Abstract: During the May fourth new culture movement,Dewey and Russell were invited to Hunan to deliver a lecture.Changsha “Ta Kung Pao” gave the most detailed report about this event among various newspapers in Hunan at that time.In light of the report given by “Ta Kung Pao”,this paper probes into the event itself and its impact.Dewey’s lecture was mainly about education.The special topic for Russell’s lecture was his travel experience in Russia,Bolshevik and the world politics.Philosophy and pragmatism,populist pedagogy proposed by Dewey were hailed by people from the ideological circle and educational circle.Russell’s lecture exerted significant impact on the youngsters who were by then languishing about China’s future and social political thought.

Key words: Dewey, Russell, lecturing in Hunan, Changsha &ldquo, Ta Kung Pao&rdquo