Li Dazhao Women Emancipating The Mind

Li Dazhao, whose theory has a very deep influence on Chinese modern history, and he is a pioneer of Marxism sinicization. Meanwhile he is the first Chinese who analyzed the women problems by Historical Materialism. The article explores a wider and deeper research on Li Dazhao's women liberation thought on the basis of the previous fruits.There are two periods in the article which is divided by May 4th Movement, one is the early period of democracy women's view and the other is the later period of proletarian women liberation thought. The democracy women's view is the initial development of Li Dazhao's women liberation thought and the proletarian women liberation thought is the continuous development and improvement. These two thoughts are closely related and can not be divided.The article is divided into five parts:Partâ… . To discusss the social history conditions of the formation of Li Dazhao's women liberation thought. And it mainly includes the patriotism about the country and the people, the misery conditions of Chinese women, the introduction of western democratic thought (from the enlightment of freedom & equality to lofty and communist ideals) as well as the Chinese working class stepping onto the history stage, etc.Partâ…¡. This part is the main point of this article, and it mainly deals with the connotations of Li Dazhao's women liberation thought. i. The deep connotation of women liberation. ii. Seeking out the root cause why Chinese women having been trodden down and pointing out the fundamental ways to get the complete liberation. iii. Main democratic rights which women should enjoy, such as suffrage, employment right, education right and right of marital freedom. iv. Women's special protection problem and other equal rights in law.Partâ…¢. To compare Li Dazhao's women liberation thoughts with Chen Duxiu's and Hu Shi's respectively and then make the analysis and evaluation.Partâ…£. Main characters of Li Dazhao's women liberation thoughts.Partâ…¤. Evaluation of Li Dazhao's women liberation thoughts: historical value and limitation.