Reformable common measure

Author: Liang Qichao
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Publish Date: 2002-10-01
Features: The Treatise on Reform is a series of political essays written by the leader of the New Policy Movement, Liang Qichao, before the Hundred Days' Reform. The main content argues that a society must change to survive, while stagnation leads to decline. Only by reforming the corrupt official system and the imperial examination system, and establishing new-style schools to cultivate talents for reform, can the shortcomings of the feudal system be fundamentally addressed and the political rule of the Qing Dynasty be maintained. This book is the most systematic and comprehensive work in modern China to promote the New Policy Movement to the public. It deeply explains the necessity of the reform and its role in preserving the nation, the country, and the religion, becoming the most influential promotional work on the late Qing political scene and the highest banner of reformist thought during the New Policy Movement period. The Treatise on Reform was serialized in The Commercial Press, making it stand out among numerous newspapers and magazines and become the most influential publication of the New Policy Movement at the time. Liang Qichao himself was also praised as the "pride of public opinion and a natural genius."