The Age of Awakening: Chen Duxiu talks about why the transformation of China's new youth began with ideological enlightenment

The process of the great people discussing the old China, I think it is worth reading and understanding for everyone. So you have to excerpt this speech.

Listen to Jun's words and read the ten years of books:

Dao Guangnian Lin Xu banned opium, the British invaded China, the people's ships were strong and cannoned, we were defeated, so some people proposed to master yi long skills to control Yi, this is the first enlightenment, knowing that their skills are inferior to others to learn from others. Later, some people also realized that we were not only inferior in technology, but importantly, the country was inferior to people, so there was a change of law, a late new government, until the Xinhai Revolution overthrew the imperial system and established a republic, which was the second realization. But what about the establishment of the Republic of China, the foreigners still bully us, and the common people still can't eat enough. This is not only a matter of our inferior skills and inferior systems to people, but most importantly, our ideological and moral concepts are not as advanced as others, so I say that all enlightenment is ultimately the consciousness of thought, the consciousness of moral theory. This final conclusion, in the final analysis, man's enlightenment, this final enlightenment is to change the brain. We must find the most advanced ideas in the world to arm our people, to shape a new generation of youth, to create a new nation.

Contemporary Chinese new youth should have six ideas,

An autonomous, not a slave

Two progressive, not conservative

Three enterprising, not reclusive

Four worlds, not locked countries

Five real profits, not fictional

Six scientific, not imaginary

In general, science and democracy, to create a new generation of young people, only science and democracy are equally important, science and democracy are the norms that test politics, law, ethics, scholarship, social customs and our daily lives.

Anything that violates science and democracy, even if it is the legacy of the ancestors, the teachings of the sages, and the learning of society, is not worth advocating.

Science and democracy are the rising sun, but today the country is a tightly covered, moldy, rotten sores, and pus-soaked old house, how can the sunshine of science and democracy illuminate the house? In the past, we used the simplest method to overthrow the old house, but you knocked down the house, the mold and the sores and the pus are still hidden in it, and the growth is still rotten and dirty, so China wants to be strong, we must not only tear down the house, but more importantly, we must dig out the root of its decay, to carry out a profound ideological revolution, and arm our youth with the ideas of science and democracy. How to arm? Everyone is groping, my opinion is, first start from the daily life that penetrates the mind, first start with our speech and writing, advocate vernacular language, say what everyone can understand, write words that everyone can understand, and we must use the power of new literature to enlighten the minds of the masses.

The vigorous movement to transform China's youth began, starting with the establishment of new youth, Lu Xun, Chen Duxiu, Li Dazhao, etc. were all editors, and what an excellent publication it was, condensing the enthusiasm and thoughts of the great people. Listening to it in front of the TV set, I feel that the blood is boiling, and the whole era of awakening is worth reading repeatedly.