Why is New Youth called LA JEUNESSE instead of New Youth?

On the cover of the first issue of "New Youth" magazine was printed "La Jeunesse", which means "Youth" in French.

People often call it by its subtitle "La Jeunesse". The reason why I chose to write the cover in French was mainly because the founding of "New Youth" magazine marked the rise of the New Culture Movement, which showed that Chinese thought at that time was deeply influenced by French Enlightenment thought.

The rise of the New Culture Movement was marked by the founding of the magazine "New Youth". "New Youth" was first published in September 1915. The original name was "Youth", but it was renamed "New Youth" starting from Volume 2, No. 1 (September 1916). The editor was Chen Duxiu, and until 1917, this publication was entirely sponsored by him.

Background of the rise of the New Culture Movement

After the Revolution of 1911, Western enlightenment ideas further spread, and the idea of ??democracy, democracy and harmony was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

The Beiyang warlords promoted the countercurrent of respecting Confucius and restoring ancient times. More importantly, people at that time reflected on the failure of the Revolution of 1911. After the Revolution of 1911, advanced intellectuals realized that the root cause of the failure of the revolution lay in the lack of democratic ideals and consciousness in the minds of the people. They must attack feudal ideas and feudal consciousness from a cultural and ideological perspective, and realize true democracy through popularizing *** and ideas. *** and government.

The bourgeoisie strongly demands the implementation of democratic politics in China. Therefore, the emergence of the New Culture Movement was not only the product of the combined effects of economic, political, ideological and cultural factors in a specific historical period at that time, but also the inevitable result of modern China's long-term material and ideological preparation.