Hu Shih said even if you have to sell your clothes and hawk your fields you still need to buy a good dictionary. I literally spent several years 'worth of pocket money on a copy of the Tzu-hai dictionary. That sparked my interest in language and created my foundation in it. "
胡適說，賣衣服、當田地，也要買一部好辭典，我真的花了多年零用錢，買了一部《辭海》，引發我對語文的興趣，也奠下語文基礎。」