The Changes Of Li Dazhao’s Principle Of Nationalism Thoughts

Li Dazhao, as the first Marxist in modern China, is also the first Marxism-guided nationalist, whose nationalist ideas are closely associated with the Chinese revolutionary movements. The study on the causes of Li Dazhao’s nationalist ideas’change, its development process and contribution to the New Democratic Revolution has a certain historical significance.Li Dazhao published’The view about the comparison of French and Russian Revolutions’in1918, a bound to which his nationalist ideas could be divided into budding, formation and transformation, and ripening stage. During the budding and formation period, his nationalist ideas include the revitalization efforts of the Chinese nation, thoughts about China’s relations with other nations and understanding of the relationship of all domestic ethnic groups. And at the stage of transformation and ripening, advocating national salvation by Marxism ideology, reconciling "nationalism" and "cosmopolitanism" on foreign relations and a development of the view of domestic ethnic relations are included.The reasons for the change of Dazhao’s nationalist ideas mainly consist of two aspects. Those include both external and internal factors. Continuous exploration on the salvation road, dim national prospects after the Revolution, and diplomatic failure of Paris Peace Conference the influence of Russian Revolution are all objective external factors.The personal subjective factors:the choice of Marxist theory, motivated by the traditional patriotism and the inherent characteristics of Li Dazhao their own ideas.On one hand, the change of Li Dazhao’s nationalist ideas opened a new exploration road for national rejuvenation. That is, with the guide of Marxism, the way to transform China is made clear, the road to save the nation is discovered, and the object and nature of the revolution is realized. On the other, it made constructive contribution to advocating Kuomintang-Communist cooperation and centering on the revolutionary forces of farmers.The development of Li Dazhao’s nationalist ideas reflects the ideological trajectory of those intellectuals shouldering the mission of salvation, updating with time and keeping exploring. His nationalist ideas are not trapped in the shackles of Marxist doctrines and reflect obvious "Chinese" characteristics.