This idea rose from combination of the golden mean of the Confucian School and liberalism from Great Brain. Its idea of modernization and cultural reform consists in melting cultural elements of China and of the West in a moderate gradual reform.

• 民初调和思潮以杜亚泉、章士钊、李大钊、蔡元培等为思想代表，其思想熔儒家中庸思想与英伦自由主义于一炉，在现代化与文化革新问题上，主张融合中西新旧与温和渐进改革；