The Times, Social Background and Main Contents of "Down with Kongjiadian"

19 19 The May 4th Movement first proposed "Down with Kongjiadian", which was created by Hu Shi during the New Culture Movement. Save Confucius. "

Social background:

In the late Qing Dynasty, especially after the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, innovative ideas were widely introduced into China, affecting the younger generation. In the early years of the Republic of China, with the development of Chen Duxiu Youth magazine (later renamed New Youth) and the advancement of the vernacular movement, the thoughts of freedom and resistance to traditional authority influenced students and ordinary citizens.

The New Culture Movement held high the banner of democracy and science, inspired and influenced the people of China, especially the youth of China, in the ideological and cultural fields, and fundamentally laid the ideological foundation and intellectual source of the May 4th Movement.

Main contents:

"Kongjiadian" refers to the spiritual, moral and cultural system formed by Confucius' theory in the long development process of China feudal society.

During the New Culture Movement, we advocated new morality and opposed old morality. Old morality refers to the traditional Confucian morality represented by Confucius. The New Culture Movement severely criticized the old morality, so it put forward the slogan of "Down with Confucius and Save Confucius". The slogan was put forward mainly from Chen Duxiu's use of the dross of Confucianism under the feudal system.

Extended data:

Thought and culture of the May 4th Movement;

19 19 10 autumn, the principal held a memorial service and organized four village clubs at the same time. With the aim of "being rich and strong" and "learning from Duke Zhou's Confucius", in 192 1 year, the Detailed Rules for the Implementation of Praise Regulations was revised to further strengthen feudal ethics. Liang Qichao and Liang Shuming praised China's cultural superiority, opposed learning western culture, opposed the China revolution, and at the same time resisted Marxism.

During the May 4th Movement, people who opposed China's morality, ideology and culture promoted the New Culture Movement, and even put forward slogans such as "Down with Kongjiadian" and "Down with chastity archway".

The May 4th Movement further promoted the development of anti-feudal thought, and formed a tit-for-tat situation with the retro trend of thought that praised China culture. The ideological origin of China's language policy mostly comes from the Westernization theory during the May 4th Movement.