Why does the new culture camp oppose Confucian traditional morality?

Kang Youwei and other reformists believed that Confucius was the forerunner of Tuogu reform, advocated change, and publicized the political theory of the western bourgeoisie in the form of Confucianism in order to unify the two. During the New Culture Movement, radical democrats thoroughly denied and criticized Confucius, and profoundly exposed and criticized Confucian traditional morality.

Reason:

(1) During the Reform period, the die-hards still had great influence, and Kang Youwei used the name of Confucius to reduce the resistance to reform; It is related to the duality of the upper bourgeoisie and the family background, education and experience of Kang Youwei and others.

(2) During the New Culture Movement, the Northern Warlords used Confucius to achieve the political goal of restoring ancient ways, making Confucius a representative of feudal thought; It is related to the ideological trend after the Revolution of 1911, and to the theory and experience of Chen Duxiu and others.

Confucius grew up in the feudal era and advocated the morality of the feudal era; The ethical code displayed is the state of life, the ethical code in feudal times and the state of life in feudal times; The politics advocated is also the politics of feudal times.

-Chen Duxiu's The Way of Confucius and Modern Life