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Kang Youwei

1858 - 1927

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Kang Youwei (Chinese: 康有為; Cantonese: Hōng Yáuh-wàih; 19 March 1858 – 31 March 1927) was a political thinker and reformer in China of the late Qing dynasty. His increasing closeness to and influence over the young Guangxu Emperor sparked conflict between the emperor and his adoptive mother, the regent Empress Dowager Cixi. His ideas were influential in the abortive Hundred Days' Reform. Following the coup by Cixi that ended the reform, Kang was forced to flee. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kang Youwei is the 891st most popular writer (down from 686th in 2019), the 238th most popular biography from China (down from 186th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Chinese Writer.

Kang Youwei was a Chinese scholar who is most famous for his proposal to reform the Chinese government.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Kang Youwei ranks 891 out of 7,302. Before him are Aron Nimzowitsch, Robert E. Howard, Ian McEwan, Marie Mancini, Zenodotus, and Chevalier d'Éon. After him are Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, Philippe Ariès, Sven Hassel, Nizar Qabbani, Radegund, and Jean de La Bruyère.

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Among people born in 1858, Kang Youwei ranks 28. Before him are Marie Bashkirtseff, Keke Geladze, Ludwig Quidde, Eugène Dubois, Eugène Ysaÿe, and Beatrice Webb. After him are Mihajlo Pupin, Eleonora Duse, Giovanni Segantini, Lovis Corinth, John A. Hobson, and Michael Hainisch. Among people deceased in 1927, Kang Youwei ranks 15. Before him are Gaston Leroux, Houston Stewart Chamberlain, Hugo Ball, Andranik, Jerome K. Jerome, and Georg Brandes. After him are Paul Sérusier, Carl David Tolmé Runge, Michael Ancher, Yusef of Morocco, Armand Guillaumin, and Giuseppe Moscati.

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In China

Among people born in China, Kang Youwei ranks 238 out of 1,610. Before him are Khutughtu Khan Kusala (1300), Diaochan (null), Ragibagh Khan (1320), Abaoji (872), Wong Kar-wai (1958), and Ban Chao (32). After him are Jack Ma (1964), Emperor Ming of Han (28), Pu Songling (1640), Zaifeng, Prince Chun (1883), Zhang Liang (-290), and Bi Sheng (990).

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Among WRITERS In China

Among writers born in China, Kang Youwei ranks 19. Before him are Cao Xueqin (1724), Ban Gu (32), Tao Yuanming (365), Wang Wei (699), Jin Yong (1924), and Zhang Sanfeng (1200). After him are Pu Songling (1640), Ouyang Xiu (1007), Cai Yan (177), Lin Yutang (1895), Shi Nai'an (1296), and Lu You (1125).

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