五四新文化运动与中国现代化

中国现代化历程曲折而漫长。鸦片战争后 ,不甘沉沦的有识之士便开始了艰苦的探索。五四新文化运动是其中的一个重要阶段。对于如何实现现代化 ,五四新文化运动的倡导者们认为现代化的根本问题是建立民主政治的问题。这一根本问题的解决在于实现人的现代化 ,为此必须进行提倡民主和科学的思想启蒙运动。新文化运动带给当时中国人的思想震动以及留给后人的历史启示远胜于在这之前的任何一次社会变革运动

The May 4th New Culture Movement and China's Modernization

After the Opium War, some men of insight in China began to search for ways of rescuing China. Of which the May 4th New Culture Movement was a vital part. They thought that the basic way to modernization was the establishment of democracy. This, in turn, depended upon an intellectual enlightenment of human mind with science and democracy. The shaking effect of the May 4th Movement upon the Chinese, and its historical significance, surpassed those of all other social reforms in China's history.