“五·四”处于从传统向现代转型的高潮时期。“五·四”背景下西方自由主义在中国的流转情况,“五·四”知识分子是在何种程度上领会自由主义,有无中国式的创造转化等问题都是耐人寻思的;从“五·四”知识分子对自由主义的不同侧重与选择,可以洞察到“五·四”文学由反传统文学、建立人的文学急促向阶级文学、革命文学流变的内在原因;从而对自由主义在“五·四”文学中所扮演的角色又多了一份理解与同情。 “May Fourth” is in the climax of the transition from tradition to modern times. The circulation of western liberalism in China under the background of “May Fourth” and the degree to which the “May Fourth” intellectuals understood liberalism, and whether Chinese-style creation and transformation are all problems such as being resistant From “May Fourth” intellectuals’ different emphasis on and choice of liberalism, we can gain insight into the “five four” literature from anti-traditional literature, the rapid establishment of human literature to class literature, revolutionary literature flow So as to gain more understanding and sympathy for the role that liberalism plays in the “May Fourth” literature.