今年是新文化运动100周年。近几十年,因为意识形态的影响,对于新文化运动的反思,往往偏见多于常识。曾有学者说,我们现在应该回归常识。在我看来,于近代史研究,回归常识,就是颠覆常识,颠覆我们多年来对很多事件的错误认知。叶曙明先生《重返五四现场——1919,一个国家的青春记忆》则以最好的证据说明了“颠覆”的重要性。叶曙明将五四运动爆发的因子上推到 This year marks the 100th anniversary of the New Culture Movement. In recent decades, because of the influence of ideology, reflections on the New Culture Movement tend to prejudice more than common sense. Some scholars said that we should now return to common sense. It seems to me that to return to common sense in the study of modern history is to subvert common sense and overturn our mistaken recognition of many incidents over the years. Mr. Ye Shuming “Returning to the May Fourth Scene - 1919, the Memory of a Country ’s Youth” illustrates the importance of “Subversion ” with the best evidence. Ye Shuming put the May Fourth Movement outbreak on the push to the factor