Fusion Of Horizon: Rethinking About The Enlightenment Of The May Fourth Movement

"The May Fourth Movement " is a perpetual topic. As a prelude of Chinese modern community, The May Fourth Movement makes countless descendants back to it again during their looking for the spiritual homeland. Odyssey went back up the birthplace by undergoing 20 years hardships, Christopher completed his gayer movement through all his lifetime. However, the men back to "the May Fourth" are still be their halfway today."The May Fourth", which, as a historic event, took place a matter of 80 years ago, is not less concerned by people as the time flies, instead, more and more attention is paid to it with the people's view extending. As for the people at present, the topic about the movement is not beyond its internal scope. The historical philosopher said: "all the history is contemporary history." " Contemporary" is not a concept on time or historiography, but on the history of thinking (or philosophy), "contemporary" is the combination between "past" and "modern" in people's mind, which is reflected in people's inner life, therefore, as far as people concerned, their lives cover the history, namely, history becomes an indispensable part in their lives. The May Fourth Movement is the renaissance of China, we can say, from which the value and idea of modern Chinese have come, at least, by which they are forged and baptized.Therefore, discoursing upon the May Fourth Movement doesn't mean discussing history according to history, but it is blending and analysis in the view of knowledge, as enrichment our idea nowadays, nevertheless, the May Fourth movement, to a great extent, is a historic event in the surroundings that western science was introduced into China. With the change of situation, its reference frame has been transformed from single traditional culture of China into a blend of western culture and Chinese culture. The enlightenment of May fourth movement somewhat can be traced to the same origin with the enlightened idea in the modern west in the light of inner intellect. There are differences between the enlightenment of May fourth movement and the enlightened idea of the modern west due to the difference among sino-western traditional cultures.There is no negative that the context of Chinese arts at present is referred to the western countries on the whole. Accordingly, exploiting some concepts in future, we must be cautious. If we quote concepts without consideration, we can't reveal the issue, on the contrary, we will run away far from it.And, examining minutely the May Fourth movement and returning homeland is not the steady truth forever, but the necessity based on the today' existence. Therefore, to comprehending again of the May Fourth Movement naturally consists of "repudiate" to it."Science" is the most substantial and splendid connotation of the May Fourth Movement. As a part of the May Fourth Movement, science should not repudiated to be the result that the Chinese and Western culture clashes , if we talked about the science with ignoring the Westerns' understanding of it, it is equal to looking for water without a source .At the same time, the establishments of scientific authoritativeness in the May Fourth Movement enlightenment can't be depart from the famous debate of science and metaphysics. However it should be conscientiously talked about that science and even the May Fourth Movement completed its originally mission in what kind of sense, in other words, how far away they went on their way of constructing modernity. This constituted three parts of the paper. The problem we must reply is: The enlightenment was completed ?If saying so, no more than we questioned the May Fourth Movement, but to say that it put forward to the current problem we have to reply. Apply mechanically Kants' words in short, the May Fourth Movement is a ceaselessly "controversial battleground". In the face of torture that the May Fourth Movement advanced, it is insensible of whether people placed themselves in it are equally fearless.