As a result, he says, "Utopian thinking was pervasive in the May Fourth Movement." Academician David Wang has written: "The 'public clamor' represented May Fourth's greatest awakening." To Wang, the spirit of that "clamor" expressed itself in doubts about authority.
「『眾聲喧嘩』是五四給我最大的啟蒙，」王德威院士曾為五四作此註腳，對他而言，「眾聲喧嘩」的精神體現在「對權威的質疑」。