１９１９年，在新文化运动达到顶点、新思潮最为高涨之际，力主反传统的胡适却似乎突发思古之幽思，提出要“整理国故”的号召。此论一出，便引起争论。有人热烈响应，使“整理国故”运动取得了至今仍令人赞叹、堪称丰硕的学术成就，对文化的积累和学术的进步，无疑有着不容否 In 1919, at a time when the New Culture Movement reached its peak and the new trend of thought was at its highest, Hu Shih, who dominated the anti-tradition, seemed to have suddenly taken a meditations on the past and proposed to “organize the country.” This theory came out, it caused controversy. Some people responded enthusiastically and made the campaign of “organizing the national security” still impressive today, which is a fruitful academic achievement. There is no doubt that the accumulation of culture and academic progress have made it unforgivable.