论五四时期社会改造思潮兴起的国际背景

On the International Background of the Rise of the Social Reform Trend in the Period of the May Fourth Movement

第一次世界大战后兴起的社会改造潮流对中国社会改造产生了深刻影响。具体表现在,世界改造潮流不仅激发了中国先进分子积极改造中国乃至世界的信心和责任,而且改变了中国人对于西方资本主义与社会主义的认识和态度,重新作出中国社会改造路向的选择。战后各国改造的经验教训,也助益了中国知识分子对中国改造问题的深入思考,进而探索改造中国社会的方策。从这个意义上说,五四时期社会改造思潮的兴起也正是中国先进知识分子主动迎受世界改造潮流的结果。

After the First Wodd War, there grew up a social reform trend, which has a profound influence on Chinese social reform. Namely, the world reform trend not only stimulated Chinese pioneer＇ s confidence and responsibility to reform China and the world, but also changed Chinese ＇ s cognition and attitude to western capitalism and socialism, which reselect Chinese social reform road. After the war, other countries＇ reforming experience and lessons helped Chinese intellectuals to deeply considerate about Chinese reform, which explored the methods of Chinese social reform. In this sense, the rise of the social reform trend in the period of the May Fourth Move- ment was precisely the result of Chinese advanced intellectuals meet and accept the world reform trend inifiatively.