康有为戊戌出亡史事钩沉

Kang Youwei's Exile in 1898

康有为非理性激进变法大大超越了慈禧太后制定的政治底线,同时成为顽固守旧官僚"清君侧"的对象。所幸光绪皇帝为保护康有为,督促其于戊戌政变前一日离京。戊戌政变,清延大规模追捕康有为,中外各方纷纷伸出救援之手。短短7日,康有为巧妙避过"十一死"大难,戏剧性地出亡海外。此番救援康有为,康门弟子程清、英在华传教士李提摩太、英驻上海领事馆(总领事白利南)起到了关键性作用。中国积贫积弱的半殖民地地位,为康有为成功出亡提供了客观条件。

The irrational and radical reform advocated by Kang Youwei was a great threat to the political bottom line of Empress Dowager Cixi and had made conservative Qing officials his enemy. Fortunately, the Guangxu Emperor urged his protege to leave Beijing the day before the coup. When after the coup the Qing government took efforts to capture Kang, he successfully escaped mortal dangers with domestic and international help and fled out of the country. His student Cheng Yu, British missionary Timothy Richard and the British Consulate in Shanghai （Consul Byron Brenan） played vital roles. The semi-colonial situation of China provided favourable conditions for Kang＇ s exile.