Introduction: Speaking of the Republic of China, it was also a period of the rise of literary thought, and the literary talents of this period were born, and the famous literary scholar Hu Shi at that time could be said to be a household name and a prominent figure at that time.
Although Hu Shi's radiance is infinite, the life of his son Hu Sidu is a tragedy, he has no friends in his life, he ended his life at the age of 36, and there is no one around to accompany him after his death.
In our opinion, 36 years old is just right
Mao, but why did Hu Sidu choose to hastily end his life? What kind of pain is there in this?
First, illness becomes a disease
Hu Shi and his wife Jiang Dongxiu had three children in their lifetime, and Hu Sidu was the second eldest at that time.
In order to express his deep friendship with his mentor Dewey, Hu Shi gave his son such a name. From the name, it can be seen that Hu Shi also pinned his hopes on Hu Sidu and hoped that he would become a man with achievements in the future like his mentor.
Unfortunately, Hu Sidu has always been frail and sickly, and can only recuperate at home and cannot go to the academy to study.
Later, Hu Shi became the ambassador to the United States at that time and had to go to the United States to serve, and since then Hu Shi has rarely seen his son, and Hu Sidu can only stay with his mother, but his mother likes to play cards and is not concerned about her children.
Hu Shi was afraid that his son would fall behind in his studies and sent his own students to teach him homework often. But
Hu Sidu's studies have still not improved, and he has developed many bad habits.
Second, going to the United States will eventually be difficult to achieve
Seeing that his son did not learn any techniques and did nothing all day, Hu Shi could no longer rest assured, so he entrusted someone to bring Hu Sidu to the United States. He asked Hu Sidu to study history, but Hu Sidu's studies still did not improve, so he let Hu Sidu study at two consecutive schools in the United States, unfortunately, Hu Sidu did not get a graduation certificate.
According to the memories of Luo Ergang, a student of Hu Shi later,
Huss
Du was unable to complete his studies because he drank and had fun with his friends all day, so he abandoned his studies.
Later, Hu Sidu could only return to China, although there was no graduation diploma, but because his father Hu Shide was highly respected, many schools wanted to invite him to teach in their own schools. But all this was rejected by Hu Shi, who believed that Hu Sidu had not completed his studies and was incompetent.
Later, for Hu Sidu, who had nothing to do all day, Hu Shi really couldn't look at it, so he let him go to the library of Peking University as an administrator. It was also here that Hu Sidu seemed to find that books were not so boring, and he liked reading more and more, and gradually indulged in them.
Seeing that Hu Sidu had made some progress, Hu Shi was also a little relieved in his heart, and felt that the good intentions of these years had finally paid off.
In December 1948, when peiping was in turmoil, Hu Shi and his wife decided to go to the United States, but Hu Sidu did not want to, only wanted to stay in Beiping. Seeing that his son insisted like this, so he did not object, and his mother Jiang Dongxiu was inseparable from him, but in the end he could only lay a gold bar, hoping that he would be safe in the future.
It's just that they don't know that their parting is a farewell.
Third, if you want to save your life, you have to approve your father
After the founding of New China, Hu Shi also became an enemy that everyone hated, Hu Sidu was in Beijing at that time, and was thus implicated, perhaps in order to save his own life, Hu Sidu made a move of filial piety to his father.
Publishing insults against his father in newspapers had a great impact at the time.
In fact, Hu Sidu did not want to do this, but because the situation at that time was too chaotic, Hu Sidu could only make this decision, but he still hurt his family affection. Hu Shi was also very sad at that time, criticizing his own son, who had wasted so many years of hard cultivation.
Fourth, in the end, it is one person, and no one cares
Even though Hu Sidu had been clear about his relationship with his father, he was still affected, so much so
Later he wanted to get married, and no one would marry him. He repeatedly ran into a wall in countless blind dates, and finally he could only end up alone, and no one even wanted to be friends with him.
Hu Sidu became the object of abandonment by others,
Under the suppression of public opinion, Hu Sidu finally could not persist, and could only choose to end his life, hu Sidu even at the last moment of suicide, there were no relatives and friends around him, which can be described as a life of misery.
Historical Documents:
"Culture, Mentality, Personality- Knowing Hu Shi"
The Diary of Hu Shi
Roles and Destiny: Hu Shi's Liberal Dilemma in His Later Years