“五四”时期“自由恋爱”思潮述论

On the Thoughts of "Free Courtship" during the May 4th Movement

"五四"时期,自由恋爱作为婚姻自由的一个重要方面,受到了先进知识分子的普遍关注。他们在批判传统包办婚姻的同时,大力张扬自由恋爱,对自由恋爱的内涵、价值、伦理要求及其途径等方面都进行了探索和建构,形成了一种颇具时代特色的社会思潮。这一思潮不仅有其形成的历史必然性,而且对现代情爱观的形成和人的近代化进程有其积极作用,但思想中某些方面也表现了无法掩饰的局限性。

During the May 4th Movement,as an important aspect of free marriage,free courtship drew the attention of the advanced intellectuals. Animadverting on the traditional way of marriage, they actively advocated free courtship,and deeply discussed the problems about meanings,value,ethics and approaches of free amativeness.These discussions formed a kind of social thought with abroad influences.The ideas not only have their historical inevitability of development, but also positive influence on the fashion of the modern marriage conception and the course of the modernization.However,some limitations exist.