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Liang Qichao Quotes

Liang Qichao was a Chinese reformer, journalist, and philosopher and one of the leading intellectuals of the late Qing and early Republican period. A student of Kang Youwei and a leading figure of the failed Hundred Days' Reform of 1898, he spent his subsequent exile in Japan editing influential journals through which Western political and philosophical ideas reached a generation of Chinese readers. The quotes below are attributed to Liang Qichao, organized by topic.

Liang Qichao on Knowledge

  • Attributed to Liang Qichao:

    “Education is the foundation of all reform.”

Liang Qichao on Politics

  • Attributed to Liang Qichao:

    “A new people requires a new conception of citizenship.”

  • Attributed to Liang Qichao:

    “Without national consciousness there can be no national strength.”

  • Attributed to Liang Qichao:

    “China must learn from the world without losing herself.”

Read all Liang Qichao quotes on Politics

Liang Qichao on Time

  • Attributed to Liang Qichao:

    “Tradition is to be inherited, not worshiped.”