Traditiondal Hakka intellectuals changed and unchanged —Take Hui Hsu who lived ln Guanyin District of Taoyuan city as an example

• Main Authors: HSU MEI CHUAN, 徐美娟
• Other Authors: 吳學明
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2015
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/55154923498047556022

碩士 === 國立中央大學 === 歷史研究所在職專班 === 103 === Hui Hsu, born in Japanese-ruled period and having grown in Hakka area of Guanyin District, was a traditional Hakka folk intellectual, renowned and respected by local people with his students wide spread. This thesis aims to investigate how he adjusted himself amid the transition of regimes, economics and societies. What changed or what did not inside him, conclusively, have made him a celebrated Guanyin senior. Through historical material collection, in-depth interviews and literature review, the research concludes that, following conversion of politics, society and economics, Hui Hsu kept adapting himself to what local folks needed in terms of ways for social service: Solidarity of clan consciousness came first, followed by education of Han Dynasty literature, pursuit of enlightenment in spirituality, book-authoring to promote protocol, and finally folk belief or temple religion. Meanwhile, the service targets also underwent an evolution or overlapping who included clans initially, then Dao members, students and worshippers, with the number of serviced people continuously increasing and service area outspread. Despite variation in service method and who were serviced, things never changed are his spirit of “who but myself can do it?” and attitude toward popular mind enlightening. Realizing thoroughly the Xunzi’s Confucian concept of “Bettering folk customs when at lower positions,” he was an intellectual who lived up to his name.