Chen Pingyuan, a professor in the Chinese Department of Peking University, has argued that with the exception of science and democracy, "New Youth's staff never found a common cause."
現任北大中文系教授陳平原則認為，除了「德」、「賽」兩位先生之外，「《新青年》的同人再也找不到『共同的旗幟』」。