Abstract:

In order to establish an interpretive framework of China's modernity, attentions are to be paid to the following issues: 1) Modernity is different from modernization; 2) The objects criticized, the ideas provided, and the consequences followed of China's May 4th enlightenment are different from those of the Western Enlightenment; 3) As a result of the above mentioned, China's modernity takes a special form.Making strong, reformation, revolution, science, democracy, development, harmony, etc., have become consecutively the Keywords of China's pursuit of modernization.The author believes that, by reflecting on them, an interpretive framework of China's modernity will emerge.

Key words: modernity, Enlightenment, modernization