二十世纪是中国社会变革和动荡最激烈的年代,激进主义、保守主义和自由主义等各家各派为了各自对中国前景的规划而斗争不已。胡适作为自由主义知识分子的领袖对中国的思想文化、政治起过极大的影响。1949年,随着蒋家王朝退出大陆,他的地位一落千丈,由举国瞩目的驻美大使、北大校长、总统候选人,沦为战犯。及至1954年,毛泽东发出《关于红楼梦研究问题的 The twentieth century was the most intense period of social change and turmoil in China. Various factions, such as radicalism, conservatism and liberalism, fought for each other’s plans for the future of China. As the leader of liberal intellectuals, Hu Shi has had a tremendous influence on China’s ideological culture and politics. In 1949, with the withdrawal of the Chiang dynasty from the Mainland, his position plummeted. It was reduced to a war criminals by ambassadors to the United States, heads of state and presidents of the Peking University and candidates for presidential presidents throughout the country. As of 1954, Mao Zedong issued a “research on the issue of the Dream of Red Mansions.”