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
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Attributed to Liang Qichao:
“Education is the foundation of all reform.”
Liang Qichao on Politics
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Attributed to Liang Qichao:
“A new people requires a new conception of citizenship.”
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Attributed to Liang Qichao:
“Without national consciousness there can be no national strength.”
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Attributed to Liang Qichao:
“China must learn from the world without losing herself.”
Liang Qichao on Time
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Attributed to Liang Qichao:
“Tradition is to be inherited, not worshiped.”