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Liang Qichao 梁啓超 | |
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 Liang in 1910 | |
| Director of the Imperial Library of Peking | |
| In office December 1925 – June 1927 | |
| Preceded by | Chen Renzhong |
| Succeeded by | Guo Zongxi |
| Minister of Finance of the Republic of China | |
| In office July 1917 – November 1917 | |
| Premier | Duan Qirui |
| Preceded by | Li Jingxi |
| Succeeded by | Wang Kemin |
| Minister of Justice of the Republic of China | |
| In office September 1913 – February 1914 | |
| Premier | Xiong Xiling |
| Preceded by | Xu Shiying |
| Succeeded by | Zhang Zongxiang |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 23, 1873 Xinhui, Guangdong, Qing China |
| Died | January 19, 1929 (aged 55) Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beiping (now Beijing), Republic of China |
| Political party | Progressive Party |
| Spouses | Li Huixian (m. 1891)Wang Guiquan (m. 1903) |
| Children | 9, including Liang Sicheng and Liang Siyong |
| Education | Jinshi degree in the Imperial Examination |
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Liang Qichao (Chinese: 梁啓超 ; Wade–Giles: Liang2 Chʻi3-chʻao1; Yale: Lèuhng Kái-chīu) (February 23, 1873 – January 19, 1929) was a Chinese politician, social and political activist, journalist, and intellectual.[1] His thought had a significant influence on the political reformation of modern China. He inspired Chinese scholars and activists with his writings and reform movements.[2] His translations of Western and Japanese books into Chinese further introduced new theories and ideas and inspired young activists.
In his youth, Liang joined his teacher Kang Youwei in the Hundred Days' Reform of 1898. When the movement was defeated, he fled to Japan and promoted a constitutional monarchy and organized political opposition to the dynasty. After the revolution of 1911, he joined the Beiyang government, serving as the chief justice and the first president of the currency system bureau. He became dissatisfied with Yuan Shikai and launched a movement to oppose his ambition to be emperor. After Yuan's death, he served as the finance chief of the Duan Qirui cabinet and as supervisor of the Salt Administration. He advocated the New Culture Movement and supported cultural change but not political revolution.
- ^ Lee, Theresa Man Ling (2007). "Liang Qichao and the Meaning of Citizenship: Then and Now". History of Political Thought. 28 (2): 305–327. ISSN 0143-781X. JSTOR 26222453. Archived from the original on October 8, 2023. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
- ^ Xiao (2002).