Fu Ssu-nien：A Life in Chinese History and Politics

FuSsu-nien,scholar,andpoliticalandsocialcritic,wasoneofthemostcolourful,influentialintellectualfiguresintwentieth-centuryChina.WangFan-sen'sbiographyofFu'slifeandcontributionsoffersanin-depthexaminationofhisroleinintellectualdevelopmentinmodernChina.Fu'slifeinmanywaysembodiedthedilemmafacedbymodernChineseintellectuals:dissatisfiedwiththemodelofthetraditionalliterati,theylackedaprofessional,academicmodeltotakeitsplace.Fu'searlyyearsasastudentleaderoftheMayFourthmovementandsubsequentlifeasanactivistwerebornofintellectualdissatisfaction:asaneducatorandfounderoftheInstituteofPhilologyandHistoryatPekingUniversityandtheAcademiaSinica,heworkedtofillthevoidbyprofessionalizingChineseresearchandeducation.Thisbook,incorporatingoriginal,previouslyunpublishedmaterialfromFu'spersonalarchives,fillsamajorgapintheculturalandintellectualhistoryofmodernChina.