http://wiki.china.org.cn/index.php?title=Liang_Qichao&feed=atom&action=historyLiang Qichao - Revision history2024-03-29T12:19:02ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.34.2http://wiki.china.org.cn/index.php?title=Liang_Qichao&diff=22466&oldid=previmported>Superleila at 00:50, 26 February 20102010-02-26T00:50:53Z<p></p>
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</table>imported>Superleilahttp://wiki.china.org.cn/index.php?title=Liang_Qichao&diff=22465&oldid=previmported>Superleila at 05:02, 23 February 20102010-02-23T05:02:30Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Liang Qichao''', who called himself, among other names, Yinbingshi Zhuren (Master of the Ice-drinking Room), was born on February 23, 1873 in Xinhui, Guangdong Province. By the time he was six years old, he had already read the Four Books and Five Classics. In the autumn of 1890, Liang Qichao became a pupil of Kang Youwei (1858-1927), under whose influence Liang experienced a change in his thinking. Subsequently Liang and Kang made their petition to the emperor for the introduction of political reform in China. In 1895, Liang launched the Society for the Study of National Strengthening, which sponsored the periodical The Chinese and Foreign News Record.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Liang Qichao''', who called himself, among other names, Yinbingshi Zhuren (Master of the Ice-drinking Room), was born on <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>February 23<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>, 1873 in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Xinhui<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Guangdong Province<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>. By the time he was six years old, he had already read the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''[[</ins>Four Books<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]'' </ins>and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''[[</ins>Five Classics<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]''</ins>. In the autumn of 1890, Liang Qichao became a pupil of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Kang Youwei<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>(1858-1927), under whose influence Liang experienced a change in his thinking. Subsequently Liang and Kang made their petition to the emperor for the introduction of political reform in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>China<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>. In 1895, Liang launched the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Society for the Study of National Strengthening<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>, which sponsored the periodical <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''</ins>The Chinese and Foreign News Record<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''</ins>.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Liang Qichao and Wang Kangmou launched Contemporary Affairs in 1896. In the wake of the unsuccessful Reform Movement of 1898, Liang Qichao was exiled to Japan. However, he sponsored various newspapers and periodicals, including China Discussion, New Citizen Journal, and New Fiction, thus he became known as the forefather of Chinese journalism. In the autumn of 1912, Liang returned to China and joined with General Cai E in opposing Yuan <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Shikai’s </del>attempt in 1915 to restore the monarchy to China. Towards the end of 1918, Liang toured Western Europe, after which he devoted himself to the task of education. He was formally invited to teach at the Qinghua Institute of Chinese Studies in 1925. During this period, Liang produced quite a few works on academic subjects. He died of illness in Beijing on January 19, 1929.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Liang Qichao and Wang Kangmou launched <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''</ins>Contemporary Affairs<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'' </ins>in 1896. In the wake of the unsuccessful <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Reform Movement of 1898<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>, Liang Qichao was exiled to Japan. However, he sponsored various newspapers and periodicals, including <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''</ins>China Discussion<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''</ins>New Citizen Journal<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''</ins>, and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''</ins>New Fiction<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''</ins>, thus he became known as the forefather of Chinese journalism. In the autumn of 1912, Liang returned to China and joined with General <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Cai E<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>in opposing <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Yuan <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Shikai]]'s </ins>attempt in 1915 to restore the monarchy to China. Towards the end of 1918, Liang toured Western Europe, after which he devoted himself to the task of education. He was formally invited to teach at the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Qinghua Institute of Chinese Studies<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>in 1925. During this period, Liang produced quite a few works on academic subjects. He died of illness in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Beijing<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>on <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>January 19<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>, 1929.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The literary accomplishments of Liang Qichao are manifold. His proposition that the old style should embody the new concept is a development of the so-called theory of revolutionizing Chinese poetry. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Liang’s </del>article <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">“On </del>the Relation Between Fiction and the Rule of the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Masses” </del>stresses the relation between fiction and the reformation of society. He believed that fiction possesses inconceivable power, to which humanity is subject. These propositions played a positive role in the study of the theory of fiction in late-Qing Dynasty and the prosperity of fiction during this period.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The literary accomplishments of Liang Qichao are manifold. His proposition that the old style should embody the new concept is a development of the so-called theory of revolutionizing Chinese poetry. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Liang's </ins>article <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">"On </ins>the Relation Between Fiction and the Rule of the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Masses" </ins>stresses the relation between fiction and the reformation of society. He believed that fiction possesses inconceivable power, to which humanity is subject. These propositions played a positive role in the study of the theory of fiction in late-<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Qing Dynasty<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>and the prosperity of fiction during this period.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Liang Qichao also advocated the evolution in literature hinged upon the transformation of archaic literature into vernacular literature. The new style of writing he initiated gained great popularity for a time, paving the way for the emergence of vernacular Chinese during the May 4th Movement. This was in line with the real nature of the revolution in the literary community he had proposed earlier.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Liang Qichao also advocated the evolution in literature hinged upon the transformation of archaic literature into vernacular literature. The new style of writing he initiated gained great popularity for a time, paving the way for the emergence of vernacular Chinese during the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>May 4th Movement<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>. This was in line with the real nature of the revolution in the literary community he had proposed earlier.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Liang Qichao made attempts at literary creation and met with particular success in writing prose. His representative work on political criticism, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">“Bian </del>Fa Tong <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Yi” </del>(General Views on Reform), is a systematic argument for reform and a rebuttal of his opponents. