Propel China To Realize The Ideality Of National Self-reliance

The national crisis of modern China is essentially a crisis of culture. In the modern era,Chinese old gate of feudal monarchy was opened compulsively by western powers so that China isforced to go on modern roads. Along with transition of political and economic structure in the wholesociety, the changing of Chinese culture becomes the irresistible trend in the process of historicaldevelopment. Simulated by the strong feeling of national crisis, quantities of people with lofty idealstook part in patriotic campaigns for redeeming the whole country one after another. In this process,the reformers realized gradually that the recession of Chinese nation is mainly because of thedrawbacks in Chinese conventional culture. They hold that China has to change its national cultureto adapt to the transition of political and economic structure; only in this way can China win a placein this powerful world. Cultural innovation thereupon went up on the historical stage namely theHundred Days of Reform and became an important part of Chinese modern history. The innovationfirst started in the time of Hundred Days of Reform and then reached its climax during the period ofMay4thMovement. As the main character in this period, Liang Qichao played an important role inleading and pushing on the development of cultural innovation movement. It was him who first putforward the slogans of “Poetry Revolution”,”Revolution in Fiction” and “Innovation of Morality”and carried on various cultural innovations initiatively in those fields. Meanwhile, he was the mostoutstanding leader of the movement in the spheres of the ideology and culture. Liang put forward aseries of goals, purposes and implementation policies in the areas of literature, ideology, educationand historiography. Furthermore, he carried out those ideas at once and then put them into practice.What he had done actually pushed the development of cultural innovation, Chinese modernizationand Chinese culture. There is no doubt that he is the detractor against the conventional culture andthe designer of Chinese future culture. With his new point of view he made a rational criticism onChinese traditional culture in order to can meet the demands of the society and present new rules tobuild fresh culture suitably. His cultural reform thoughts are the headspring of May4thMovement,important components of cultural innovation in Chinese modern society. Just like enlightenment thoughts, his thoughts promoted the development of modernization and also played an important rolein resolving the national crisis; propel China to realize the ideality of national self-reliance.Moreover, it has theoretical guidance and reality meanings to current cultural construction, to realizethe great rejuvenation of China and to representation of Chinese culture.