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Also known as chang su, Youwei Kang, bu ren, nan hai lao ren, tian feng hai tao lou, xiao yao you zhai, ming yi, Gengsheng

Chinese politician and scholar (1858-1927)

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Kang Youwei (1858–1927) was a Chinese writer, journalist, philosopher, and politician born in Nanhai District. He held citizenship in the Qing dynasty and the Republic of China. A participant in the Hundred Days' Reform, he was a member of the Kuomintang political party. His religious worldview was Confucianism, and he achieved the academic degree of jinshi.

He is known for his work in philosophy and wrote in Classical Chinese and Old Mandarin. His art names included 長素, 明夷, 更生, and 更甡. His doctoral student was Liang Chi-chao, and he had a child named Kang Tongbi. His works are held in the collections of the Ashmolean Museum, the National Museum in Warsaw, the Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, and the Shanghai Museum. He died in Qingdao.

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  • Kang Youwei yu jin dai wen hua

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Key facts

Born
( 1858-03-19 ) 19 March 1858, Nanhai , Guangdong, Qing China
Died
31 March 1927 (1927-03-31) (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)
Spouses
Zhang Yunzhu Liang Xujiao He Zhanli Liao Dingzhen Zhang Guang
Children
15 children, including Kang Tongbi
Relatives
Kang Youpu (brother)
Traditional chinese
康有為
Simplified chinese
康有为
Hanyu pinyin
Kāng Yǒuwéi
Wade giles
K‘ang Yu -wei
Ipa
[kʰa ́ ŋ jo ̀ ʊ.we ̌ ɪ]
Yale romanization
Hōng Yáuh-wàih
Jyutping
Hong Jau Wai

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Family name
Kang
Gender
male
Citizenship
Qing dynasty
Place of birth
Nanhai District
Place of death
Qingdao
Occupation
politician
Political party
Kuomintang
Languages spoken
Old Mandarin
Religion
Confucianism
Participant in
Hundred Days' Reform
Academic degree
jinshi
Doctoral student
Liang Chi-chao
Field of work
philosophy
Image
Kang-youwei2-large.jpg
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Kang Youwei
date of birth
1858-03-19
date of death
1927-02-28
art name
雲衢書屋
birth name
康有為
has works in the collection
Shanghai Museum
writing language
Classical Chinese
courtesy name
廣廈
name in kana
こう ゆうい
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Commons Creator page
Kang Youwei
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Encyclopedic overview

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.

Early life

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