Aiming the riddle of why Liu Guojun abandon philosophy for librarianship all his life in library science circle, ac-cording the historical materials such as Liu Guojun listed in the questionnaire in his early life that he engaged in education and library ca-reer all his life, we analyze Liu Guojun’s thought foundation to save the nation by education that was under the influence of May 4th New Culture Movement.The thought to save the nation by education guided Liu Guojun to choose the road to save the nation by education which was practical scholarship and focused on librarianship which is the important institution in social education for struggling all his life instead of mysterious philosophy.His choice was logical guided by the thought to save the nation by education and popularizing education not suddenly.Editing Library Science Quarterly in chief quickened Liu Guojun’s step for working major on librarianship directly.%针对刘国钧为什么“弃哲学而终身从事图书馆事业”这一图书馆学界之谜，依据刘国钧本人早期所填终身从事“教育及图书馆事业”的调查表等史料，分析了刘国钧早年受五四新文化运动影响而产生“教育救国”的思想基础。在这一思想指导下，刘国钧弃哲学而选作为社会教育中重要机构的图书馆为终生奋斗之事业。他的这一选择是在“教育救国”、“普及教育”的思想指导下的一种逻辑发展。主编《图书馆学季刊》，加快了刘国钧直接从事图书馆事业的步伐。
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