figure of the Chinese Literary Revolution of 1919, advocating the use of vernacular Chinese and the importance of intellectual individualism. • Become a civil rights advocate who promoted the empowerment of women. • Served as the Republic of China's Ambassador to the United States from 1938 to 1942. • Installed as president of Peking University from 1946 to 1948. • Worked as curator of Princeton University's Gest Library from 1950 to 1952. • Became the target, in absentia, of a massive political denunciation campaign launched by the Chinese Government between 1954 and 1955. • Served as president of Academica Sinica, Taipei, from 1958 to 1962. • Quoted as saying: "Be bold in your hypothesis; be meticulous in your verification." Edith Clifford Williams: A Woman Ahead of Her Time • 1885: Born in Ithaca, New York; 1971: Died in Barbados. • Claims to have followed her father's advice: "Don't marry unless you can't help it." • Studied at Yale University School of Art and the Académie Julian in Paris. • Became a pioneer of abstract art and a member of Alfred Stieglitz's inner circle. • Worked as the first full-time librarian of Cornell University's Veterinary Library from 1923 to 1946. • Completed two modernist works of monumental importance: Two Rhythms (1916), a painting now housed at the Philadelphia Museum of Art; and Plâtre à toucher chez de Zayas (1916), a sculpture made for touching that was featured in Marcel Duchamp's 1917 journal, Rongwrong, and used as the subject of a lecture by Guillaume Apollinaire in Paris.
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Egan, Susan Chan was born on February 11, 1946 in Manila. Daughter of Mariano Sui Ming and Rita Patricia (Quejong) Chan. came to the United States, 1969.
Bachelor in Chinese Language and Literature, University Washington, 1970. Master of Business Administration, Boston University, 1981. Master of Arts in Comparative Literature, University Washington, 1971.
Business counselor, Local Development Corporation of South End, Boston, 1973-1974; consultant, Boston, 1974-1976; director education and training, Massachusetts Department Commerce and Development, Boston, 1976-1979; program development consultant, Massachusetts Department Commerce and Development, Boston, 1979-1981; trust investment officer, State St. Bank and Trust Company, Boston, 1981-1983; senior trust investment officer, State St. Bank and Trust Company, Boston, 1983-1986; vice president, State St. Bank and Trust Company, Boston, 1986-1987; vice president, Scudder, Stevens & Clark, Los Angeles, 1987-1998; president, Pacific Trade Winds Company, Santa Barbara, California, since 1998.
( A Pragmatist and His Free Spirit portrays the unconven...)
(A Pragmatist and His Free Spirit portrays the unconventio...)
( As a scholar, William Hung was instrumental in opening...)
Member Association for Investment Management and Research, Los Angeles Society Finance Analysts.
Married Ronald Christopher Egan, March 22, 1971. 1 child, Louisa.