Kang Youwei
The Universal Church of the Way and its Virtue underwent a significant reform in 1926–28 when Jiang Shoufeng died, Kang Youwei was ill and dying, and Jiang Xizhang went abroad. The leadership was taken by a capitalist from Heilongjiang, Du Yannian (1878–1957), who recruited the charismatic healer and preacher Wang Fengyi.