Kang Youwei | |
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| Born | 19 March 1858 |
| Died | 31 March 1927 (aged 69) |
| Education | Jinshi degree in the Imperial Examination |
| Known for | Leader in the Gongche Shangshu movement Leader in the Hundred Days' Reform |
| Notable work | Reformation of Meiji Emperor (日本明治變政考), and Reformation 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) |
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| 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๠|
| Yale Romanization | Gwóng-hah |
| Courtesy names (hao) | |
| Traditional Chinese | 長素 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Chángsù |
| Yale Romanization | Chèuhng-sou |
| Chinese name | |
| Traditional Chinese | 明夷 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Míngyí |
| Yale Romanization | Mìhng-yìh |
| Chinese name | |
| Traditional Chinese | 更生 or 更甡 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Gēngshēng |
| Yale Romanization | Gāng-sāng |
| Chinese name | |
| Traditional Chinese | 西樵山人 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Xīqiáo Shānrén |
| Yale Romanization | Sāi-chīu Sāan-yàhn |
| Chinese name | |
| Traditional Chinese | 游存叟 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Yóucúnsǒu |
| Yale Romanization | Yàuh-chyùhn-sáu |
| Chinese name | |
| Traditional Chinese | 天游化人 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Tiānyóu Huàrén |
| Yale Romanization | Tīn-yàuh Fa-yàhn |
| ¹ K'ang Yu-wei: A Biography and a Symposium gives Guǎngxià 廣夏 | |
Kang Youwei (Chinese: 康有為; Cantonese: Hōng Yáuh-wàih; 19 March 1858 – 31 March 1927) was a political thinker and reformer in China of 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.