Kang Youwei 康有為

Kāng Yǒuwéi 康有為 (1858 - 1927)

Style names 號: Chángsù (長素); Míngyí (明夷); Gēngshēng (更生) or 更甡; Xīqiáo Shānrén (西樵山人); Yóucúnsǒu (游存叟); Tiānyóu Huàrén (天游化人) Courtesy name 字: Guǎngshà[1] (廣廈) Born March 19 1858 in Nánhǎi 南海, Guǎngdōng province 廣東 Died 1927 in Qīngdǎo 青島, Shāndōng province 山東 (Poisoned)

Notable Associates: Liáng Qǐchāo 梁啓超 Tán Sìtóng 譚嗣同 Zhāng Tàiyán 章太炎

Article editor: Gregory Adam Scott

Kāng Yǒuwéi 康有為 (1858 - 1927) was one of the leaders of the 1898 reforms and a prominent political thinker, whose vision of an Utopian paradise was strongly influenced by Buddhist ideas.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Important Works 3 Notes 4 References

Biography

Important Works

• 大同書 Dàtóngshū (The Book of Great Unity) (1935)

Notes

1. ↑ Or xià

References