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康有为

康有為
Kāng Yǒuwéi
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Kang Youwei, Confucian scholar and reformer, leader of the failed Hundred Days' Reform of 1898

About Kang Youwei

1858–1927 · 政治家 politician

Scholar who with his student 梁启超 led the 1898 reform, 戊戌变法, under the Guangxu Emperor. When Cixi ended it after 103 days he fled abroad, and he went on campaigning for a constitutional monarchy.

Also called  康南海、 广厦、 长素

Examples

HSK 7-9
康有为主张君主立宪。
Kāng Yǒuwéi zhǔzhāng jūnzhǔ lìxiàn.
Kang Youwei advocated constitutional monarchy.
HSK 7-9
戊戌变法失败后，康有为逃亡海外。
Wùxū biànfǎ shībài hòu, Kāng Yǒuwéi táowáng hǎiwài.
After the Hundred Days' Reform failed, Kang Youwei fled abroad.

Tips

culture
One of his art names, 长素, was read as 'surpassing the 素王', the 'uncrowned king' Confucius. A censor cited it in 1894 as proof of his arrogance, and his book 《新学伪经考》 was ordered destroyed.
culture
His utopian work 《大同书》 envisioned a future world without nations, families, or private property - a startlingly radical vision for a late-Qing Confucian scholar.

Stroke Order

康 kāng
有 yǒu
为 wéi