It was exactly one hundred days since the proclamation of the first reform edict on June 11. Hence in history books, the reform movement is often referred to as the Hundred Days Reform and what happened on Sept. 20, 1898 as the Coup of 1898.

• 自光绪6月11日下诏变法到9月20日慈禧逼光绪退位，共计 100 天，史称“百日维新”； 9月20日事件，史称“戊戌政变”。