Hu was born in June 1910 in
Huangpi County,
Hubei. At the age of 15, he entered National Wuchang University (). He was a member of the
Chinese Communist Youth League, but had left in 1924 for the
Kuomintang. In 1928, Hu was accepted to
Fudan University, where he majored in Chinese literature. Hu went to Japan in 1929, he studied
political economy at
Waseda University. He returned to
Shanghai in 1931. Hu went to
Hong Kong in November 1933, but he was arrested and expelled by the
British Hong Kong Government. From 1934 to 1936, Hu visited
India,
Egypt, the
United Kingdom, the
Soviet Union, and the
United States. Hu returned to China in 1937, he founded the
Times Daily (《》) in
Hankou, then he joined the
Kuomintang. Hu was elected to the Senate in 1940 in
Chongqing. The next year, he rejoined the Kuomintang. At the same time, he taught at
Jinan University and
Fudan University. In 1949, Hu went to Hong Kong, then he settled in
Taiwan in 1951. He taught at
National Taiwan Normal University,
Shih Hsin University, and
Fu Hsing Kang College. In 1962, Hu caught in a war of works with
Li Ao and
Ju Haoran. In 1970, Hu waged a paper-warfare against
Yu Guangzhong. On 11 September 1988, Hu visited
mainland China. He discussed
unification with
Deng Yingchao, and on 21 September, was expelled from the
Kuomintang. He returned to Taiwan on 18 October, Hu served as the Honorary President of Peaceful Reunification of China Alliance (). On 24 May 2004, Hu died of illness at Gengshen Hospital (), in
Xindian,
Taipei County, aged 95. ==Works==