That Chinese have been repeatedly humiliated by the great powers in modern times has led to the partial consensus or worship of the western civilization, and negative or even lacking confidence of their own traditional culture. The historical materialism has undoubtedly effective explanatory power, but it obscures the rich and colorful historical aspects while extracting historical laws and explaining grand issues. Likewise, outstanding facts in Chinese traditional culture should be objectively recognized and intended to continue. The application conditions and scope of historical materialism are not boundless, and certain factors among many theories and methods should be objectively discarded.