The attitude of intellectuals towards traditional culture in the early period of the New Culture Movement.

Publicizing bourgeois democratic thoughts with great fanfare, waging a fierce struggle against the feudal thought of respecting Confucius and restoring ancient ways, criticizing the feudal social system and ethical thought, focusing on attacking Confucius' theory as the ideological basis for maintaining feudal autocratic rule, and raising the attitude of "overthrowing Confucius".

Before exercise:

1. The new culture movement began in September 19 15 with the publication of Shanghai Youth magazine. Chen Duxiu is the editor-in-chief, and Li Dazhao is the main contributor, participating in the editing work.

2. 19 16 At the beginning of this year, Yuan Shikai proclaimed himself emperor. Prior to this, Goodnow, an American, published "On Harmony with the King" and Yang Du published "Your Constitution for Salvation" and other articles, spreading the fallacy that China is suitable for the monarchy and will "perish" without a monarch. In view of this situation, New Youth published Chen Duxiu's 19 16, Our Last Awakening, Li Dazhao's People's Changes and Politics, Youth and other major papers, exposing the harm of absolute monarchy.

3. 19 16, the editorial department of New Youth magazine moved to Beijing, and Li Dazhao, Hu Shi and Lu Xun became the main writers. After Cai Yuanpei became the president of Peking University, he invited many scholars with new ideas to teach in the school. In this way, New Youth and Peking University became the main positions of the New Culture Movement.

4. The great writer, thinker and revolutionary Mr. Lu Xun published the first vernacular novel "Diary of a Madman" in the history of modern literature in China in New Youth on May 19 18, mercilessly castigated the old ethics, and pointed out that the word "cannibalism" was hidden behind the feudal ethics, which made people laugh. This novel laid the cornerstone of the New Culture Movement.

Extended data:

Some backgrounds of the rise of the New Culture Movement;

1. Politically, imperialism stepped up its aggression; The warlord rule is getting darker and darker, and the anti-imperialist and anti-feudal struggle must continue.

2. Ideological and cultural aspects:

(1) After the Revolution of 1911, western enlightenment ideas spread further, and the concept of democracy and harmony was deeply rooted in people's hearts.

(2) Beiyang warlord (Yuan Shikai restored the monarchy) carried out the counter-current of respecting Confucius and restoring the ancients (democracy and ideology are opposite to respecting Confucius and restoring the ancients). More importantly, people at that time reflected on the failure of the Revolution of 1911. After the Revolution of 1911, advanced intellectuals realized that the root of the failure of the revolution was the lack of democracy and consciousness in the people's minds. They must attack feudal thoughts and consciousness from the perspective of culture and ideology, and realize the real * * * and political power by popularizing * * and thoughts.

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