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Liang’s </del>biography of six martyrs who died for <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">China’s </del>ill-fated constitutional reform of 1898, portrays the men vividly in well-knit essays.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Liang Qichao made attempts at literary creation and met with particular success in writing prose. His representative work on political criticism, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">"Bian </ins>Fa Tong <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Yi" </ins>(General Views on Reform), is a systematic argument for reform and a rebuttal of his opponents. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Liang's </ins>biography of six martyrs who died for <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">China's </ins>ill-fated constitutional reform of 1898, portrays the men vividly in well-knit essays.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>His poems, such as <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">“A </del>Trip to <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Xue’an </del>Nunnery,<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">” </del>which voices his anger in exile, are sentimentally stirring, unrestrained, and simple but expressive. They are new style poems. The Future of New China, his political novel, expounds the reformist views. Liang <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Qichao’s </del>translation of foreign literary works were famous, notable among which are The <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Lady’s </del>Strange Encounter and Ghostly Humans in the Russian Palace.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>His poems, such as <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">"A </ins>Trip to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Xue'an </ins>Nunnery,<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">" </ins>which voices his anger in exile, are sentimentally stirring, unrestrained, and simple but expressive. They are new style poems. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''</ins>The Future of New China<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''</ins>, his political novel, expounds the reformist views. Liang <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Qichao's </ins>translation of foreign literary works were famous, notable among which are <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''</ins>The <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Lady's </ins>Strange Encounter<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'' </ins>and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''</ins>Ghostly Humans in the Russian Palace<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''</ins>.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Liang’s </del>academic research work covered a wide field, since he probed extensively into both ideology and culture. His Intorduction to Qing Dynasty Academic Learning, Method of Studying Chinese History, and A History of the Last 300 Years of Academic Research had an extensive impact on the Chinese academic community.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Liang's </ins>academic research work covered a wide field, since he probed extensively into both ideology and culture. His <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''</ins>Intorduction to Qing Dynasty Academic Learning<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''</ins>Method of Studying Chinese History<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''</ins>, and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''</ins>A History of the Last 300 Years of Academic Research<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'' </ins>had an extensive impact on the Chinese academic community.</div></td></tr>
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</table>imported>Superleilahttp://wiki.china.org.cn/index.php?title=Liang_Qichao&diff=22464&oldid=previmported>Superleila: Created page with ''''Liang Qichao''', who called himself, among other names, Yinbingshi Zhuren (Master of the Ice-drinking Room), was born on February 23, 1873 in Xinhui, Guangdong Province. By th...'2010-02-23T02:29:04Z<p>Created page with ''''Liang Qichao''', who called himself, among other names, Yinbingshi Zhuren (Master of the Ice-drinking Room), was born on February 23, 1873 in Xinhui, Guangdong Province. By th...'</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Liang Qichao''', who called himself, among other names, Yinbingshi Zhuren (Master of the Ice-drinking Room), was born on February 23, 1873 in Xinhui, Guangdong Province. By the time he was six years old, he had already read the Four Books and Five Classics. In the autumn of 1890, Liang Qichao became a pupil of Kang Youwei (1858-1927), under whose influence Liang experienced a change in his thinking. Subsequently Liang and Kang made their petition to the emperor for the introduction of political reform in China. In 1895, Liang launched the Society for the Study of National Strengthening, which sponsored the periodical The Chinese and Foreign News Record.<br />
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Liang Qichao and Wang Kangmou launched Contemporary Affairs in 1896. In the wake of the unsuccessful Reform Movement of 1898, Liang Qichao was exiled to Japan. However, he sponsored various newspapers and periodicals, including China Discussion, New Citizen Journal, and New Fiction, thus he became known as the forefather of Chinese journalism. In the autumn of 1912, Liang returned to China and joined with General Cai E in opposing Yuan Shikai’s attempt in 1915 to restore the monarchy to China. Towards the end of 1918, Liang toured Western Europe, after which he devoted himself to the task of education. He was formally invited to teach at the Qinghua Institute of Chinese Studies in 1925. During this period, Liang produced quite a few works on academic subjects. He died of illness in Beijing on January 19, 1929.<br />
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The literary accomplishments of Liang Qichao are manifold. His proposition that the old style should embody the new concept is a development of the so-called theory of revolutionizing Chinese poetry. Liang’s article “On the Relation Between Fiction and the Rule of the Masses” stresses the relation between fiction and the reformation of society. He believed that fiction possesses inconceivable power, to which humanity is subject. These propositions played a positive role in the study of the theory of fiction in late-Qing Dynasty and the prosperity of fiction during this period.<br />
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Liang Qichao also advocated the evolution in literature hinged upon the transformation of archaic literature into vernacular literature. The new style of writing he initiated gained great popularity for a time, paving the way for the emergence of vernacular Chinese during the May 4th Movement. This was in line with the real nature of the revolution in the literary community he had proposed earlier.<br />
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Liang Qichao made attempts at literary creation and met with particular success in writing prose. His representative work on political criticism, “Bian Fa Tong Yi” (General Views on Reform), is a systematic argument for reform and a rebuttal of his opponents. Liang’s biography of six martyrs who died for China’s ill-fated constitutional reform of 1898, portrays the men vividly in well-knit essays.<br />
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His poems, such as “A Trip to Xue’an Nunnery,” which voices his anger in exile, are sentimentally stirring, unrestrained, and simple but expressive. They are new style poems. The Future of New China, his political novel, expounds the reformist views. Liang Qichao’s translation of foreign literary works were famous, notable among which are The Lady’s Strange Encounter and Ghostly Humans in the Russian Palace.<br />
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Liang’s academic research work covered a wide field, since he probed extensively into both ideology and culture. His Intorduction to Qing Dynasty Academic Learning, Method of Studying Chinese History, and A History of the Last 300 Years of Academic Research had an extensive impact on the Chinese academic community.<br />
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Liang Qichao is considered a trailblazer in literary style in modern Chinese history.<br />
[[category:people]]</div>imported>Superleila