The letter on the bus was initiated by Kang Youwei, Liang Qichao and others 1300 people. Its purpose is to oppose the signing of the treaty of shimonoseki by the Qing government. The Letter on the Bus is regarded as a sign that the reformists stepped onto the historical stage, and also as the beginning of the mass political movement in China. The main contents of the book on the bus are: sending a letter to drum up and shout for the world spirit; Move the capital to establish the foundation of the world; Strengthen the world trend through training; Reform has become the rule of the world.

Historical background

1in the spring of 895, the B-class scholar was in Beiping, waiting for the exam to be announced. At this time, the news that treaty of shimonoseki ceded Taiwan Province Province and Liaodong and compensated 220 million silver suddenly came, and the juren who took the exam in Beijing was indignant. Taiwan Province juren is crying. On April 22nd, Kang Youwei wrote an 18,000-word book "The Emperor is Today".

Although the petition was rejected by the Qing government, it had a great impact on society. Later, with the call of "strengthening reform", Kang Youwei and others published newspapers in Beijing, Shanghai and other places to publicize the reform ideas. Yan Fu and Tan Sitong also promoted the idea of political reform in other places.

Writing on the Bus marks the development of the bourgeois reform and political reform trend that has been brewing for many years into a political activity of patriotism and saving the country, which has had a great impact and shock on society, and Kang Youwei has since gained the dominance of the reform movement.