42 KANG Youwei and the Failure of the Hundred Days Reform

 

 

 

 

List of contents

Kang Youwei and the Failure of the Hundred Days Reform.- Hundred Days Reform.- Institutional Reform.

About the author

One of the best sinologists of modern times, Guy Alitto is an American academic in the History and East Asian Languages and Civilization Departments at the University of Chicago. He is known in China for revitalizing the scholarship on Chinese Confucian scholar Liang Shuming. He is best known in America for his scholarship and for his role as translator for the first official Chinese delegations to the United States after Richard Nixon’s first visits to China.

Summary

This lecture looks into the life and ideas of Kang Youwei, a pivotal figure in China's transitional generation following the Sino-Japanese War. Kang's journey from a child prodigy to a proponent of radical reform is traced, highlighting his writings such as "A Study of the Forged Works of the Xin Period" and "A Study of Confucius in Institutional Reform." The lecture also examines Kang's career, particularly his petition to the throne advocating for reform, his involvement in the Hundred Days Reform, and the subsequent failure of these reforms due to political opposition and societal resistance.

Product details

• Authors: Guy S. Alitto
• Publisher: Springer EN
• Languages: English
• Product format: Mixed media product
• Release: 13.06.2026
• EAN: 9789819566815
• ISBN: 978-981-9566-81-5
• Illustrations: Approx. 20 p. Book + Online Course.
• Series: The Uniqueness of Chinese Civilization in World History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > Eastern philosophy; China, Kulturwissenschaften, Asiatische Geschichte, Cultural Studies, Kang Youwei, History of China, Chinese philosophy, Institutional Reform, Hundred Days Reform, Confucian Critique, Political Opposition