作者在本书开头简括地叙述了五四运动的直接起因和运动的经过。接着,他探讨了五四运动的政治、经济和社会的广泛背景。内容最丰富的第三章论述文化革命的特殊因素和问题:褚如新知识分子,反儒教斗争,“民主和科学”,文学革命,传统文化的重新估价,放弃宗教信仰,解放妇女,以及马克思主义在中国的开始。佛郎克指出,由于1911年以文士为基础的官僚制的崩溃,产生了一种新的知识分 At the beginning of this book, the author briefly describes the immediate causes and movements of the May Fourth Movement. He then explored the political, economic and social context of the May Fourth Movement. The third chapter discusses the special factors and problems of the cultural revolution: Chu Ruxin intellectuals, the struggle against Confucianism, “democracy and science”, the revaluation of the literary revolution and traditional culture, the abandonment of religious beliefs, the liberation of women, and the China’s beginning. Fulangke pointed out that due to the collapse of the scribe-based bureaucracy in 1911, a new kind of knowledge