Liang Qichao was born in a gentry family and later became a famous thinker and politician in modern China. 1870, Liang Qichao met Kang Youwei, who was already quite famous at that time, through friends. Liang Qichao admired Kang Youwei's views and knowledge on current politics and was determined to worship Kang Youwei as a disciple. This incident is also a major turning point in Liang Qichao's life. Since then, Liang Qichao has embarked on the road of reformism. After the failure of the Reform Movement of 1898, the two apprentices had different choices. After they took refuge in Japan, Liang Qichao insisted on reformism, and Kang Youwei became a defender of feudalism.
After the signing of the "Xin Chou Treaty", Liang Qichao realized that the Manchu government was hopeless, so Liang Qichao turned from a staunch royalist to a democrat and pursued democracy and freedom as his slogan. 19 14, Yuan Shikai abolished the National Assembly and entered autocratic rule. Liang Qichao was even more angry and dissatisfied, so Liang Qichao publicly begged Yuan Haowen. After Yuan Shikai died of illness, Liang Qichao decisively ended his career as an official and turned to teaching and educating people. His children have also become talents, and there has been an academician. Liang Qichao made indelible contributions to China's progress and development before and after his death.
However, Kang Youwei went to a degenerate life in his later years and lost himself in power and enjoyment. During his refuge in Japan, Kang Youwei always pursued a constitutional monarchy, but he always asked the royalists for money in the name of Emperor Guangxu to satisfy his appetite. After Yuan Shikai restored the monarchy, Kang Youwei became a leader and supported Yuan Shikai as emperor. Kang Youwei, who supported the political reform in those days, also became this ugly appearance, and he still used his own in his later years.