1919年夏,胡适大肆宣扬“多研究些问题,少谈些主义”。对于社会主义学说在中国的日益传播,胡适明显地表示不满。他主张知识分子的精力应当放到研究具体的实际的社会问题之上,这是一项艰苦的差事。在7月20日的《每周评论》上,胡适提出:所有的学说,都是特定时代、特定的社会需要的产物,并不适用于其他的时代,这是一个基本的原则。主义更为危险,因为它们很容易被那些无原则的政客利用,以达到他们自私的目的。尤其危险的是使用诸如社会主义和无政府主义这些抽象的概念,因为它们可以被解释成许多不同的意思。 In the summer of 1919, Hu Shih preached “more studies on some issues and less on some doctrines.” Hu Shih clearly expressed his dissatisfaction with the increasingly widespread socialist doctrine in China. He argues that the intellectual effort should be devoted to studying concrete practical social problems. This is a strenuous task. In the July 20 “Weekly Review,” Hu Shih pointed out: It is a basic principle that all doctrines are the product of a specific era and specific social needs and are not applicable to other times. Doctrines are even more dangerous because they can easily be used by politicians who are unprincipled for their own selfish ends. It is especially dangerous to use abstract concepts such as socialism and anarchism, because they can be interpreted in many different ways.