Kang Youwei (March 19, 1858 - March 31, 1927) was a Chinese scholar and political reformist.

He was a mentor of Liang Qichao, and the two of them participated in the Hundred Days' Reform. Both fled abroad when the program was unsuccessful.

Chinese government officials ordered him executed by the method of Leng Tche or "death by a thousand cuts", and he fled to Hong Kong, which was then controlled by the British Empire. After China became a republic in 1912 he remained an advocate of constitutional monarchy, and for this aim he launched a failed coup d'etat in 1917.

Kang's daughter, Kang Tongbi (康同壁) was a student at Barnard College.

Reference

1. Jung-pang Lo. K'ang Yu-wei: A Biography and a Symposium. Library of Congress number 66-20911.

External links

• Infoplease.com Profile
• K'ang Yu-wei on Encyclopedia.com