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Guangfuhui ( zh, t=光復會, p=Guāngfùhuì, l=Revive the Light Society), or the Restoration Society, was an anti-Qing organization established by Cai Yuanpei in 1904. Many members were from
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. Notable members included Qiu Jin, Qu Yingguang, Tao Chengzhang, Woo Tsin-hang, Xu Xilin,
Zhang Binglin Zhang Binglin (January 12, 1869 – June 14, 1936), also known by his art name Zhang Taiyan, was a Chinese philologist, textual critic, philosopher, and revolutionary. His philological works include ''Wen Shi'' (文始 "The Origin of Writing"), ...
, and Liu Shipei. The organization was merged into
Tongmenghui The Tongmenghui of China was a secret society and underground resistance movement founded by Sun Yat-sen, Song Jiaoren, and others in Tokyo, Empire of Japan, on 20 August 1905, with the goal of overthrowing China's Qing dynasty. It was formed ...
one year later. "Guangfuhui" was also the name of an organization established by the
Republic of China Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...
after the 1945-1950 revolution on the mainland with the purpose of "restoring the light on
Mainland China "Mainland China", also referred to as "the Chinese mainland", is a Geopolitics, geopolitical term defined as the territory under direct administration of the People's Republic of China (PRC) in the aftermath of the Chinese Civil War. In addit ...
". The organization was dissolved in June 1990.


See also

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Việt Nam Quang Phục Hội The Việt Nam Quang Phục Hội (Hán-Nôm: 越南光復會; , ''Restoration League of Vietnam'' or ''Restoration Society of Vietnam''Marr 1970 or VNQPH, was a nationalist republican militant revolutionary Political organization, organization ...


Further reading

Lee, Ta-Ling (1970). ''Foundations of the Chinese Revolution, 1905-1922: An Historical record of the T'ung-Meng Hui.'' St. John's University Press. {{Authority control 1904 establishments in China 1911 Revolution