Early Chinese Communists And The First World War

World War I had placed a huge influence to the European and the world, the war caused huge casualties and property losses. After the war, Chen duxiu, Li Dazhao and other intellectuals payed close attention to the developments of the war, presented their views on the war. But their knowledge of World War I showed great diversity, largely on the May 4 Movement for the sector, before the May 4 movement, they thought this is a war between justice and evil, the Allies on behalf of justice, and the Allies was the incarnation of evil; They also believed that World War I was the world's absolute monarchy and the democratic forces of Armageddon. Allies on behalf of freedom, equality, humanity, and Germany on behalf of the Monarchy, this may be people desire on France for the representatives of Western civilization. after the May 4 movement, dued to the Russian Revolution and the impacts of post-war Paris Peace Conference, Chen duxiu, Li Dazhao and other Chinese Communists advanced intellectuals began to change their ideals, they began to apply the Marxist points and views to understand the First World War, then they believed the first World War was a war between imperialist, recognizing the root causes of modern wars of imperialism and advocated special efforts on the domestic class war, and thus eventually to eliminate all wars, including World War. At the same time the First World War had a great impact on Chen duxiu, Li Dazhao, the First World War changed their view of history values, and changed their views on the Western capitalist civilization, so that they eventually choosed to believe in Marxism, selected the socialist road, they started with new ideas and methods to solve practical problems in China.