Hu Shi 
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Mr. Hu Shi reviewed his 40 years of experience in the first 40 years of his life, from his beliefs, his mother»s betrothal, mother»s education, entering a school at the age of three, calling for drunkenness and patrolling, studying behind closed doors and being admitted to the United States, to being forced to participate in the literary revolution fully described the origin and process of his growth, learning, and breakthrough. This autobiography not only fully presents his life, thoughts and career at the age of 40 and before, but also reproduces the social outlook of his time. His hometown, Shanghai where he studied, the United States where he studied abroad, and Beijing where he has more activities are all described here. These became an important part of understanding the state of China»s academic, political, and public opinion circles in the first half of the 20th century, the Chinese dream of literati in the period of the Republic of China, and the important content of intellectuals seeking the track of progress at that time.