Whenever about improvement, people inevitably associated with "KangLiang". And early in KangLiang "argued that", the political reform strength of wang tao known. In fact, wang tao's thought, the claim at that time is influential, he had put forward "prosperous namely state this", promote the study of western science and technology requirements and new developing industry and commerce transport undertakings, favour reforms feudal imperial examination system, the school system, for the 1898 reform movement made public opinion, but authorities "with preparation I still abandon person" just.
Wang tao (A.D. 1828-1897), the famous modem thinker, qing reformism political essayist. Lu straight, early fame and wealth, word purple around, Penn, promote town, and number 遯 superme, born in heaven south scholarly family, 18 to first yuen-feng scholar. Light twenty-nine years (A.D. 1849) accept British missionary MaiDouSi invitation, to the church MoHai library work in Shanghai, is engaged in the compilation of western books 13 years, widely contacts of the western social science knowledge. During the taiping revolution, and the second opium war broke out, wang tao many times in succession, proclaiming placed "flat thief" and "royal Rong" strategy, the authorities not actual, said he was disappointed. Xianfeng years (A.D. 1860), taiping forces conquer suzhou, changzhou region, advanced on Shanghai. Managment reign (A.D. 1862) beginning, wang tao Hispanic-American visits his sick mother, stranded in three months. To protect life patrimony, he had a pseudonym yellow Wan proclaiming, taiping forces SuFu province people every day YiLiu prime minister declarations are, suggest taiping forces to arise in Shanghai as the condition, not to play in exchange for foreign funded by the qing dynasty munitions guarantee no longer, and suggested taiping forces strive to the upper Yangtze river, suited to interference qing dynasty hydrographic transportation etc. Soon, this book fell to the qing hand and have been found, li hongzhang hence ordered by "tong thief" sin busting him. In October this year, he MuXiShi British consul of under the aegis of Hong Kong, avoid disaster ever was renamed the corporate governance, south 遯 superme. No days
BiJu after Hong Kong, wang tao in yinghua academy helps the padres James legge translation "poem", the spring and autumn annals, zuozhuan, Chinese ancient book, not concurrently to Confucianism. Manage six years, he should James legge, through the employer to Britain, conveniently traveled to Britain, France and other countries, dedicated to research FuGuoJiangBing way, experience with large length, thoughts are changing, too.
Manage for nine years, wang tao return to Hong Kong, and a friend fund-raising, instead of buying anglo-chinese academy printing administration. Managment twenty-three years, and established in Hong Kong famous "circulation daily, since records, spread the western culture as, calling upon the reform and opening up, advocating reform its thought of sockets and westernization movement, the political reform and constitutional movements in the reform have had significant impact.
Guangxu period of five years (A.D. 1879), WangTaoDong swim Japan, Japanese BenZhu UN contacts, and at that time and in Japan embassy to days while the evenitn counsellor, often "mountain port couplet babbling, just talk."
Emperor guangxu years, wang tao through DingRiChang obtain li hongzhang connive, move house back to Shanghai, ended for 23 years of exile in life, spin and western director lift by the Shanghai academy palm court for due to, and act as "shenbao" compilation director. Since then no longer travel, build corporate governance in Shanghai west garden, concentrated writings, "corporate governance garden outside WenLu Ed", "corporate governance garden letters", "China",