These reformers were chosen after a series of interviews, including the interview of Kang Youwei, who was rejected by the Emperor and had far less influence than Kang's later boasting would indicate.

Emperor Ai was born to Prince Liu Kang of Dingtao ( 劉康 ), the brother to then-reigning Emperor Cheng and son to Emperor Yuan, and his wife Consort Ding, in 27 BC, presumably at Prince Kang's principality ( roughly modern Heze, Shandong ).

Emperor Cheng viewed the fact that he created Prince Xin as crown prince as formal adoption, and he believed that Prince Xin was now his son, no longer Prince Kang's.

When he created a cousin to be the new prince of Dingtao to serve as Prince Kang's heir in winter 8 BC, Prince Xin, grateful that his father would continued to be worshipped as an ancestor, submitted a formal note of thanksgiving — at which Emperor Cheng was highly offended, believing that Prince Xin should not be grateful any more for whatever is done for his birth father.

Loki was ultimately defeated and while many of the super-beings that he absorbed were seen active following the battle, Kang's ultimate fate was not depicted.

Immortus claimed that was Kang's chance to redeem and condemn himself, and was then questioned by the Avengers on the moral issues of what he had done, but he sent the Avengers back to their own time.

Kang's conflict with Immortus was dubbed the " Destiny War ", with Kang aiding a group of temporally-displaced Avengers from multiple time periods in competing against Immortus's schemes, Kang now determined to defy his destiny to become Immortus and become the servant of the Time Keepers.

However, he was resurrected minutes later as temporal energies from the Time-Keepers ' attempts to turn Kang directly into Immortus and thus fulfill the time loop caused a backlash-partially due to Kang's will and partly due to the complex temporal energies of the current conflict-that created Kang and Immortus as separate beings, freeing Kang from what he saw as a destiny as a " doddering old scholar ".

At Yan ' an, Kang was close to Jiang Qing, who may have been Kang's mistress when he visited Shandong in 1931.

Curzon, a close friend of the three Klingons, was godfather to Kang's murdered son, and the four of them swore a Klingon " blood oath " to find and kill the Albino.

After 10 hours of complex surgery to remove the fetus, Kang's family was told she could return home at the end of the month.

In the end, while all of Kang's time-stolen allies are returned to their proper universes, Killraven fell through the cracks and remained in the present day, where he was offered membership in the Avengers.

After Lu Kang's death, his command was divided into four parts, led by his five sons: oldest son Lu Yan ( 陸晏 ) was named as the commander-in-chief of the land force, third eldest son Lu Xuan ( 陸玄 ) was named as the deputy commander-in-chief of the land force, second eldest son Lu Jing ( 陸景 ) was named as the commander-in-chief of the navy, and fourth eldest son Lu Ji was named as the deputy commander-in-chief of the navy, and the fifth eldest son Lu Yun ( 陸雲 ) named as the commander of local garrison respectively.

Although he continued to advocate for constitutional monarchy after the foundation of the Republic of China ( 1912 – 1949 ), Kang's political ideology was never put into practical application.

Guo, who was Yang Kang's sworn brother, hoped that Yang's child will not follow in his father's footsteps.

The bond that the two of them shared was enough for Kitana to keep Kang's spirit whole, until a way was found for him to rejoin with his body.

Gongsun Kang's son Gongsun Yuan took back control of Liaodong in 228.

In an encounter with the Thunder God Thor while utilizing his Growing Man to test it, Kang's disguised time travel vehicle is destroyed by Mjolnir as he attempts to get back to his own time period.

He finds Liu Kang's spirit and guides it back to the physical world.

At age 15, she moved from living with her parents in Landmark, Manitoba to living on her own in Winnipeg in order to train with Master Joo Kang at Kang's Taekwondo Academy.

Despite having the intent to avenge his losses at Liu Kang's hands, Goro began to take an interest in the matters of his own race and joined his fellow Shokans in war against the Centaurians.

The cause of the disruption is apparently Kang's recruiting of army after army from the timelines to battle Ultron-all to no avail: Ultron is supreme in this particular future.

