Liang Qichao
Topic: Paths to Modernisation: Japan, China, Korea · NCERT: Class 11, Ch 7 "Paths to Modernisation"
Meaning
Liang Qichao (1873–1929) was a Chinese thinker and reformer, and a student of Kang Youwei. He believed China could resist the West only if its people saw China as a nation, not just an empire ruled by a dynasty. He used the fate of colonised and partitioned countries as warnings for China.
Example
In 1903, Liang Qichao wrote that India was "destroyed by a non-country that is the East India Company". He also pointed out that Indian soldiers had fought Britain's wars against China.
Don't confuse with
- Sun Yat-sen: A republican who founded the Republic of China in 1911 and set out the Three Principles. Liang began as a reformer who worked within the monarchy.
Related concepts
- Qing dynasty
- Triangular trade
- Opium Wars
- Treaty of Nanking 1842
- Semi-colony
- Taiping Rebellion
- Self-Strengthening Movement
- Hundred Days' Reform 1898
- Kang Youwei
- Boxer Rebellion