Kang Youwei 康有為

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Kāng Yǒuwéi 康有為 (1858 - 1927)

Kāng 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.

  • Born March 19 1858 in Nánhǎi 南海, Guǎngdōng province 廣東
  • Died 1927 in Qīngdǎo 青島, Shāndōng province 山東 (Poisoned)
  • 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)

Biography


Important Works

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

Notes

  1. Or xià

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