Note 62 — XV TZŬ HSI RESUMES THE REGENCY (1898)
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On the occasion of her seventieth birthday (1904), the Empress Dowager promulgated a general amnesty for all those who had taken part in the Reform Movement of 1898, excepting only the leaders K’ang Yu-wei and Liang Ch’i-ch’ao, who were expressly excluded from grace, and Dr. Sun Yat-sen, who was a fugitive from justice on other counts.