"The fact that the leading lights of the May Fourth Movement embraced Western culture does not mean that Western culture was their ultimate concern," says Professor Wang Shouchang of Peking University. For instance, says Wang, when leftist writer Mao Dun spoke of taking "one step forward, two steps back," he meant that we should first westernize, then step back to look at tradition.
「五四主要人物對西方的推舉，不表示他的終極關懷是西方文化」，王守常以當時左派作家矛盾為例，矛盾曾說「進一步，退兩步」，意指咱們先進行西化，再退回來看傳統。