A politician and a scholar, a cunning opponent and a warm friend.
Si Tuleideng was the American ambassador to China at that time, and the American policy towards China had completely failed in China at that time. He is both the executor and the victim of American China policy. (xinhuanet)
"These decades, some small things happened, and he had a few brief conversations. In every conversation, I feel that he has both the calmness of strict father and the gentleness of a loving mother. He smiled leisurely at you opposite or beside you, crossed his hands on his knees and looked at you with gentle and sincere eyes. He won't talk much unless you speak first. He always tries his best to give you a chance to talk, and then gives you guidance and comfort with his gentle voice and sincere words ... "(Bing Xin)
"Some pages of history have been turned over, but some pages can never be turned over. He (Si Tuleideng) undoubtedly belongs to the latter page number, and the depths of history have their own place. " (Fu Guoyong)
Apart from historical vicissitudes, wars, chaos, national sorrow and ideological confrontation, objectively speaking, Si Tuleideng is, after all, a "political nobody" in both the history of Sino-US relations and the broader history of China's foreign relations. His "ambassador" was only two years old, and before that, he had been engaged in missionary and educational work in China for 48 years, which earned him respect. Si Tuleideng had deep feelings for China all his life. As the first president of yenching university, he presided over Yanda University for 27 years. The anecdote that he rode a donkey to raise money for Yanda University is still circulating in Lin Xue. It should be said that Si Tuleideng spent most of his 50 years in China doing some constructive work for China society. It was not until Truman appointed him as the ambassador to China that the focus of his life and his destiny quietly changed. ( Tencent.com )