Editing Hundred Days' Reform (section)

{{Short description|1898 failed reform movement in late Qing dynasty China}}{{Chinese|s=戊戌变法|t=戊戌變法|l=Wuxu (year) reform|p=wùxū biànfǎ|s2=百日维新|t2=百日維新|p2=bǎirì wéixīn|l2=Hundred Days' Reform}}

The '''Hundred Days' Reform''' or '''Wuxu Reform''' ({{zh|s=戊戌变法|t=戊戌變法|p=Wùxū Biànfǎ|l=Reform of the Wuxu year|first=t}}) was a failed 103-day national, cultural, political, and educational reform movement that occurred from 11 June to 22 September 1898 during the late [[Qing dynasty]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=The Far East since 1500|last=Eckel|first=Paul E.|publisher=Harcourt, Brace and Company|year=1948|location=New York|pages=278–280}}</ref> It was undertaken by the young [[Guangxu Emperor]] and his reform-minded supporters. Following the issuing of the reformative edicts, a ''[[coup d'état]]'' ('''Wuxu Coup''') was perpetrated by powerful conservative opponents led by [[Empress Dowager Cixi]].<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Revisionism Reconsidered: Kang Youwei and the Reform Movement of 1898|journal=The Journal of Asian Studies|volume=51|issue=3|pages=513–544|jstor=2057948|last1=Wong|first1=Young-Tsu|year=1992|doi=10.2307/2057948|s2cid=154815023 }}</ref> While Empress Dowager Cixi supported the principles of the Hundred Days' Reform, she feared that sudden implementation, without bureaucratic support, would be disruptive and that the Japanese and other foreign powers would take advantage of any weakness.<ref>{{Cite book|title = Empress Dowager Cixi: A Pocket Book|last = Lu|first = Ji|publisher = DeepLogic}}</ref> She later backed the [[late Qing reforms]] after the invasions of the [[Eight-Nation Alliance]].