Yuan Shikai is a controversial figure in modern Chinese history. He overthrew the Manchu Qing government and ended China's thousands of years of feudal rule. However, he was notorious for stealing the fruits of the National Revolution and attempting to restore and claim the emperor. In the end, anxiety and anger became ill and died.
Yuan Shikai had a total of 1 wife and 9 concubines throughout his life, and he had 17 sons and 15 daughters. So after Yuan Shikai's death, what happened to his 17 sons? There are businesses, gang bosses, and talented ones!
the eldest son Yuan Keding
Yuan Keding believes that anyone who understands history probably knows a little bit. It was he who forged the Suncheon Times and made Yuan Shikai believe that he was destined to go. As the people wanted, he firmly proclaimed himself emperor, and Yuan Shikai later said that he was "deceiving his father and leaving the country."
After Yuan Shikai's death, Yuan Keding presided over the division of the family property. Of course, he was allocated a large amount of property, but his money soon ran out. During the Anti-Japanese War, Yuan Keding's family situation was gradually deteriorating. He originally wanted to find a relationship and asked Chiang Kai-shek to return the confiscated Yuan family property in Henan, but was rejected and Yuan Keding had to live by pawning.
After the fall of North China, Japanese intelligence chief Kenji Doihara wanted to win over Yuan Keding, asking him to join the North China Puppet regime, hoping to use his identity to exert some influence on the old Beiyang Ministry. However, he refused. Although joining the pseudo-government he could make a lot of money, but he did not want to be a traitor. Later, he reported that he had not seen the guests due to illness.
Yuan Keding in his later years lived in a very distressed life. He lived with his cousin Zhang Boju. Zhang Caiyun’s daughter Zhang Caiyun recorded the life of Yuan Keding:
"Yuan Keding in Chengze Garden was thin and short, wearing a long robe and wearing A small melon hat, leaning on crutches, walking high and low, very lame, an old man with a weird temper." "Yuan Keding never smokes, and he is very polite and kind when meeting guests. He always bows slightly and nods to us. The same is true for children.”
In short, I don’t know if it was because of guilt or something about advocating Yuan Shikai’s claim to the emperor. Yuan Keding appeared very low-key in his later years.
次子袁克文
Yuan Kewen’s early behavior seems to us now is a typical dude, rich second generation, and still a Merry wit. He is proficient in poetry calligraphy, likes to sing and listen to music, and is also a collector. Together with Zhang Xueliang, Zhang Boju, and Pu Tong, he was called the "Four Great Sons of the Republic of China".
Yuan Kewen opposed Yuan Shikai's proclaiming emperor, and his life was bohemian, with his wives and concubines in groups, which angered Yuan Shikai. He fled to Shanghai himself, joined the Youth Gang, and opened up disciples in Shanghai and Tianjin. So there was the title of "Huang Jinrong and Du Yuesheng in the south, and Yuan Hanyun (Yuan Kewen, named Hanyun), the leader of Tianjin and the north."
After Yuan Shikai's death, he inherited hundreds of thousands of silver dollars, but because he spent money like earth, he quickly spent it, and later made a living by selling characters.
It is worth mentioning that, in the eleventh year of the Republic of China, the Chaoshan gale caused a disaster, killing more than 100,000 people. Yuan Kewen sold his beloved copybooks for disaster relief.
Later, Yuan Kewen was impoverished. He died in Tianjin at the age of 42. His family couldn't even handle the funeral. The disciples and grandchildren he received in the hall did it for him.
三子袁克良
Here we need to clarify a fact. Someone on the Internet considers an old model worker in Taiyuan as Yuan Shikai’s third son, but that old man just happened to have the same name. Not Yuan Shikai's son. (Yuan Shikai died in 1916. If his third son really lived to the present, he would be more than a hundred years old.)
Yuan Keliang is different from his compatriot Yuan Kewen. Recent literature and history". It is said that Yuan Shikai has always disliked Yuan Keliang, calling him a "bandit". However, Yuan Keliang's level is indeed limited. When he was in charge of the detective team, Cai E slipped under his nose. Otherwise, the National Defense War would not be so smooth.
After Yuan Shikai's death, Yuan Keliang moved to Xila Hutong and suffered from schizophrenia two years later. Later, his family moved to Dayingmen, Tianjin. Yuan Keliang was paralyzed in bed for a long time and died in 1948.
四子袁克端
Yuan Keduan is also a literate man. He graduated from Tianjin Xinhua Academy. His writing is quite level, ancient and simple, with his own style.
But he is also a real rich second-generation pie, splurge from snacks. When he served as a councilor in the Generalissimo's Mansion for Zhang Zuolin, he didn't even attend the class.
