When he firmly supported the concubine system, he said, "If you are a woman, the best way to control your husband is to work with another woman and put him under the pomegranate skirt. Our China's concubine system is a skill for social harmony and family happiness."
Can you imagine that this is what a new intellectual who has been well-versed in Chinese and Western, and has been living abroad for more than ten years? Such absurd and ridiculous concept of feudal habits actually came from a young talent with thirteen doctoral degrees.
Who is he?
He is a weirdo in the late Qing Dynasty: Gu Hongming
Extraordinary talent, obtained 13 doctoral degrees
Gu Hongming (July 18, 1857-April 30, 1928), whose name is Tang Sheng, his ancestral home is Hui'an County , Fujian Province.
His ancestors moved to Nanyang from Fujian, China. His father was the head of the British foreign rubber plantation and spoke fluently Hokkien , Malay , English; his mother was a blonde foreigner, speaking Portuguese and English.
Gu Hongming, born in this environment, has a natural advantage. Thanks to his parents' excellent genetic gene and environment, he has a high language talent.
The owner of the plantation Brown and his wife had no children, so they adopted Gu Hongming as their adopted son.
1867, the Browns returned to the UK and brought the ten-year-old Gu Hongming with them. They wanted to let their children see the powerful Western World .
When he was about to leave, his father brought Gu Hongming to the tablet of his ancestors and told him that he should always remember that he was a Chinese and a descendant of China.
1870, 14-year-old Gu Hongming went to Germany to study science, philosophy, theology and other disciplines. During this period, he traveled to the UK and other places to study various knowledge and cultures.
1880, Gu Hongming, who had been studying in the West for nearly 14 years, returned to his hometown of Penang after completing his studies. He obtained 13 doctoral degrees with his super talent and hard work.
Conservative and backward view of marriage, marrying a wife and taking concubines
Gu Hongming’s academic achievements are not explained much here. There are many personal achievements about him online. This article only starts with his marriage view and family view.
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But Gu Hongming didn't like any of them. His parents were stunned by their son's behavior. The introduced women were all young women, elegant and beautiful, and beautiful. Why didn't their son like anyone else?
As time goes by, Gu Hongming has reached 28 years old. At that time, he was an elderly young man. His parents were very anxious and asked his son what his wife was in marriage?
I didn’t expect that this son who has been abroad for more than ten years actually said that he was only interested in: , three-inch golden lotus, , his little feet.
What nonsense is this? Gu Hongming's parents thought they heard it wrong, so they verified it several times with their son, and got the same answer.
Okay, for this only son, I can only bite the bullet and find this: the three-inch golden lotus.
Not long after, a Chinese named Shugu was found. She was a classical woman influenced by the old society and culture. She was influenced by the Three Bonds and Five Constant Virtues, the merits, virtues and appearances of women since childhood.
The wife's conditions meet Gu Hongming's requirements, so after marriage, the two of them live a harmonious life, the male leads the outside and the female leads the inside. After many years of marriage, the wife gave birth to two daughters for her husband. Gu Hongming had the idea of taking a concubine.
not only did her wife Shugu not object, but also blamed herself for not giving birth to a son for her husband, so she volunteered to find a concubine for her husband. She was a Japanese woman named Sadako Yoshida. Because of the war, she was sold into a brothel.
Gu Hongming had a son and a daughter after marriage. She got along very well with her wife. Both of them were only on the head of her husband, and Gu Hongming also loved her two wives and concubines very much.
is not so much about pampering, but rather about it being a kind of dominance and control in the name of love. Gu Hongming's unique machismo is something that women in the new era, whose society has been vanishing.
changed the concept, sophist genius
Gu Hongming has a very superb language talent. He knows many Western languages, and many traditional Chinese classics have been translated and spread to the West by him. It can be said that he has contributed a lot to the dissemination of Chinese traditional culture .
However, there are great controversies in terms of personal life and world outlook, outlook on life, values, etc.
An intellectual who has returned from studying abroad still has the mouse tail braid in the Qing Dynasty iconic hairstyle.
There is a classic story. When Gu Hongming was teaching college students, the student questioned his rat-tail braid. He directly angrily criticized the students: My braid is tangible, and the braid in your heart is invisible .
His inner view of marriage is that men are superior to women, and he advocates polygamy system. Gu Hongming once made such a metaphor, he compared men to teapots and women to teacups. Therefore, a teapot should be equipped with several more teacups, so that he can be faced. In his opinion, a woman is born a vassal of men. Whenever someone wants to debate with him, she will be defeated because of his rich knowledge, so no one can do anything to him.
He is still a real royalist. Although he is a royalist, he is not afraid of authority. He has repeatedly made fun of Cixi , Yuan Shikai and other powerful figures.
Which is right and wrong? Later generations evaluate
Gu Hongming is the disseminator of Chinese traditional culture. With his rich knowledge, he wrote and translated articles in traditional works many times, which made the Western world have some understanding of Chinese culture and opened a brilliant and brilliant chapter of Chinese civilization.
However, his behavior in life, family and non-work is very weird and funny. While we admire this weirdo Wuche, we also criticize his private life.
No matter what, people are imperfect. We cannot be strict with others and be lenient with ourselves. We should see their excellent side, and at the same time reflect on the controversial side of historical figures. Only by learning from and reflecting on them will we make progress.
