抗议巴黎和会上中国外交失败而爆发的五四运动,犹如熊熊烈火,燃遍全国。这场“大火”的点火人是谁?此人就是当时研究系的重要头面人物、梁启超的挚友林长民。林长民,字宗孟,福建闽侯人,早年赴日留学,辛亥革命后当选为国会议员,与梁启超等人共组“进步党”与研究系,成为全国知名的政界人士。1918年10月徐世昌任大总统,聘林长民为顾 The May 4th Movement that protests the outbreak of diplomatic failure at the Paris Peace Conference is like a raging fire that burns all over the country. Who is this “big fire” igniter? This person was an important head of the research department at that time, and Lin Changmin, the close friend of Liang Qichao, Lin Changmin, Zong Meng, Fujian Minhou, went to Japan to study early, and was elected as a member of parliament after the Revolution of 1911. Together with Liang Qichao and others, they formed a “Progressive Party” and a research department and became well-known politicians in the country. In 1918 October Xu Shichang appointed president, hired Lin Changmin for the care