从温和到激进:巴黎和会与中国知识分子的思想转型

From Moderate to Radical: Paris Peace Conference and Ideological Transformation of Chinese Intellectuals

社会行为是社会思想的直接结果,社会的剧烈震荡,往往是由思想的震荡开始的。中国近代激烈的社会革命始于第一次世界大战结束之时,其根源在于巴黎和会中西方列强对中国利益的出卖。这一事件使中国知识分子遭受了极大的心灵震撼,也使他们的思想发生了剧变,从原先对西方的崇拜,对威尔逊主义的敬仰,迅速走向对西方的憎恶。这一切是在短短的几个月中发生的。这几个月的心灵激荡,使中国知识分子从温和走向激进。思想的激变,瞬间扭转了中国历史发展的方向。

Social behavior springs from social ideology. Social upheavals usually stem from ideological chaos. Radical social revolution in pre-modern China occurred at the end of the World War I, as a result of Western powers＇ betrayal of Chinese interests at the Paris Peace Conference. This incident greatly shocked Chinese intellectuals. Their ideology also changed dramatically. They used to worship the West and revere Wilsonism, but soon began to detest the West. All this emerged within a short span of several months, which induced Chinese intellectuals＇ switch from moderate to radical. Almost in a twinkling, the sharp ideological turn reversed the orientation of Chinese history.