How Confucius was Tampered by Spencer, or Vanity of Conservative Modernism
The article considers the ideological situation in China in the transitive period (1890-1911). Under the influence of foreign factors there was a radical change in cultural priorities, and there was a problem of building a new Weltanschauung, replacing the official Confucianism. Social Darwinism became one of the main guidelines for Chinese intellectuals in this period.. An attempt to use it in the socio-cultural environment, mainly traditionally oriented, led to the outbreak of racism. As the result of political disintegration, by the 1920s a number of leading intellectuals had a defeatist attitude and the desire to give up not only the national culture, but also the racial type.