Kang Youwei (1858- 1927) was born in Nanhai, Guangdong. Formerly known as Zuyi, the word Guangsha was long and plain, and was later rehabilitated. He was called "Mr. Nanhai" in his later years. The family is a prominent family in Guangdong. Confucianism has been passed down from generation to generation, and Confucianism is a family heirloom. During the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty, he was a scholar, and was awarded the official seal of the Ministry of Industry and the Prime Minister. He was a famous thinker, politician, educator and literary artist in modern Chinese history, a representative of bourgeois reformists, and the main initiator of the "Reform Movement of 1898" in the late Qing Dynasty. An active responder and practitioner of calligraphy on steles in Qing Dynasty, he was another great calligrapher after Bao. Guang Yi Zhou Shuang Yi (also known as Shu Jing), written in the 15th year of Guangxu (1889), is another book advocating the study of steles after Bao in the history of Chinese calligraphy. It can comprehensively and systematically summarize the study of steles in theory, put forward the theory of "respecting steles", vigorously promote the study of steles in the Han, Wei and Six Dynasties, and prosper the calligraphy of the school of steles in later generations. Be good at singing, and use the rest as poetry. His main works include Kang Zi Pian, Textual Research on New Learning and Pseudo-Classics (edited by Chen, Liang Qichao), Research on the East History in the Spring and Autumn Period, Textual Research on Confucius' Political Reform, Textual Research on Japanese Political Reform, Datong Book, Travels of Eleven European Countries, etc.
Name: Kang Youwei
Alias: Zuyi
Ethnic group: Han nationality
Country: China Region: Nanhai City, Guangdong Province
Native place: Qing Dynasty
Faith: Taoism