陶行知,著名教育家,安徽歙县人。他与著名学者胡适同为皖籍,同一年出生,又同时在民国初年先后赴美国留学,而且同为大哲学家杜威的学生。然而这两位名人的关系却一直不好,久生龃龉。究其原因,一是个性有差异,二是政见不同。后一个原因当然是主要的。近年来,我国报刊上对胡适的评价已趋于客观公正,肯定了他在“五四”新文化运动中作出的历史性贡献和在近代文化教育领域的地位。不过胡适在 Tao Xingzhi, a famous educator, Anhui Pixian. He was born in the same year as Hu Shi, a famous scholar. He also went to the United States to study in his early years in the Republic of China, and was also a student of the great philosopher Dewey. However, the relationship between the two celebrities has been poor, life unhappy. The reason, first, there are differences in personality, and second, different political views. The latter reason is of course the main one. In recent years, the evaluation of Hu Shi in our newspapers and magazines has tended to be objective and fair, affirming his historic contribution made in the May Fourth New Culture Movement and his position in the field of modern cultural education. But Hu Shi at