从五四运动爆发到中国共产党诞生的一段时间内,在各种社会新思潮中,工读主义是颇为引人注目的.尽管是昙花一现,在它的纲领和他们的行动中,都充满着乌托邦式的幻想,带着明显的“左派幼稚病”.但是,这一运动的倡导者和实践者们,当时确实是认认真真地把它作为改造中国社会的“救时良方”试验推行的.因之,它在中国革命实践的最初阶段是一个不应忽略的环节.恩格斯曾经高度评价了十九世纪初欧州的空想社会主义及其实践,“为了使社会主 During the period from the May 4th Movement to the birth of the Chinese Communist Party, work-studyism was quite noticeable in various new social trends of thought. Although short-lived, its program and their actions are full of utopias However, the advocates and practitioners of this movement did indeed regard it seriously as a ”rescuing party" for the transformation of Chinese society at that time. Because of which it was a link that should not be neglected in the initial stage of the Chinese revolutionary practice.Engles spoke highly of Utopian socialism and its practice in Europe in the early 19th century,