''A
survey of all states in the world will show that those states that undertook
reforms became strong while those states that clung to the past perished. The
consequences of clinging to the past and the effects of opening up new ways are
thus obvious. If Your Majesty, with your discerning brilliance, observes the
trends in other countries, you will see that if we can change, we can preserve
ourselves; but if we cannot change, we shall perish. Indeed if we can make a
complete change, we shall become strong, but if we only make limited changes,
we shall still perish. If Your Majesty and his ministers investigate the source
of the disease, you will know that this is the right prescription..''
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Kang Youwei (Chinese: 康有為; Cantonese (Yale): Hōng Yáuh Wàih; March 19, 1858 – March 31, 1927) was a Chinese scholar, noted calligrapher and prominent political thinker and reformer of the late Qing dynasty. He led movements to establish a constitutional monarchy
and was an ardent Chinese nationalist and internationalist. His ideas
inspired a reformation movement that was supported by the Guangxu Emperor but loathed by Empress Dowager Cixi, about whom, according to Sterling Seagrave
he invented many of the stories which stained her reputation. Although
he continued to advocate constitutional monarchy after the founding Republic, Kang's political ideology was never put into practical application
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