Generally regarded as cultural conservatism, the scholars who published on the journal, including Wu Mi, Mei Guangdi [zh], Hu Xiansu, Liu Yizheng and Guo Binhe [zh], were termed the Critical Review Group or the Xueheng School,[1] based at National Southeastern University.

According to the foreword of the journal, the purpose of this journal was "to study sciences and arts, to seek and elucidate truth, to build on the quintessence of the nation, to criticise from a neutral and just perspective, as a nonpartisan, but not as a radical or follower.

"[3] The Critical Review group, or the Xueheng School, was against the New Culture Movement because of its romanticism, its utilitarianism and its iconoclasm.

"[5] The Critical Review, under the leadership of Wu Mi, introduced one of the earliest Chinese translation of Greek classics, including Plato's dialogues and Aristotle's ethics.

Additionally, lots of new humanistic writings were also preferably selected into the journal by Wu Mi.