Combined with the historical events of the May 4th Movement, this paper discusses the connotation of the May 4th spirit and thinks about how to inherit and carry forward this spirit as a contemporary college student. What is the May 4th spirit? Some think it is patriotism, some think it is democratic science, some think it is emancipating the mind and innovating constantly, some think it is the liberation of rational spirit and personality, some think it is the courage to explore and pursue truth, some think it is revolution or change to break new ground, some think it is completely anti-imperialist and anti-feudal, and so on. All these statements are reasonable, but they are actually related.

Patriotism is the source of the May 4th spirit, and democracy and science are the core of it. Being brave in exploration, innovation, emancipating the mind and carrying out reform are the ways to put forward and realize democratic science, and rational spirit, personality liberation and anti-imperialism and anti-feudalism are the contents of democratic science. And all these, the ultimate goal is to revitalize the Chinese nation. Therefore, to commemorate the May 4th Movement and carry forward its spirit, we should combine these aspects and work hard to revitalize the Chinese nation.

In a word, the spirit of the May 4th Movement represents the unity of honesty, progress, positivity, freedom, equality, creativity, beauty, kindness, peace, mutual love, labor and happiness of the whole society.

What is the May 4th spirit? Some think it is patriotism, some think it is democratic science, some think it is emancipating the mind and innovating constantly, some think it is the liberation of rational spirit and personality, some think it is the courage to explore and pursue truth, some think it is revolution or change to break new ground, some think it is completely anti-imperialist and anti-feudal, and so on. All these statements are reasonable, but they are actually related.

Patriotism is the source of the May 4th spirit, and democracy and science are the core of it. Being brave in exploration, innovation, emancipating the mind and carrying out reform are the ways to put forward and realize democratic science, and rational spirit, personality liberation and anti-imperialism and anti-feudalism are the contents of democratic science. And all these, the ultimate goal is to revitalize the Chinese nation. Therefore, to commemorate the May 4th Movement and carry forward its spirit, we should combine these aspects and work hard to revitalize the Chinese nation.

In a word, the spirit of the May 4th Movement represents the unity of honesty, progress, positivity, freedom, equality, creativity, beauty, kindness, peace, mutual love, labor and happiness of the whole society.

Therefore, the May 4th spirit is a sublimated patriotic spirit.