Qichao Liang Edit Profile
also known asLeung Chi-tso, Rengong
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Liang Qichao was the foremost intellectual leader of China in the first two decades of the 20th century. He was the most influential turn-of-the-century scholar, journalist, a great philosopher, educator, translator, poet, novelist.
Background
Qichao Liang, was born in in Xinhui, Guangdong Province, China.
Education
Liang passed the Xiucai degree provincial examination at the age of In , he undertook the arduous task of studying for the traditional governmental exams. At the age of 16, he passed the Juren second level provincial exams and was the youngest successful candidate at that time. In , Liang failed in his Jinshi degree national examinations in Beijing and never earned a higher degree. In , Liang went to the capital Beijing for the national examination but he failed it.
Career
Liang was a great politician who contributed to the development of democratic thoughts in China. As an advocate of constitutional monarchy, Liang was unhappy with the governance of the Qing Government and wanted to
Liang Qichao: China's First Democrat
Chinese political history has been significantly different from the political history of Western Europe and the United States. In traditional China, under the influence of Confucian thought, political philosophy focused on the role of the benevolent ruler who, by proper performance of his duties and close attention to the upkeep of dikes and the maintenance of public order, would keep the society peaceful and productive. Little attention was paid to the right of citizens to be "represented."
When traditional China was challenged by Western armies and traders in the late s, Chinese leaders studied Western democracy to see if it provided a clue to the strength of these Western nations. Democracy came to be seen in China as a way to mobilize the population and make China stronger, and Chinese leaders tried to establish democratic government in China. The experience of revolution, political chaos and foreign invasion which ensued from to , however, convinced many Chinese leaders that democracy must be tightly controlled and channeled by the government in order for China to maintain itself as a unified country.
After , the Chinese Co
Liang Ch'i-ch'ao or Liang Qichao (Liang Qichao, 梁啟超, Liáng Qǐchāo; Courtesy: Zhuoru, 卓如; Pseudonym: Rengong, 任公) (February 23, – January 19, ) was a Chinese scholar, journalist, philosopher and reformist who is considered the foremost intellectual leader of China during the first two decades of the twentieth century. Liang was a disciple of Kang Youwei (康有為, ) who attempted to use the Confucian classics to spur political reform in China. After participating in the Hundred Days of Reform, Liang spent 14 years in exile in Japan, where he continued to advocate for political reform in China and helped found a number of journals and political organizations.
Liang believed that journalism had an important role in educating the public, and used his writing to advocate democracy and republicanism. His journalistic writings influenced an entire generation of Chinese young people. Liang returned to China in after the establishment of the Republic of China. As a founder of the Progressive Party (Chinputang), he sided with Yuan Shikai (袁世凱), against the nationalist Sun Yat-sen (孫中山), but organized a successful res
Liang, Qichao
By Clemens Büttner
Liang Qichao
Liang Qichao was a Chinese intellectual who supported Chinese involvement in World War One as a way to improve China’s international image and national equality. He was a proponent of social Darwinism although later in his life he turned towards Asian spiritual traditions, becoming more critical of western modernism following the horrors of WWI.
Unknown photographer: MinistroDeJusticiaLiangQichao, black-and-white image, n.p., ; source: Wikimedia Commons, :
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Liang, Qichao
Chinese journalist and political activist
Born 23 February in Xinhui, Qing Empire
Died 19 January in Beijing, Republic of China
Summary
Liang Qichao was the driving intellectual force behind the Chinese decision to join the First World War, hoping that China thus could gain national equality and international recognition. When these hopes were shattered at the Paris Peace Conference, Liang began to argue that a cure to the excesses of Western materialism could be found in traditional Asian spiritual thinking.Early Political Activism
Liang Qichao () rose t
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