The New Youth's Educational Policies and Thoughts of Anti-Revivalism in the Earlier Period of May Fourth Movement

In earlier period of May Fourth New Culture Movement,Chen Duxiu launched a fierce attack at educational argument of venerating Confucianism,restoring ancient ways and harming humanity,and put forward educational thoughts which attached equal importance to moral,intellectual,physical,and occupational education.Li Dazhao criticized that which took Confucianism as basic way to cultivate moral self was against spirit of democracy and science and should be replaced by modern national education.Mao Zedong criticized that curriculum of old education was too heavy,ruining young people,thus he proposed laying equal stress on moral,intellectual and physical education,and balanced development of students' body and mind.Cai Hesen called for breaking educational fetters of the three cardinal guides and five constant virtues and promoting students' free development.Cai Yuanpei,Qian Xuantong et al.also advocated abolishing old education and implementing new education which paid equal attention to moral,intellectual,physical,aesthetic education,and world outlook education.Their educational policies and thoughts of anti-revivalism are valuable assets for studying educational policies of modern Chinese education.