IAH 204 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: May Fourth Movement, Qing Dynasty, Peking University
27 Oct 2016
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The large-scale expressions of chinese nationalism (cp 212/114) What was first a student demonstration, became a national movement. Way/ dao was seen as a confucian dogma. Borrowed western ideas as weapons to attack confucian tradition (ibid. , 117) Denounce the didactic concept of (cid:498)literature conveys the way/ the dao(cid:499) (cid:523)ibid. , (cid:883)(cid:883)(cid:888)(cid:524), as the (cid:498)october revolution(cid:499) (cid:523)(cid:883)(cid:891)(cid:883)(cid:889)(cid:524) (cid:498)the treaty of versailles(cid:499) (cid:523)(cid:883)(cid:891)(cid:883)(cid:891)(cid:524) The qing court tried to borrow money from the western bank (british, french, american, The may fourth movement was against the qing dynasty to sign this treaty. Students from peking university and some other schools gathered in tiananmen. German powers forced qing court to turn jiaozhouwan to the german colony in 1896. Anti-confucianism principle: confucianism deprives society of its dynamic force (cp 212/114, confucian dogma has lost its relevance (ibid. , 114, replace classical works with a new vernacular literature. It can no longer help to solve the social crisis that was happening at the time.
