星洲际遇：康有为与清末新加坡华人= Sin Chew encounters: Kang Youwei and the Chinese in Singapore during late Qing

• Main Author: 罗嘉诚 Loh, Desmond Jia Cheng
• Other Authors: Ong Soon Keong
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: Chinese
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2024
• Subjects: Arts and Humanities; Kang Youwei; Reform; Singapore Chinese
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/180562
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

百日维新失败之后，慈禧太后与清廷内的保守势力便下旨追捕所有维新派成员。 但所幸，维新派首领康有为在被逮捕之前成功逃离了中国。他于 1900 年 2 月 2 日在新加坡华人邱菽园与海峡殖民地政府的协助下被引渡至新加坡避难。在新期间，康氏仍处境危险，需时刻提防慈禧派来的刺客。 尽管面临重重困难，康氏并没有放弃自己的改良大业，甚至还发动了海外华人来 支持自己。作为维新派与保皇会的核心人物，康氏对海外华人具有深远的影响。他的维新与改良主义思想也备受新加坡华人的认同。康氏抵新之时，已有新加坡华人建构了相关的机制与报章来支持康氏的维新运动。而在新加坡华人，如邱菽园和林文庆，的支持下，康氏也建立了新加坡保皇分会，借此与各地的保皇人士保持联系。因此，本文旨在追溯康有为在新加坡期间的活动轨迹，并探讨康氏对晚清新加坡华人在政治、思想与教育等方面的影响。 After the failure of the Hundred Days' Reform, Empress Dowager Cixi and the conservatives of the Qing Government ordered for the arrest of all reformers. Fortunately, the reformist leader, Kang Youwei, managed to leave China before his arrest. On 2nd February 1900, Kang escaped to Singapore from Hong Kong with the help from Singapore Chinese Khoo Seok Wan and the British Colonial government. During his time in Singapore, Kang continued to face precarious situations due to the numerous assassin attempts ordered by Cixi. Despite these challenges, Kang continued to advocate for the reform of China, and even mobilised the overseas Chinese community to support his cause. As the leading figure of both the Reformist Faction and the Chinese Empire Reform Association, Kang had great influence on the overseas Chinese community. His advocacy on Reformism was also well-received by many Singapore Chinese. By the time he arrived at the shores of Singapore, there were already existing mechanism that supported his reform activities. With the help from Chinese like Khoo Seok Wan and Lim Boon Keng, Kang also established a local Reformist Party to keep in contact with Chinese reformers around the world. Therefore, this paper hopes to explore Kang Youwei’s refuge in Singapore, and his influence over the Chinese in Singapore during late Qing.