#DOTD in #ModernChina: Hu Xiansu 胡先驌 (1894–1968), #Chinese botanist and co-founder of the journal #CriticalReview #學衡, in whose first issue he severely criticised attempts by Hu Shih #胡適 (no relation) and others to write poetry in the Modern Vernacular #白話文. #新文化運動

There are no Confucianists in #China, not even #Confucians. What would a literal translation of Confucianist even be? 孔教主義者? Each time 'Confucianist' pops up somewhere (and not only in Western writings), a part of me dies. #胡適 #SinologicalProblems

https://thefreedictionary.com/Confucianist

Who coined the phrase "#Buddhist #conquest of #China" and when? It appears in Hu Shi's #胡適 English writings as early as 1925, a quarter-century before E. Zürcher's eponymous book. A Chinese #translation of the latter is, titled #佛教征服中國. Which #language version is older?