During China's New Cultural Movement

the Great War (World War I) not only led to the overall crisis of Western Imperialism

but also brought forth a more serious national crisis to China. It was a great shock to the Chinese intellectuals with global visions

whose reflection of the Western Civilization developed to the Sino-West Cultural Debate

the Science-Metaphysics Debate

and the critical reconstruction of modernity. Du Yaquan pointed out the "pathology" of the Western Civilization and advocated a reconciliation of Chinese and Western cultures for the rebuilding of a New Civilization. His thought on civilization was not restricted by the then prevailing modern-time order. Nor did it rely on the concept of nation-state and irrationalism. It was based on the foundation of Chinese thoughts to ponder over "Tian Xia (Land under Heaven) " puzzles and China’s issues

which left abundant ideological legacies for the construction of post-war world civilization.