周恩来是一位伟大的民主思想家,是马克思主义的优秀继承者。其早期的民主思想,主要体现在新文化运动前后时期。在这一时期,可以说是周恩来民主思想的形成期和塑造期,也为日后民主思想的成熟和巩固奠定了坚实的思想基础,指明了马克思主义的正确方向。之后周恩来回忆时说:“在我年轻的时候,我曾扎过辫子。我满脑子旧思想、旧东西,甚至连资本主义都不接受(后来接受了一些)。经过很长一段时间以 Zhou Enlai is a great democratic thinker and an outstanding successor to Marxism. Its early democratic thinking was mainly reflected in the period before and after the New Culture Movement. During this period, it can be said that the formation and shaping of Zhou Enlai’s democratic thought lays a solid foundation for the maturation and consolidation of democratic ideas in the future, and points out the correct direction of Marxism. Afterwards, Zhou Enlai recalled: ”When I was young, I had braided myself. I was full of my old thoughts, old things, and even capitalism did not accept (later accepted) .After a long period of time