The "May 4th" period violently criticized traditional culture. The "May 4th" advocated the tearing down of the chastity arch and the Confucian store. Although the slogan "Down with the Confucian Shop" was put forward during the "May Fourth Movement", it was only used as a spearhead to play an anti-feudal role. It did not wipe out Confucius and Confucianism, and it was not a total anti-unification culture.
The main content of the "May 4th" criticism was feudal ethics. The "May 4th" New Culture Movement used women's issues as a breakthrough to attack the old ethics, launched an ethical and moral revolution, and then extended the results to Various fields of cultural thought, but the pioneers have a high regard for the classic literary masterpieces, the essence of traditional culture, and have made great contributions to the organization of outstanding heritage from the Book of Songs to novels of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. They believe that criticizing corruption and ignorance does not mean blindly denying "thread-bound books". The Confucian culture accumulated over thousands of years is still a bright pearl with infinite brilliance at any time. Therefore, Tang poetry, Song lyrics, Yuan opera, and Ming and Qing novels all contain the splendid Confucian civilization. We can say that the "May 4th" New Culture Movement did not cause a break in our country's national culture. The historical achievements of the "May 4th" movement were great and far-reaching.
In short, the "May Fourth Movement" was not completely anti-traditional. There is a difference between the two concepts. The former includes the latter. Chinese feudal culture is the core of China's traditional national culture, but it is not all. On the one hand, the advocates of the "May Fourth Movement" were inspired by the theory of evolution, reforms, etc. advocated by the literati of the previous era. On the other hand, they continued to learn to further transform and promote the excellent traditional culture, rather than completely denying the traditional culture.