1919年杜威在东京帝国大学讲学时接到由胡适、蒋梦麟等签名的邀请书,请他到北京、南京及其他中国学术中心讲学,他欣然接受,不仅因为胡适等人是他的早期学生,而且他对当时的中国感到莫大兴趣。当年5月1日他抵达上海,三天后在北京发生了“五四”运动,无疑,他是倾向于学生运动的。本来他准备讲学后即刻离开中国,因为他的演讲在中国听众中产生了极大的反响,经挽留,直 In 1919, Dewey received an invitation signed by Hu Shih and Jiang Menglin when he gave a lecture at Tokyo Imperial University. He asked him to give lectures in Beijing, Nanjing and other Chinese academic centers. He accepted it not only because Hu Shih et al were his early students but also He was greatly interested in China at that time. When he arrived in Shanghai on May 1 of that year, the May Fourth Movement took place in Beijing three days later. Undoubtedly, he preferred the student movement. Originally, he left China immediately after he was ready to give lectures because his speech had a great repercussion among Chinese audiences. After his stay, he was straight