--- title: "1 People Went Quotes By Hu Shih" description: "1 People Went quotes by Hu Shih. Plus more from Hu Shih and more People Went sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74a/hu-shih-19790_chinese_the-chinese-people-too-went-through-all_2531257.png" --- > [The Chinese people, too, went through all kinds of vicissitudes in their religious development.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hu-shih/the-chinese-people-too-went-through-all-kinds-of-vicissitudes-in/) [Hu Shih](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hu-shih/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74a/hu-shih-19790_chinese_the-chinese-people-too-went-through-all_2531257.png) ## More by Hu Shih > [On July 26, 1916, I announced to all my friends in America that from now on I resolved to write no more poems in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hu-shih/on-july-26-1916-i-announced-to-all-my-friends-in-america-that-from/) [Hu Shih](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hu-shih/) > [It is only through contact and comparison that the relative value or worthlessness of the various cultural elements can be clearly and critically seen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hu-shih/it-is-only-through-contact-and-comparison-that-the-relative-value-or/) [Hu Shih](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hu-shih/) > [Life and human society are the chief concern of Confucianism and, through it, the chief concern of the Chinese people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hu-shih/life-and-human-society-are-the-chief-concern-of-confucianism-and/) [Hu Shih](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hu-shih/) > [Only when we realize that there is no eternal, unchanging truth or absolute truth can we arouse in ourselves a sense of intellectual responsibility.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hu-shih/only-when-we-realize-that-there-is-no-eternal-unchanging-truth-or/) [Hu Shih](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hu-shih/) > [In the year 1915 a series of trivial incidents led some Chinese students in Cornell University to take up the question of reforming the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hu-shih/in-the-year-1915-a-series-of-trivial-incidents-led-some-chinese/) [Hu Shih](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hu-shih/) > [The knowledge that mankind needs is not the way or principle which has an absolute existence, but the particular truths for here and now…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hu-shih/the-knowledge-that-mankind-needs-is-not-the-way-or-principle-which/) [Hu Shih](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hu-shih/) > [The most outstanding characteristic of Eastern civilization is to know contentment, whereas that of Western civilization is not to know contentment. Contented Easterners are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hu-shih/the-most-outstanding-characteristic-of-eastern-civilization-is-to/) [Hu Shih](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hu-shih/) > [After learning the language and culture of the Chinese people, these Jesuits began to establish contacts with the young intellectuals of the country.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hu-shih/after-learning-the-language-and-culture-of-the-chinese-people-these/) [Hu Shih](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hu-shih/) > [And revolutions always mean the breakdown of old authority.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hu-shih/and-revolutions-always-mean-the-breakdown-of-old-authority/) [Hu Shih](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hu-shih/) > [Practically all the prominent leaders of thought in China today are openly agnostics and even atheists.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hu-shih/practically-all-the-prominent-leaders-of-thought-in-china-today-are/) [Hu Shih](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hu-shih/) > [But I wish to point out that it is entirely wrong to say that the Chinese are not religious.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hu-shih/but-i-wish-to-point-out-that-it-is-entirely-wrong-to-say-that-the/) [Hu Shih](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hu-shih/) > [In such diffused changes of culture two factors are necessary: contact and understanding.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hu-shih/in-such-diffused-changes-of-culture-two-factors-are-necessary-contact/) [Hu Shih](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hu-shih/) > [Historically, there had been many periods of Chinese Renaissance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hu-shih/historically-there-had-been-many-periods-of-chinese-renaissance/) [Hu Shih](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hu-shih/) > [“1. Speak only when you have something to say. 2. Speak what you want to say and say it in the way you want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hu-shih/1-speak-only-when-you-have-something-to-say-2-speak-what-you-want-to/) [Hu Shih](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hu-shih/) > [The Jesuits had learned that a Christian mission to China could never succeed if it were not in a position to show and convince…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hu-shih/the-jesuits-had-learned-that-a-christian-mission-to-china-could-never/) [Hu Shih](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hu-shih/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people-went/hu-shih/#itemlist", "name": "1 People Went Quotes By Hu Shih", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The Chinese people, too, went through all kinds of vicissitudes in their religious development.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Hu Shih" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hu-shih/the-chinese-people-too-went-through-all-kinds-of-vicissitudes-in/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74a/hu-shih-19790_chinese_the-chinese-people-too-went-through-all_2531257.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74a/hu-shih-19790_chinese_the-chinese-people-too-went-through-all_2531257.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74a/hu-shih-19790_chinese_the-chinese-people-too-went-through-all_2531257.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The Chinese people, too, went through all kinds of vicissitudes in their religious development.” — Hu Shih", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people-went/hu-shih/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people-went/hu-shih/", "name": "People Went Quotes by Hu Shih", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people-went/hu-shih/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74a/hu-shih-19790_chinese_the-chinese-people-too-went-through-all_2531257.png" }, "description": "1 People Went quotes by Hu Shih. 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