May 4 was a defining moment, one in which the Chinese intellectuals who had been the progressive charge in China turned in very different directions. The separate paths followed by Chen Duxiu and Hu Shih are representative of the split.
五四因而成了一道分水嶺，最初站在同一進步思想陣線上的中國知識分子，以陳獨秀及胡適為代表，從此各自走向不同的道路。