泰戈尔的早期欧洲崇拜者“裹挟”了西方批评者,一战中西方帝国主义的残酷暴行又对泰戈尔的思想产生了极大的影响,使得他在西方国家演讲时,要求西方多重视东方思想。可是,当泰戈尔在中国演讲也遵循这一思路的时候,那些想要改造中国的激进派面前就出现了一些传统保守派。这就势必会导致中国激进知识分子觉得与保守主义者格格不入。 Tagore’s early European admirers “coerced” Western critics. The brutal acts of Western imperialism in World War I have also had a tremendous impact on Tagore’s thinking. When making his speech in Western countries, he demanded that the West should pay more attention to the East thought. However, when Mr. Tagore followed this thread in his speech in China, some traditional conservatives emerged before those radical groups that wanted to reform China. This will inevitably lead Chinese radical intellectuals to feel at odds with conservatives.