陈独秀的“新青年”说及其当代价值

CHEN Duxiu's theory of "New Youth" and its contemporary value

“五四”时期,在内有武人割据、外有列强环伺的时局中,陈独秀提出了著名的“新青年”说。陈独秀认为,中国的“旧青年”柔弱、陈腐,国家意识淡薄,已不能担当国家与社会发展的责任,中国的社会现状,亟待“新青年”的涌现。“新青年”应具的主要特质,主要包括体质上的“人性”与“兽性”并存,人格上的“个人独立自主”以及人生观上的“内图个性之发展,外图贡献于群”。“新青年”说不仅在当时产生了巨大的社会影响,在当今认识青年教育与民族复兴的关系方面,认识和评价当代青年的价值方面以及如何培育当代青年方面,依然具有十分重要的现实价值。

During the May 4th Movement when there were separatist warriors inside and great powers surrounded outside,CHEN Duxiu put forward the famous theory of"New Youth",believing that China's"old youth",weak and stale with pale national consciousness,could no longer shoulder the responsibility for national and social development,and that the social situation in China urgently needs the emergence of"new youth."The main characteristics of"new youth"mainly include the coexistence of"human nature"and"bestiality"in physique,"individual independence"in personality,and"the development of personality in the inner map and contribution to the group"in the outlook on life.The theory of"New Youth"not only exerts a great social influence at that time,but also holds an essential practical value in understanding the relationship between youth education and national rejuvenation,and in evaluating the value of contemporary youth and how to cultivate contemporary youth,it still has a very important practical value.