“五四”被认为是20世纪现代中国的思想元典,是对后世产生决定性影响的“关键时刻”。由于历史书写的权力运作,对“五四”的阐释和评价显得岐见丛生。在漫长的历史发展中,“五四”这个现代中国的本源性事件不得不遭受不断被“当代人”根据自己的“意愿”重新叙述的命运。大致而言,存在“文艺复兴说”、“破坏传统说”、“资产阶级启蒙说”和“新民主主义说”四种关于“五四”的主要话语表述方式。 The May Fourth Movement is considered as the ideological canon of modern China in the 20th century. It is the “critical moment” that has a decisive influence on the future generations. Because of the power of historical writing, the interpretation and evaluation of the May Fourth Movement seem to be mixed. In the long course of history, the “May Fourth Movement”, a source incident of modern China, has to suffer the constant re-narration of being constantly re-narrated by the “present people” according to their “wishes”. Generally speaking, there are four major discourses on “May Fourth Movement” such as “Renaissance Theory”, “Destruction of Tradition”, “Bourgeois Enlightenment Theory” and “New Democracy Theory” Way of expression.