Kang Youwei
Kang Youwei | |||||||||||||||||||
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Kang, c. 1905 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 March 1858 Nanhai, Guangdong, Qing China | ||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 31 March 1927 (aged 69) Qingdao, Shandong, Republic of China | ||||||||||||||||||
| Education | Jinshi degree in the Imperial Examination | ||||||||||||||||||
| Known for | Leader in the Gongche Shangshu movement Leader in the Hundred Days' Reform | ||||||||||||||||||
| Notable work | The Reformations of Emperor Meiji (日本明治變政考), The Reformations of Peter the Great (俄大彼得變政記) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Children | 15 children, including Kang Tongbi | ||||||||||||||||||
| Relatives | Kang Youpu (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 康有為 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 康有为 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Other names | |
| Courtesy name (zi) | |
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| Traditional Chinese | 廣廈 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Guǎngsh๠|
| Jyutping | Gwong2 Haa6 |
| Art name (hao) | |
| Traditional Chinese | 長素 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Chángsù |
| Jyutping | Coeng4 Sou3 |
| Chinese name | |
| Traditional Chinese | 明夷 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Míngyí |
| Jyutping | Ming4 Ji4 |
| Chinese name | |
| Traditional Chinese | 更生 or 更甡 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Gēngshēng |
| Jyutping | Gang1 Sang1 |
| Chinese name | |
| Traditional Chinese | 西樵山人 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Xīqiáo Shānrén |
| Jyutping | Sai1 Ciu4 Saan1 Jan4 |
| Chinese name | |
| Traditional Chinese | 游存叟 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Yóucúnsǒu |
| Jyutping | Jau4 Cyun4 Sau2 |
| Chinese name | |
| Traditional Chinese | 天游化人 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Tiānyóu Huàrén |
| Jyutping | Tin1 Jau4 Faa3 Jan4 |
| ¹ K'ang Yu-wei: A Biography and a Symposium gives Guǎngxià 廣夏 | |
Kang Youwei (19 March 1858 – 31 March 1927) was a Chinese political thinker and reformer in the late Qing dynasty. His increasing closeness to and influence over the young Guangxu Emperor sparked conflict between the emperor and his adoptive mother, the regent Empress Dowager Cixi. His ideas were influential in the abortive Hundred Days' Reform. Following the coup by Cixi that ended the reform, Kang was forced to flee. He continued to advocate for a Chinese constitutional monarchy after the founding of the Republic of China.