What is the relationship between Kang Youwei, Emperor Guangxu, Empress Dowager Cixi and Tan Sitong and the Reform Movement of 1898?

Let me tell you about everyone in detail. (1) Kang and his relationship: Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao were the main initiators of the Reform Movement of 1898 (their "bus letter" opened the prelude to the reform). In August 1896, Kang Liang founded The Times in Shanghai, which became the center of public opinion for the reformists to publicize the reform. Kang Youwei also wrote to Emperor Guangxu six times to promote political reform. (2) Tan Sitong, Lin Xu, Yang Rui, Yang Shenxiu, Liu Guangdi and Kang Guangren were six gentlemen of the Reform Movement of 1898. They supported and actively promoted the Reform Movement of 1898. Among them, Tan Sitong and Tang Caichang and others established the Southern Society in Hunan and founded the Hunan Daily.

the relationship between tan et al. and the reform movement of 1898: they actively promoted the reform movement and all sacrificed for it. (3) Emperor Guangxu and his relationship: Emperor Guangxu definitely supported and initiated the political reform, and was also the core figure of the political reform. But everyone knows he has no real power! ! In 1898, he issued the imperial edict, which declared the political reform. The New Deal lasted for 13 days from this day until the Empress Dowager Cixi launched a coup on September 21, which was called "Hundred Days Reform" in history. (4) Cixi and its relationship: Empress Dowager Cixi destroyed and ended the Reform Movement of 1898. In 1898, Empress Dowager Cixi suddenly launched the "coup of 1898" and went straight to the bedroom of Emperor Guangxu, who was imprisoned in Yingtai, Zhongnanhai, and the reform of 1898 was declared a failure.

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