K'ang Yu-wei

American

[kahng yoo-wey] / ˈkɑŋ ˈyuˈweɪ /

Pinyin, Kang Youwei

noun

1858–1927, Chinese scholar and reformer.

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A plot was conceived, under which the Empress Dowager was to be arrested and imprisoned; but this was betrayed by Y�an Shih-k`ai, and she turned the tables by suddenly arresting and imprisoning the Emperor, and promptly decapitating all the conspirators, with the exception of K`ang Yu-wei, who succeeded in escaping.

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