1938年9月至1942年9月,胡适出任中国驻美国大使。对于胡适来说,这四年是一段相对完整的生命阶段。有关此段时期胡适外交活动、演讲活动的研究成果颇多。【1】不过,我们也应注意到,在繁忙的公务活动和演讲活动之余,胡适仍然勤于读书;而且,更为值得注意的是,胡适此段时期内的阅读经历对于他当时的外交活动以及他后来的政治观念、政治选择颇有影响。因此,本文主要根据胡适的藏书和日记等 From September 1938 to September 1942, Hu Shih served as China’s ambassador to the United States. For Hu Shih, these four years are a relatively complete period of life. Hu’s diplomatic activities during this period, lectures quite a lot of research results. However, we should also note that while busy public affairs activities and speeches, Hu Shi is still diligent in reading books. Moreover, it is even more worth noting that Hu Shi’s reading experience during this period was not conducive to his diplomacy Activities and his later political ideas, political choices quite influential. Therefore, this article mainly based on Hu Shi’s books and diaries