"The Awakening Age" shows the magnificent historical picture from the New Culture Movement, the May 4th Movement to the establishment of the Communist Party of China, and describes the social customs and various life styles in the Awakening Age. Many big figures appeared during this period, including Chen Duxiu, Li Dazhao, Hu Shi, Teacher Mao, Wu Hao, Chen Yannian, Chen Qiaonian, Zhao Shiyan, etc.

Chen Duxiu - worry about the world's worries first, and rejoice after the world's happiness. Chen Duxiu had merits and demerits, and his life should be evaluated objectively rather than praised and criticized blindly. "The Age of Awakening" tells about several major things Chen Duxiu did.

These major events are enough to leave a name in history for any one person, but Chen Duxiu has them all in one, which is why he has the nickname "show". After returning from Japan, Chen Duxiu started to found "New Youth" to spread democracy and science, that is, Mr. De and Mr. Sai, which opened the New Culture Movement.

This movement played a decisive role in helping 40 million compatriots understand the decadence and decline of the old society, the importance of the people being the masters of the country, and popularizing culture to the proletariat.

Later, he was invited by Cai Yuanpei, the president of Peking University, to serve as the head of the literature section of Peking University. Together with Cai Yuanpei, he inspired innovations, reformed Peking University's unhealthy trends, and innovated Peking University's ideological trends and education.

During this period, the news of the Paris Peace Conference, which was humiliating and humiliating the country, was heard. Chen Duxiu led students to be patriotic and save the country, which in turn triggered the large-scale May Fourth Movement and made the country's sovereignty intact. This movement was not limited to students. Workers, businessmen, and farmers all stood up to defend their homes and country, and Chen Duxiu was the commander-in-chief behind it.

The May 4th Movement achieved remarkable results. Chen Duxiu bid farewell to Cai Yuanpei and concentrated on saving China, which was in danger of survival. Under the influence of Marxism and the leadership of the Communist International, Chen Duxiu became one of the founders of the early Communist Party of China and served as the general secretary. This is all about Chen Duxiu's deeds in the first half of his life in "The Age of Awakening". Chen Duxiu's fate in the second half of his life was very ill-fated.

1927 was a turning point in Chen Duxiu’s career. Since then, he has never entered the center of the historical stage. This year, Chang Kaishen launched the April 12 coup and persecuted the Communists. Chen Duxiu and others led the workers' armed forces to fight back, but in the end the revolution failed due to Chen Duxiu's negligence.

Later Chen Duxiu left the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. In 1929, he was expelled from the party for expressing different opinions on the Middle East Road Incident. He was later arrested by the Nationalist Government and imprisoned in Nanjing. After Chen Duxiu was imprisoned, many celebrities and international celebrities bailed him out, such as Soong Ching Ling, Cai Yuanpei, Einstein, Marie Curie and others, but Chang Kaishen remained unmoved.

In 1937, the Anti-Japanese War broke out and Chen Duxiu was released from prison. After he was released from prison, he lived in Jiangjin, Sichuan for a long time, making a living by teaching. He lived a relatively poor life and reflected on his own thoughts and doctrines. He also had health problems at this stage. When he was in the hospital for medical treatment, he was kicked out of the hospital because he had no money to pay. Prime Minister Wu Hao visited him many times and asked him to return to Yan'an, but he refused.

In 1942, Chen Duxiu died of illness and poverty, ending a life of ups and downs. In order to avoid being pursued by all parties, Chen Duxiu hid on a ship and confided to his friends: "Do Chinese people understand China's problems or do foreigners understand them? Do I understand the Chinese revolution or does Stalin understand the Chinese revolution?

If we want to study China’s issues, why can’t we study them in China? The Chinese revolution still needs to be led by the Chinese.” His words were considered too advanced at the time, until a few years later he was called The small town of Zunyi was verified to be true.

It can be seen that what Chen Duxiu opposed was not the line of seeking happiness for the people, but the wrong understanding of the Chinese people led by outsiders. Li Dazhao - Wang Shibei set the Central Plains Day, and he never forgot to tell Nai Weng about family sacrifices. The time span of "The Age of Awakening" is from 1915 to 1921, but we never expected that Li Dazhao would die heroically six years later in 1927.

In his early years, Li Dazhao studied in Japan. Inspired by the "New Youth" founded by Chen Duxiu, he resolutely resigned from school and returned to China to participate in the New Culture Movement. The New Culture Movement at the beginning was very limited, because at that time there were very few people in China who could read or write, and most of them were poor people who worked all day long for food and clothing.

Li Dazhao realized this early. He went deep into the workers and farmers, taught them knowledge and spread ideas, started to set up night schools and held lectures, so that culture was no longer exclusive to the rich. Later, on the recommendation of Chen Duxiu, he entered Peking University and served as the director of the library.

During this period, Professor Mao came to Peking University on the recommendation of Yang Changji and worked as an assistant in the Peking University Library. Li Dazhao had a profound influence on him, and they often discussed and exchanged ideas with him. After the May Fourth Movement broke out, Li Dazhao actively participated in leadership, was not afraid of power, shed blood for the country, sacrificed his life for the people, and resisted to the death the signing of the Paris Peace Treaty.

After a series of struggles, Li Dazhao became more determined that the Marxism and communism he believed in were applicable to China and could also save China. He was the earliest disseminator of Marxism in China. He worked tirelessly to explain Marxism to the public, led the people to be the masters of their own country and armed revolution, and became one of the early founders of the Communist Party of China.

In addition, in order to end the situation of warlord separatism, Li Dazhao actively mediated and persuaded Feng Yuxiang and others to launch the Northern Expedition, which promoted the first cooperation between the Kuomintang and Kuomintang and allowed mainland China to be unified under leadership.

However, it was precisely because of his precise attack on the warlords that he touched the interests of the Northeast warlord Zhang Zuolin, who was traitorous and seeking glory, and killed Comrade Li Dazhao in 1927.

Hu Shi——It is difficult to draw a dragon or a tiger, but it is difficult to know the person but not the heart. Hu Shi in "The Age of Awakening" is high-spirited. He became a doctor and a professor at Peking University at a young age, and he tried his best to promote vernacular Chinese during the New Culture Movement.

In addition, Hu Shi in reality is not like what he played in the play. The director beautified Hu Shi, but in fact the things he did were despicable.

After Japan invaded and occupied the three northeastern provinces, he called Chang Kaishen and suggested: "Ask the National Government to completely abandon the three northeastern provinces, recognize the puppet Manchukuo, let the people of Northeast China be colonized by Japan for 50 years, and continue to concentrate on peace. 'Suppression of bandits'".

While Chen Duxiu, Li Dazhao and others were using Marxism to find ways to save the country, he proposed the so-called "five poisons that harmed China" and believed that China's current situation at that time was caused by poverty, pedantry, etc., and that there should be no revolution .

He established a low-key club with Zhou Fohai and others to oppose the anti-Japanese war, believing that only by surrendering to Japan and slowly finding a way out could China be saved. Later, many people in this club became traitors.

While serving as ambassador to the United States, he did not seek any benefits for the country. Instead, he worked hard for his own honor and actively preached his thoughts. In exchange for this, he received more than a dozen honorary doctorates. At this time, he That's the real doctor. After arriving in Taiwan, he still did not change his style, and fully demonstrated his nature of helping whoever is strong.