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Liang Ch'i-ch'ao (lyäng chē-chou), 1873–1929, Chinese reform leader. Liang was a disciple of K'ang Yu-wei K'ang Yu-wei (käng y
..... Click the link for more information. . Stunned by China's disastrous defeat by Japan (see Sino-Japanese War, First Sino-Japanese War, First, 1894–95, conflict between China and Japan for control of Korea in the late 19th cent. The Li-lto Convention of 1885 provided for mutual troop withdrawals and advance notification of any new troop movements into Korea.
..... Click the link for more information. ), K'ang and Liang launched (1895) a movement for constitutional and educational reform. The movement received the backing of Emperor Kuang-hsu Kuang-hsu or Kwang-hsü (gwäng shü), 1871–1908, emperor of China (1875–1908).
..... Click the link for more information. in 1898, but the "hundred days' reform" was aborted by the Empress Dowager Tz'u Hsi Tz'u Hsi, Tsu Hsi, or Tse Hsi (all: ts
..... Click the link for more information. . Liang fled to Japan where he continued to promote gradualist reform and constitutional monarchy. Although his writings had a great influence on the constitutional movement within China, the large Chinese student community in Japan increasingly favored an anti-Manchu revolution as espoused by Sun Yat-sen Sun Yat-sen (s
..... Click the link for more information. . Following the republican revolution of 1911, Liang returned to China and led the Progressive party in parliament, generally supporting the regimes of Yüan Shih-kai Yüan Shih-kai (yüän` shē`-kī`), 1859–1916, president of China (1912–16).
..... Click the link for more information. and Tuan Ch'i-jui Tuan Ch'i-jui (dwän`chē-j
..... Click the link for more information. and opposing the Kuomintang Kuomintang (gwō`mĭn`däng`, kwō`mĭntăng`) [Chin.
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See studies by J. R. Levenson (2d rev. ed. 1967) and C. Hao (1971).