ZHANG Bao-ming points out that the important question is not whether literature needs morality or not but how to put the
role of morality. Intellectuals should perform the direction of moral pragmatism. ZHANG Quan-zhi points out that the life in reality was affirmed in the
ethical revolution promoted by the May 4th Movement; meanwhile the metaphysical pursuit for ethics was rejected and "All the gods were exiled". As a result, a Vacuum came into being in people's belief. Under its influence there appeared a tendency of secularization in the new-vernacular literature creation. According to YANG Qing-dong,the whole enlightenment pays attention to the individualism of moral practice and individual centralism but neglects moral universalism,which leads to the failure of the whole enlightenment on projecting moral modernity.In PAN Zheng-wen's opinion, this argument reflects the contradiction in
Chinese new literature. To resolve the question about moral metaphysics, it is necessary to press close to the dilemma of Chinese new literature.