The boundary between traditional culture and modern culture

The historical influence of abolishing the imperial examination led to the Revolution of 1911 in politics and the May 4th Movement in culture. Traditional gentry lost their way in the imperial examination, and their position in the bureaucratic system and civil society was threatened at the same time. Especially after the Revolution of 1911, traditional literati felt at a loss. The abolition of the imperial examination and the loss of traditional literati made the traditional Confucian culture lose its system and personal protection, which eventually led to the crisis of traditional culture. At the same time, since the establishment of Tongwen Museum, the education of new learning or western learning has developed for more than half a century, which has transformed the knowledge structure and value system of China's social elites, and started to compete with traditional Confucianism for ideological leadership, showing more and more advantages. From the constitutionalism in the late Qing Dynasty to the revolution in the Republic of China, the new intellectuals with studying abroad as the main body gradually became the leading force of society and the country. All these factors are brewing a complete "cultural revolution". Following the political revolution of the Revolution of 1911, the May 4th Movement set off a cultural revolution, and a new culture or modern culture began.