英文摘要 |
The diversity, conflicts, and kaleidoscopic nature of the New Culture Movement has mostly been ignored by historians. However, the real New Culture Movement was gradually formed by these various groups with their own agendas through collaborations, revisions, and competitions. Among these diverse projects, the cultural activities of Liang Qichao's circle should be paid more attention, since they had a major influence on history. They initiated their own New Culture Movement, hoping to “rebuild a new society, different from both traditional China and the Western countries through emancipation,” by which they could reinvent this civilization. Their goals and means were distinct from those of the teachers and students of Peking University. Their relationship with the New Youth circle was as neither followers nor antagonists. This circle was neither the opposite of the New Culture Movement, nor a voice isolated from the dominant discourse. Rather, its members were active participants of this time, and reshaped the intellectual trends and exerted their own influence on the transformation of the New Culture Movement. What we have forgotten is not only their cultural standpoints and pursuits, but also their role in the whole structure of this history. |