Tan Sitong
Chinese social reformer
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role in Hundred Days of Reform
- In China: The Hundred Days of Reform of 1898
Another important reformist thinker, Tan Sitong, relied more heavily on Buddhism than Kang did and emphasized the people’s rights and independence. Liang Qichao was an earnest disciple of Kang but later turned toward people’s rights and nationalism under the influence of Western philosophy.
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