Chapter 32 remarks

In 1904, Chen Duxiu concluded: "If the wisdom of the people in a country is not widely enlightened, and if the people do not have the power to participate in the management of the country, the foundation of the country will always not be firm. If you only pin your hopes on the good king and good ministers, then the good king and good ministers will be in the future." At that time, the country can still barely be peaceful, and once the wise ruler and good minister die, the government will die, and the country will still decline." Chen Duxiu advocated total Westernization. He said: "If there is no innovation at all, everything should adopt new Western methods, and there is no need to use nonsense such as national quintessence and national conditions to make trouble."

Chen Duxiu disagreed with unconditional patriotism.He said: "A country protects the rights of the people and enhances the happiness of the people. If it does not do this, the country will have nothing to honor in its existence and nothing to regret in its death." He also said: "A country that protects the people loves the people. It is also appropriate; in a country of disabled people, where does love live?" Chen Duxiu said: "If Fu is erudite but can't apply it, and ignores the cold-blooded animals in actual life, he is an old-fashioned scholar in China, not a new youth in the 20th century."

Chen Duxiu said: "Now is the era of national revolution, not the era of proletarian revolution and dictatorship, so not only the bourgeoisie must have democratic politics, but the proletariat must also have democratic politics, and it is even more urgent." Chen Duxiu said: "In terms of administration, a benevolent government is better than a tyrannical government. In terms of politics, a benevolent government that damages the self-government personality of the people is no different from a tyrannical government." Chen Duxiu asked: "(Modern China) does the city dominate the countryside, or does the countryside dominate the city?"

Chen Duxiu believed that the Fourth Plenary Session of the Sixth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China emphasized the role of farmers, which is a typical idea of ​​international opportunism. He also published articles such as "The Problem of the So-called "Red Army"" to oppose the Red Army of Workers and Peasants under the leadership of the Communist Party of China.Later, when Chiang Kai-shek launched a military "encirclement and suppression" campaign against the Central Soviet Area in Jiangxi, he distributed a large number of these articles by Chen as the theoretical basis for the "encirclement and suppression".

Chen Duxiu said: "The 'May 4th' Movement was an inevitable product of the development of modern Chinese society. No matter whether it is a merit or a crime, it should not be attributed to those few people. However, Mr. Cai, Shizhi and I were the ones who were in the ideological and public opinion at that time. As for the person who bears the main responsibility, there are doubts about major issues, and I am not in the country, and I, who died later, have to say it in this short article by the way, so as to inform the world and future generations, and remember Mr. Cai!"