Author ｜
Hua-yuan Hsueh
Abstract ｜
In the past, humanities scholars considered textual analysis as a major approach to study the concept of a policy and its opinions in regard to historical figures. With the increasing usage of digital humanities, the application of digital humanities to ideology analysis has become more critical. In this paper, I will use Digital Humanities method to discuss “Hu Shih,” the term with the highest word frequency in Lei Chen’s Diary. The result suggested that Lei Chen assumed that Hu Shih’s great fame could be used as a kind of protective shield for the infant Opposition party, which was called Chinese Democratic Party. However, Hu Shih supported the planning and organization of the opposition party but had no interest in its practical management. After Lei Chen was arrested in 1960 on Chiang Kai-shek’s order, despite Hu Shih’s endeavor to save Lei, it was to no avail.
keywords ｜
Hu Shih, Lei Chen, opposition party, digital humanities, Lei Chen’s Diary