* Also in 2010, ScrewAttack published their list of the top MK Fatalities ( from # 10 to # 1 ): Reptile's Facial Surgery in MK4, Quan Chi's " Leg Beating " ( MK4 ), Dairou's " Ribs in the Eyes " ( MK: D ), Cyrax's " Trash Compactor " ( MK: DA ), Kano's " Skeletol Removal " ( MK3 ), Baraka's " Blades-in-the-Chest " ( MKII ), Scorpion's " Party Popper " ( MK: DA ), Johnny Cage's " Punching Bag " ( MK: SM ), Liu Kang's " Dragon Transformation " ( MKII ) and Sub-Zero's " ESRB-Maker " ( MK ).

Though they had never renounced their Korean citizenship and Kang's grandmother had been a staunch Party member in both countries, Kang has stated that the family remained under a cloud of suspicion for having lived in Japan.

Humiliated but determined to show Kang his true worth, Swordsman tracked the captive Avengers to Kang's pyramid base in Gizeh, where he encountered Rama-Tut, Kang's chronological alter ego.

Lisa then asks what aliens have to do with Halloween, and Maggie, in Kang's voice, says, " Silence!

* Kang's Rama-Tut persona has a cameo in X-Men: Evolution's third season as part of the origins of Apocalypse in the series.

) Northern Wei's regent Empress Dowager Hu ( who became regent over Emperor Xiaoming after Emperor Xuanwu's death in 515 ) sent armies commanded by Li Ping ( 李平 ) to attack Kang's escort forces, but could not damage the dam, which was finally completed in summer 516. it was described to be four and a half kilometers long, and the army pitched camp on the dam itself.

Years later the Hulk has an encounter in the future with Kang's still devoted minions, and the Beyonder plucks a living Kang from his timeline to participate on the villains ' side in the first of the Secret Wars.

Kang's assault on Avengers Island led to the capture of all the Avengers, with Kang taking Thor's hammer, Captain America's shield, Swordsman's swords, Hawkeye's bow and arrows and the android Vision as his trophies.

Still drained after using his shamanic powers on Onaga, Nightwolf used what magic he could to relieve Kitana of her burden, and took on the responsibility of looking after Kang's spirit.

Later, during Kang's war on earth, a being of immense power entered the solar system.

He has also appeared on the Melt-Banana album Charlie, on the Carl Hancock Rux album Rux Revue, on the Ray's Vast Basement album On the Banks of the Time, on the Eyvind Kang's album The Story of Iceland and on the Barefoot Hockey Goalie album One Part Thomas Edison.

He explains that Shang Tsung unleashed a horde of warriors on the Earthrealm fighters following Liu Kang's victory over Goro ; and that Kano, Sonya, and himself were rushed by Goro at The Pit.

The wife of Shan Tao was said to be impressed by Ruan Ji and Xi Kang's prowess when she spied on them during sex.

In his first appearance, the Grandmaster played a game against Kang the Conqueror for the power to resurrect Ravonna or destroy Kang's planet, using the Avengers and Squadron Sinister as pawns.

However, Kang's efforts failed due to the intervention of the Black Knight meaning that the Avengers did not technically win their fight, causing Kang to sacrifice the power to resurrect Ravonna for the power to kill the Avengers, with this attempt failing again when the Grandmaster's gift literally gave Kang the power to kill only the Avengers rather than the currently-unaffiliated Black Knight.

Kang's reputation serves as an important barometer for the political attitudes of his time.

The examiner was determined to flunk Kang for his heterodox challenge to existing institutions, but since the exams were all anonymous, he could only presume that the exam with the most unorthodox views was Kang's.

In his last mission, Duquesne aided the Avengers in the conflict that involved Kang's quest for the " Celestial Madonna ".

After Kang's plans were foiled and he decided not to leave the Madonna to anyone else, the Swordsman sacrificed his life by intercepting Kang's energy blast which was meant for Mantis.

It would be Xi Kang's refusal to work for the new regime which would eventually lead to his execution.