五四运动前,中国一批具有爱国主义思想的知识分子对中国的出路进行了艰苦卓绝、不屈不挠的探索。正是五四运动促进了马克思主义在中国的传播,使得“一部分最有觉悟的知识分子接受了马克思列宁主义,找到认识中国、改造中国的强大思想武器”。他们从爱国主义者走上马克思主义道路,这种选择不是偶然的,是社会发展的结果,是一种历史的必然。 Before the May 4 Movement, a group of Chinese intellectuals with patriotism made arduous and indomitable explorations on China’s way out. It was precisely the May 4th Movement which promoted the spread of Marxism in China and made “some of the most enlightened intellectuals to accept Marxism-Leninism and find a powerful ideological weapon for understanding and transforming China.” They took the path of Marxism from the patriotism. This choice is not by chance. It is the result of social development and a necessity of history.