<P> The Hundred Days ' Reform was a failed 104 - day national , cultural , political , and educational reform movement from 11 June to 22 September 1898 in late Qing dynasty China . It was undertaken by the young Guangxu Emperor and his reform - minded supporters . Following the issuing of the reformative edicts , a coup d'état ( `` The Coup of 1898 '' , Wuxu Coup ) was perpetrated by powerful conservative opponents led by Empress Dowager Cixi . </P>
who stopped the reforms of the qing emperor in 1898
powerful conservative opponents led by Empress Dowager Cixi