New Culture Movement

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cultural movement historical event intellectual movement reform movement

The New Culture Movement was an early 20th-century Chinese intellectual and cultural reform movement that promoted science, democracy, and the rejection of traditional Confucian values, laying ideological groundwork for later revolutionary change.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
New Culture Movement canonical	27
Chinese New Culture Movement	2
Guocui (national essence) movement	1
May Fourth cultural debates	1
May Fourth era intellectual movement	1
May Fourth intellectuals	1
New Culture Movement intellectuals	1
New Culture intellectuals	1

Statements (67)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural movement ⓘ historical event ⓘ intellectual movement ⓘ reform movement ⓘ
aimedAt	critique of Confucianism ⓘ cultural modernization ⓘ promotion of democracy ⓘ promotion of science ⓘ social reform ⓘ
associatedWith	Cai Yuanpei ⓘ Chen Duxiu ⓘ Ding Ling ⓘ Hu Shi ⓘ Li Dazhao ⓘ Lu Xun ⓘ Peking University ⓘ Qian Xuantong ⓘ Zhou Zuoren ⓘ
country	China ⓘ
criticized	arranged marriage ⓘ patriarchal family system ⓘ
endTime	early 1920s ⓘ
field	Chinese literature ⓘ Chinese philosophy ⓘ education ⓘ political thought ⓘ
followedBy	Chinese Revolution ⓘ surface form: Chinese Communist Revolution Chinese Revolution ⓘ surface form: New Democratic Revolution
hasPart	May Fourth Movement ⓘ
historicalContext	Republic of China era ⓘ post-1911 Revolution China ⓘ
ideology	anti-feudalism ⓘ humanism ⓘ individualism ⓘ scientism ⓘ
influenced	Chinese Communist movement ⓘ Chinese education reform ⓘ Chinese language reform ⓘ Chinese nationalism ⓘ modern Chinese literature ⓘ
influencedBy	Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ surface form: Enlightenment thought Western liberalism ⓘ modern science ⓘ pragmatism ⓘ socialism ⓘ
keyPublication	La Jeunesse ⓘ New Youth ⓘ
languagePolicy	promotion of vernacular Chinese ⓘ rejection of classical Chinese in literature ⓘ
legacy	contribution to simplification of Chinese characters ⓘ foundation for modern Chinese culture ⓘ ideological groundwork for May Fourth intellectuals ⓘ
location	Beijing ⓘ Shanghai ⓘ
opposed	imperial examination legacy ⓘ traditional Confucian ethics ⓘ
precededBy	Hundred Days' Reform ⓘ surface form: Late Qing Reform movements
slogan	Mr. Democracy ⓘ Mr. Science ⓘ
startTime	1915 ⓘ mid 1910s ⓘ
supported	academic freedom ⓘ women's emancipation ⓘ youth liberation ⓘ
usedMedium	magazines ⓘ newspapers ⓘ universities ⓘ

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Subject: New Culture Movement
Description of subject: The New Culture Movement was an early 20th-century Chinese intellectual and cultural reform movement that promoted science, democracy, and the rejection of traditional Confucian values, laying ideological groundwork for later revolutionary change.

Referenced by (35)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chinese Revolution → influencedBy → New Culture Movement ⓘ

May Fourth Movement → influenced → New Culture Movement ⓘ

May Fourth Movement → followed → New Culture Movement ⓘ

Chen Duxiu → movement → New Culture Movement ⓘ

Chen Duxiu → participantIn → New Culture Movement ⓘ

Li Dazhao → movement → New Culture Movement ⓘ

Cai Hesen → participatedIn → New Culture Movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: May Fourth era intellectual movement

Xiao Zisheng → movement → New Culture Movement ⓘ

Xiao Zisheng → influencedBy → New Culture Movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Culture intellectuals

Chinese republican movement → relatedTo → New Culture Movement ⓘ

Mr. Science → associatedWith → New Culture Movement ⓘ

Mr. Democracy → associatedWith → New Culture Movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chinese New Culture Movement

Wusi Yundong → relatedMovement → New Culture Movement ⓘ

May Fourth Incident → influenced → New Culture Movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chinese New Culture Movement

New Youth → politicalAlignment → New Culture Movement ⓘ

New Youth → movement → New Culture Movement ⓘ

La Jeunesse → influenced → New Culture Movement ⓘ

Hu Shi → movement → New Culture Movement ⓘ

Lu Xun → movement → New Culture Movement ⓘ

Cai Yuanpei → movement → New Culture Movement ⓘ

Qian Xuantong → movement → New Culture Movement ⓘ

Lu Xun Museum → hasSubject → New Culture Movement ⓘ

subject surface form: Lu Xun Museum (Shanghai)

Zhou Zuoren → movement → New Culture Movement ⓘ

Zhou Zuoren → participantIn → New Culture Movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: May Fourth cultural debates

Republican era of China → significantEvent → New Culture Movement ⓘ

Duxiu → leadingFigureIn → New Culture Movement ⓘ

subject surface form: Chen Duxiu

Duxiu → movement → New Culture Movement ⓘ

subject surface form: Chen Duxiu

Zhang Taiyan → movement → New Culture Movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guocui (national essence) movement

Zhang Taiyan → influenced → New Culture Movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Culture Movement intellectuals

Qichao → influenced → New Culture Movement ⓘ

subject surface form: Liang Qichao

this entity surface form: May Fourth intellectuals

New People’s Study Society → influencedBy → New Culture Movement ⓘ

萧子升 → movement → New Culture Movement ⓘ

Xinmin Society → movement → New Culture Movement ⓘ

Republican era → significantEvent → New Culture Movement ⓘ