Research On The Women’s Liberation Thoughts Of The May Fourth Period

The women’s liberation is the natural standard of social liberation, the all-round development of man is inseparable from the all-round development of women. And for thousands of years, Chinese women are under the persecution and repression of feudal ethical code like "hree cardinal guides and the five permanent members","three from the four virtues". They don’t have any dignity and status, they are the victim of the patriarchal society. Under the influence of feminist and feminism, under the subject of survival of the nation, more and more people with lofty ideals and pioneering thinkers began to propaganda and called to women’s liberation. From reformists’ Kang youwei,Liang qichao to Ma junwu, Jin yi, and then to Li dazhao, Chen duxiu deeply influenced by Marxism, the nation in peril, the nation crisis, the women’s liberation thoughts like the undercurrent that flowing through. Although Chinese women liberation began from the Reform Movement and the Revolution of1911, the women’s real awakening is under the May fourth movement period. The advanced intellectuals of the May fourth period severely criticized the feudal ethical code, conscientiously carried out mass discussion on women’s issues, put forward economic independence, political participation, education equality, freedom of marriage, individual liberation and other claims. The propaganda of new ideas fiercely slammed into the dominant feudal ethical code, brought the great innovation of the view on women, at the same time, it mawaken the sleepy women in China. They boldly fought against the feudal ethical code, brave went out of the home,return to society, open a new era of Chinese women’s liberation movement.Although Chinese women’s liberation movement has achieved some results, the women’s social and family status have been significantly increased. But influenced by feudal traditional thought, there are a lot of social problems of discrimination against women in society, women are still in a weak position, the goal of equality between women and wen is still far from the true. Re-examining the May fourth period women’s liberation ideas, grasping the spiritual essence, searching the historical significance and the realistic value, is good for maintaining women’s rights, protecting women’s lawful rights and interests, improve the status of women, is of great significance in building a harmonious socialist society.The article focus on the women’s liberation in may fourth period.By collecting lots of the female ideas and the datas of related women’s movemen, using documentary analysis,the article begins from the international and the domestic background, concludes the main content of the women’s liberation thoughts in may fourth period, analyzes its characteristic, shows the efforts that Chinese advanced intellectuals make to women’s liberation, finally summarizes its historical significance and realistic value.