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In the New Culture Movement, who are the scholars who totally deny China's traditional culture? What works are there? Thank you.

In the New Culture Movement, Hu Shi was a scholar who totally denied the traditional culture of China. He is the author of Er Ru Pian, History of Vernacular Literature, Talking about Confucianism, Outline of China's Philosophical History (I), Trial Collection and Hu Cun (four episodes).

China's traditional culture was the target of the May 4th New Culture Movement, and Hu Shi, who advocated total westernization, played a key role in attacking the traditional position. In Hu Shi's cultural monism, advanced western culture should replace backward China culture.

Confucian ethics is the core of China traditional culture, which lasted for more than two thousand years. In attacking tradition, Confucius is bound to become the target of public criticism. Wu Yu is the original creator of the slogan "Down with Kongjiadian". Hu Shi praised his courage and called him "an old hero from Sichuan one-handed punching shop", and the slogan "Down with Kongjiadian" spread like wildfire.

The leaders of the New Culture Movement are all boxing heroes. Confucius was labeled as a "feudal remnant", Confucianism was regarded as the source of autocratic centralization and oppression, and filial piety became the bondage of family to individual freedom. Hu Shi accused filial piety of making parents and children live together, which was the root of national subjugation. Laokongjia store was smashed. Are there any surviving goods in the store?

Before his death 196 1 year1October 6, the four countries held a conference on science education in Taipei. At the request of the organizer, Hu delivered an English speech entitled "Social Changes Necessary for Scientific Development".

He called himself a "devil debater" and severely condemned eastern civilizations including China. He believes that to develop western science, on the one hand, orientals must admit that ancient oriental civilization has no spiritual value.

On the other hand, we must realize that modern western scientific and technological civilization is not only a "material civilization", but also a "truly great spiritual achievement of mankind". From this point of view, Hu Shi's anti-traditional position is consistent and has never changed.

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In the fifth year of the Republic of China (19 16), Hu Shi put forward the so-called "eight noes" in his letter to Chen Duxiu, which was the first shot of his literary revolution. No platitudes, no moans, no antique people, all the points that need to be said are familiar to all good writers at home and abroad.

The most crucial one of Hu's "eight noes" is "not avoiding common sayings and sayings", that is, advocating vernacular Chinese. "Eight noes" is neither new nor controversial, but it is a sensation, and the romantic message is among them.

Hu Shi insisted on defining classical Chinese and vernacular Chinese with "death" and "liveliness", holding that classical Chinese is "dead language" and vernacular Chinese is "living literature", and living literature should replace dead language. Hu Shi decided the life and death of words, but with his own subjective judgment, he collected some ancient prose that claimed to be "dead" in the history of vernacular literature.

Hu Shi only praised vernacular Chinese and wanted to use vernacular Chinese instead of classical Chinese to promote the trend of literary revolution. This turning point has far-reaching influence, and I can't call it a "literary revolution" or a "cultural revolution". Specifically, it is the vernacular that has changed the life of classical Chinese.

Hu Shi did put forward the idea of "total westernization", but was later criticized for being ill-chosen and renamed "total globalization". In fact, "total westernization" is what he really wants to express.

Hu Shi's original intention of singing total westernization lies in the progress and prosperity of the country, and his unintentional mistake lies in his understanding of the current western scientific and technological civilization and his lack of understanding of the whole western culture.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Hu Shi