During the spell of the May Forth, the 1920s, and the 1930s, Zhang Wentian had advocated to keep the cream of our national culture, discard the dross of it and object conservation and nihility;

• 五四时期和二、三十年代的张闻天，在文化思想上主张对国故存其精华、去其糟粕，反对固守和虚无；