The Trend Of Autonomy Around The May Fourth Movement

The Republic of China was established,and people were looking forward to the future of New China.However,after Yuan Shikai came to power,a series of actions made the people feel disappointed.In particular,the strategy of military defense against the party members intensified the use of southern The alienation between the revolutionary party in the sphere of influence and the Yuan government based in the north,Yuan Shikai proclaimed the emperor,forcing people to focus on the local area,and the discussion about federalism reached a climax.After Yuan Shikai’s death,the power of local warlords gradually became prominent,and the North-South conflicts surfaced.The National Defence War and the Law Defence War occurred successively.For this reason,reconciling the North and the South became a topic of concern at the time.In July 1919,Xu Fusu proposed the "Southwestern Autonomy" peace plan,advocating that the existing political framework of the North and the South should be reconciled.This plan to resolve the situation in addition to force and law enforcement was met by Zhang Dongsun,Gao Yihan,Zhang Yiqi,The most important reason for opposition from many people,including Shao Lizi,is that they did not consider the rule of the people enough;with the rise of democratic thoughts around the May Fourth Movement,jumping out of the north and south,subverting the existing political situation,and achieving democracy became the mainstream of the times,while the autonomy of the southwest It can only be regarded as the old method of the past,and it was quickly discarded by the times.The introduction of the Russian Socialist Revolution during the May Fourth Movement provided the people of the time with a way to quickly realize democracy,which was sought after by many people for a while.A group of people represented by Liang Qichao and Zhang Dongsun obviously felt the danger of radicalization of the times,and turned to Paying attention to reality,developing industry,and supporting inter-provincial autonomy,the inter-provincial autonomy movement that recognizes the North and South authorities and related systems but opposes the rule of warlords arises.From southwestern autonomy to democratic rule to inter-provincial autonomy,it reflects the process of people from the north-south framework to jumping out of the north-south,subverting the political situation and returning to reality.What remains unchanged is the people’s thinking about local autonomy.