Whether the New Culture Movement did more good or harm to China

Most of the advanced elements in the New Culture Movement had some radical sentiments. Argument 1: Qian Xuan-tong corresponded with Chen Duxiu and others in the fourth volume of New Youth about "the future of Chinese writing", saying that "if we want to abolish Confucianism, we must first abolish the Chinese language; and if we want to get rid of the childish, barbaric, and stubborn thoughts of the general public, we must especially abolish the Chinese language first! ". He gave the following reasons: "Chinese writing, in terms of its character form, is not phonetic but the last stream of hieroglyphics, not easy to recognize, not easy to write; in terms of the meaning of its characters, the meaning is ambiguous, and the method is extremely imprecise; in terms of its application in today's learning, there is nothing in the terminology of the new reasoning, new things and new things; in terms of its past history, it is 999% of its past history, and it is the mark for the record of Confucianism and the demonic words of Taoism. In terms of its past history, 99 out of 1,000 is a record of Confucian doctrines and Taoist evil words. This kind of writing can never be applied to the new era of the twentieth century."

Such a suggestion was endorsed by Chen Duxiu and Hu Shi (who disagreed with Qian Xuantong's idea of abolishing oral Chinese and replacing it with Esperanto). Hu Shih wrote: "I am very much in favor of Mr. Duxiu's idea of 'abolishing the Chinese language and keeping the Chinese language, but using the Roman alphabet instead'." Argument 2: From a historical point of view, the New Culture Movement also brought about a series of unfavorable impacts. Its slogan of "Down with Confucius" almost destroyed traditional culture, and Confucianism was attacked by some activists regardless of whether it was good or bad. Limitations of the New Culture Movement: The advocates of the movement neglected the masses, failed to combine the New Culture Movement with the masses, and confined the movement to the circle of intellectuals. They also avoided the actual struggle against the warlord government at that time and did not put forward the task of anti-imperialism positively. As for the literary revolution at that time, although they proposed to build a "national literature", the literary activities at that time were only limited to a part of the intelligentsia, and it was not yet possible to popularize it among the workers and peasants. The criticism of classical Chinese literature and the wholesale affirmation of Western literature were one-sided. If you want a deeper understanding, it is recommended to refer to Zhang Xianglong's "The disappearance of the freedom of deep thought - Reflections on the consequences of the New Culture Movement" Look at me so hard, can you give an adoption ah