康有为，广东南海人。自幼苦学，后主张经世改用。一八七九年游香港，一八八二年到上海．目睹了资本主义文明，开始留意西学。一八八八年以布衣上书，力陈民族危机严重，提出变成法、通下情、使左右的变法思想。一八九0年在广州创办万木草堂，培养维新力量，招收弟子梁启超、陈 Kang Youwei, Guangdong South China Sea. Since childhood, after the advocate of the world to use. In 1879, he traveled to Hong Kong and in 1882 to Shanghai. Witnessed the capitalist civilization, began to pay attention to Western learning. In 1888, he wrote a letter to the commoner, demonstrating that the ethnic crisis was serious and he proposed to change into a law, pass down the feelings and make the thinking about changing the law around him. In 1890, he founded Wanmucao Hall in Guangzhou to cultivate new forces and recruit his disciples, Liang Qichao, Chen