Inheritance And Innovayion Of The National Character’s Enlightenment

Early mass propaganda of Marxism in China is the beginning of the process of Marxism sinicized, and it is the most important department in this whole process. The Chinese Communist Party was founded in1921,"which is an epoch-making event in the history of Chinese development."①From the beginning of the New Culture Movement, to the establishment of the Chinese Communist Party, during this time the outbreak of May Fourth Movement was a turning point. This paper makes Civilian education lecture group in Peking University the entry point, elaborating its enlightenment to the general public before the May Forth Movement outbreak and its members actively leading and participating, and describing the history of the members’diverging and the early mass propaganda of Marxism after the May Fourth Movement, fianlly, summarizes the history trends of the change in Modern Chinese Thought, and profoundly recognizes the process of Marxism civilianized in China. All of which have very far-reaching important signification to having a new understanding to the significance today of the May Fourth Movement on promoting the process of the Chinese social modernization. This paper investigates the historical contributions of the civilian education lecture group in Peking University from five different aspects.The first part is the introduction, which mainly introduces the researching significance and presents research status quo. This part places the civilian education lecture group in Peking University into the history of the Chinese modern development, exhibiting the diverse school of thought during May Forth Movement, multiple thought and attempts of the intellectual to the Chinese road, then elaborates the inevitable choice of Marxism.The second part sorts out the origin and activity of the civilian education lecture group. In Peking University, President Cai Yuanpei encourages "compatible and inclusive". The members of Fashion and Nation Magazine shared the value and pursue which was based on saving the country and people and the enlightenment strategy. They set up jointly the civilian education lecture group, and commonly undertook the historical mission of enlightening the public. When the group was established, its members positively organized speaking engagements, and thought of the innovation from the leaders, the listeners, the content, the form, and so on. Well, the group’s engagements obtained significant results.The third part focuses on the key members and their stories of the civilian education lectures. Represented by the key members, this part shows their stories during different times:conducting public enlightenment propaganda, actively leading and participating in May Forth Movement, doing the early mass propaganda of Marxism, etc.Part IV discusses the divergence of the civilian educational lecture group. When facing to choose the nation’s destiny, the members, who were based on the ideas of enlightenment and education of the people, after through the baptism of the students’ movement, took a different path in life. At the same time, regardless of which way.its ultimate goal pointed to saving the country, only different methods. Then, more than the divergence, the members kept the personal friendship and the attention of the enlightenment movement.Part V is the conclusions.