Tan Sitong (1865-1898), a native of Liuyang, Hunan, was a famous bourgeois politician, thinker and reformer in modern China. When I was young, I studied under Ouyang Zhonggu and later joined the reformists. He argued that China could only be strong by developing national industry and commerce and learning from the political system of the western bourgeoisie.

2. Main achievements

Publicly put forward the idea of abolishing the imperial examination, developing schools, opening mineral deposits, building railways, running factories and changing the official system. Write an article attacking the Qing government's policy of traitorous surrender. 1898 participated in leading the reform movement of 1898, and was killed after failing. He is only 34 years old, and he is also known as the "Six Gentlemen of the 1898 Movement" with Yang Rui, Liu Guangdi,, and Kang.

3. Personality assessment

When the country is weak, only warriors can go through fire and water to shock the people. Tan sitong knows that he can't do it, and he is righteous.