After Yuan Shikai's death, Yuan Keduan changed from the "fourth son of the emperor" to a commoner, which hit him a little harder and became a little abnormal in spirit. Later, life was mainly based on pawning inheritance. Moreover, both of them were smokers, and their wealth was quickly squandered. So later life was very embarrassing.
五子袁克权
Yuan Kequan is also a great talent, and he also left a collection of poems. However, he is not as keen on power as Yuan Keding, nor is he as romantic as Yuan Kewen. On the contrary, he is honest, silent and introverted. He has used literary and ink throughout his life to entertain himself. He is aloof and aloof. He looks like an ancient literati.
It is said that Yuan Shikai likes this son very much, and he is also the chosen crown prince. (Rumor)
After Yuan Shikai’s death, Yuan Kequan’s life was not easy. He lived by pawning inheritance. The difference is that he feels a bit of a hermit. Come to a poetry and wine party.
六子元克桓
Yuan Kehuan should be the best among the sons after Yuan Shikai's death. He graduated from Nankai University and Tianjin Xinxue College. However, his mother left him a legacy that he was not allowed to enter politics. So he went to study in the UK, dropped out of school and returned home, and started to do business.
He used to be the general manager of Qixin Cement Company, and also participated in the founding of Jiangnan Cement Plant (Nanjing), Huaxin Nanchenxi Cement Plant, Beijing Liuli Cement Plant and other enterprises.
After the founding of New China, the government considered him to be the deputy mayor of Tianjin. It is said that he was unwilling.
Seven son Yuan Keqi, life unknown
八子袁克珍
Yuan Kezhen died relatively early, only knowing that he had assisted the sixth enterprise
九子Yuan Kejiu
Yuan Kejiu is the son-in-law of Li Yuanhong, President of the Republic of China. Unfortunately, after one year of marriage, his wife fell ill and was sent to the Beijing Mental Hospital. He used to stay in the United States for ten years and assisted the sixth in setting up enterprises. By the way, Yuan Kejiu likes history very much.
In 1945, Yuan Kejiu's first wife died. Later, he married another one, and he died of illness in 1973.
十子袁克坚
When Yuan Shikai died, he was only 12 years old. Later, when he was getting married, Xu Shichang, who had made a baby kiss, was unwilling and regretted the marriage.
At the age of 16, went to study in the United States and studied political economy at Harvard University. In 1925, he returned to China after studying. He was 21 years old. Later, at the age of 31, Jicha Government Affairs Committee served as English Secretary. Later, he resigned and stayed idle until his death in 1960.
十一子袁克安
Yuan Keyan is heavily influenced by Western thoughts, and he also married an American daughter-in-law named Zhang Meisheng. Yuan Keyan once served as the Secretary General of the Kailuan Mining Bureau, and became the "Director of the Civil Aviation Administration" after arriving in Taiwan. He also has a position at Pan American Airlines.
十二子袁克度
It is said that Yuan Kedu is a very strong foreigner. He has an English name called "Tom Yuan". He studied chemistry in the United States, so he has a stunt, he can imitate French high-end perfume, and evenCan be fake. But it’s weird that I won’t do it once I sell it.
Not long after the Tangshan earthquake in 1976, Yuan Kedu passed away.
三子元克相
Yuan Kexiang graduated from Yanjing University with a high level of calligraphy. After the founding of the People’s Republic of China, he taught English in Tianjin No. 41 Middle School. Later, during the Cultural Revolution, he was repeatedly criticized, paraded, and beaten to death.
四子袁克捷
Yuan Kejie is nicknamed Yuan Datou, because he looks a lot like Yuan Shikai. After Yuan Shikai's death, he became taciturn and did not associate with others. He was supervised when he was anti-rightist in 1957. The last disease (hungry?) died in the "big pot meal period."
Fifteen son Yuan Kehe
When Yuan Shikai died, Yuan Kehe was two years old. However, his life was okay, he didn't have much work all his life, he only taught for a year in the 1950s. He died of esophageal cancer in 1964.
Sixteen son Yuan Kefan early death
七子袁克有
Yuan Keyou is a posthumous child and the youngest son of Yuan Shikai. After Yuan Shikai passed away, he did not receive any inheritance. Later, Feng Yuxiang confiscated Yuanlin, Yuanzhai, and Yuan Mansion in Anyang, and Yuan Ke sometimes lived more poorly.
Yuan Ke still has the habit of smoking opium, and even made his wife addicted to drugs, and life is even more miserable. Later, he arrived in Tianjin, where he often stayed with his fifteen son Yuan Kehe, and made a living on his own little carving skills.
In 1953, Yuan Keyou died in Tianjin from stomach bleeding.
