“一切历史都是当代史”。作为一个事实存在,五四新文化运动对中国社会进程的意义是不言而喻的。但正如许多具有决定性影响的“关键时刻”一样,历史书写的权力运作与主观需求使得人们对五四新文化运动的评价歧见丛生,形成一条价值链。通过这条链我们发现:价值评价总是与评价者所处的时代和时代需要相联系的。 “All history is contemporary history ”. As a matter of fact, the significance of the May Fourth New Culture Movement for the social progress of China is self-evident. However, like so many crucial moments with decisive influence, the historical operation of power and the subjective demand of writing have caused people’s disagreement over the evaluation of the May Fourth New Culture Movement to form a value chain. Through this chain we found that: Value evaluation is always associated with the era and the needs of the evaluator.