"In the year 1915 a series of trivial incidents led some Chinese students in Cornell University to take up the question of reforming the Chinese language"
- Hu Shih
About this Quote
The quote suggests that in 1915, a number of minor events occurred that stimulated the interest of Chinese trainees at Cornell University in improving the Chinese language. This might have been motivated by a desire to modernize the language or make it more available to a broader audience.
This quote is written / told by Hu Shih between December 17, 1891 and February 24, 1962. He/she was a famous Philosopher from China.
The author also have 23 other quotes.
"If the present Congress errs in too much talking, how can it be otherwise in a body to which the people send one hundred and fifty lawyers, whose trade it is to question everything, yield nothing, and talk by the hour?"
