 After the collapse of the imperial Qing, many intellectuals joined the New Culture Movement started by Chen Duxiu, Hu Shih and more (mainly scholars that were educated in western countries) advocating for a new Chinese culture based on democracy and science.Consequently, the leaders of the movement decided to employ the vernacular writing style as one of the trademarks of the movement.Huang Kan, although opposing the imperialist government, did not support the New Culture movement, either.