Kang Youwei

Kang Youwei
Born(1858-03-19)19 March 1858
Died31 March 1927(1927-03-31) (aged 69)
EducationJinshi degree in the Imperial Examination
Known forLeader in the Gongche Shangshu movement
Leader in the Hundred Days' Reform
Notable workReformation of Meiji Emperor (日本明治變政考), and Reformation of Peter the Great (俄大彼得變政記)
Spouses
  • Zhang Yunzhu
  • Liang Xujiao
  • He Zhanli
  • Liao Dingzhen
  • Zhang Guang
Children15 children, including Kang Tongbi
RelativesKang Youpu (brother)
Kang Youwei
Traditional Chinese康有為
Simplified Chinese康有为
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinKāng Yǒuwéi
Wade–GilesK'ang1 Yu3-wei2
IPA[kʰáŋ jòʊ.wěɪ]
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationHōng Yáuh-wàih
JyutpingHong1 Jau5-wai4
IPA[hɔŋ˥ jɐw˩˧.wɐj˩]
Other names
Courtesy name (zi)
Traditional Chinese廣廈
Hanyu PinyinGuǎngshà¹
Yale RomanizationGwóng-hah
Courtesy names (hao)
Traditional Chinese長素
Hanyu PinyinChángsù
Yale RomanizationChèuhng-sou
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese明夷
Hanyu PinyinMíngyí
Yale RomanizationMìhng-yìh
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese更生 or 更甡
Hanyu PinyinGēngshēng
Yale RomanizationGāng-sāng
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese西樵山人
Hanyu PinyinXīqiáo Shānrén
Yale RomanizationSāi-chīu Sāan-yàhn
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese游存叟
Hanyu PinyinYóucúnsǒu
Yale RomanizationYàuh-chyùhn-sáu
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese天游化人
Hanyu PinyinTiānyóu Huàrén
Yale RomanizationTīn-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.