Mai Menghua

Mai Menghua

Mai Menghua (1875-1915) was a reformer in the late Qing Dynasty. The word Rubo, the name sad man, deaf monk. He is from Shunde, Guangdong Province. He entered Guangzhou school in 1888. In 1891, he joined WanMu thatched cottage and became a loyal disciple of Kang Youwei. When he was young, he was as famous as Liang Qichao and was known as "Liang Mai" among the disciples of the thatched cottage. He is fond of chanting in his life, and his poems are beautiful and melancholy. He wrote three volumes of poems about Yi'an, and later collected two lives in Guangdong for his friends.

Personal resume

Mai Menghua (1875-1915) was a reformer in the late Qing Dynasty. The word Rubo, the name sad man, deaf monk. He is from Shunde, Guangdong Province. He entered Guangzhou school in 1888. In 1891, he joined WanMu thatched cottage and became a loyal disciple of Kang Youwei. When he was young, he was as famous as Liang Qichao and was known as "Liang Mai" among the disciples of the thatched cottage. In 1893, he and Kang Youwei took the same examination. In the spring of 1895, together with Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao, he went to Beijing to take the exam. Liang and Mai lived together, often "planning the national salvation strategy, and helping Mr. Nanhai to run the state affairs.". After the news of the Treaty of Shimonoseki was spread to Beijing, Kang Youwei urged all the people in Beijing to join in the "bus petition". In the summer of the same year, he worked as a writer and editor in the bulletin of nations founded by Kang Youwei. In 1897, he worked with Liang Qichao, Wang Kangnian, etc. to create a non foot binding Association in Shanghai, served as a director, and wrote articles for the current affairs newspaper, etc., advocating "respecting monarchical power and suppressing civil rights", aiming to turn Emperor Guangxu into an emperor with absolute power. In the spring of 1898, he and Liang Qichao joined forces with Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Shaanxi, Zhejiang and other provinces to file a petition against the granting of large-scale concessions to Russia. In March of the same year, he took part in the National Council for protection founded by Kang Youwei and others. After the 1898 coup, he fled to Japan and helped Liang Qichao to set up Qingyi daily. In the second decade, Liang presided over the newspaper and wrote more than 320 articles advocating emperor protection, advocating learning from Japan's reform and strengthening national strength to save the nation. Once acting as the principal of Tokyo Datong University. During the rise of the Boxer Movement, the uprising masses were slandered as mobs, supported "mutual protection in the Southeast", called on the southern governors to suppress the Boxer Movement, set up troops to serve the king, divided the north and the south, and asked all countries to join forces to welcome the restoration of Guangxu. After the signing of the Treaty of Xin Chou, he was deeply worried and indignant about the loss of state power, the loss of profits, the disappearance of peace, and the role of the Chinese government as a puppet and slave of the great powers. In 1902, he was the writer of Xinmin series, and in 1907, he was the executive of the political news agency. In 1913, he worked in the magazine "can't bear" founded by Kang Youwei. Later, he served as an aide of Feng Guozhang and "conspired to overthrow yuan". He died in Shanghai on February 25, 1915.

personal works

He is fond of chanting in his life, and his poems are beautiful and melancholy. He wrote three volumes of poems about Yi'an, and later collected two lives in Guangdong for his friends.

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