Women living in feudal society, whether in social status or family status, are not as high as men's status. Because of this, many women living at that time did not live so freely. The lady we want to introduce to you in this article lived at that time.
Born nameless and unsung, this woman died in a grass hut in her later years, but she raised 6 national leaders. If you're interested in her identity and experiences during her lifetime, read the following carefully!
Her relationship with Liang Qichao.
The woman we are talking about was originally named Wang Laixi, and later changed her name to Wang Guiquan. She was born in the turbulent times of the late Qing Dynasty and lost her mother and father before the age of four. Later, in order to survive that dark era, she threw herself into the home of Li Chaowei, a major minister of the late Qing Dynasty, as a maid.
Because Li Chaowei had a precious daughter Li Huixian, and Wang Guiquan was quite clever when he first arrived at Li's house, after some observation, Li Chaowei assigned Wang Guiquan to take care of his daughter's diet and living. And Wang Guiquan also lived up to the entrustment of the old master, not only took good care of Miss Li Huixian, but also became a close friend with Miss Li.
Later, when Li Huixian reached the age when she should marry, Li Chaowei promised her to Liang Qichao, who is familiar to all of us in later generations. Yes, Wang Guiquan later became Liang Qichao's woman, but this is all a later story, and everyone waits patiently for us to tell the story between them further. Under the background conditions of that era, when rich families married their daughters, they would often bring a few dowry maids to their daughters.
At that time, Wang Guiquan was not only Li Huixian's personal maid, but also her good girlfriend. Therefore, after some consideration, Li Chaowei decided to let Wang Guiquan marry into the Liang family with his daughter. After all, in this way, the daughter has her own people in the Liang family to take care of her.
After entering the Liang family, Wang Guiquan got Liang Qichao to change his name. But in the beginning, she still did her job as a subordinate. Later, because Li Huixian's physical condition was not good, there was no way to give birth to more heirs for the Liang family, so there was Wang Guiquan becoming Liang Qichao's woman. It's just that even though Wang Guiquan and Liang Qichao have a husband and wife, Liang Qichao did not give her a more legitimate name.
It's not that Liang Qichao doesn't want to give, but he can't give. The reason was simple, because Liang Qichao was a hot advocate of the new revolution at that time, and if he himself had committed such a feudal move as taking concubines, it might have brought trouble to him and the Liang family.
After giving birth to six sons, she devoted herself to raising adults, and all of them became the talents of the pillars.
Wang Guiquan was also very reasonable about this, and did not do anything to force Liang Qichao to give him a name. After that, she gave birth to six children for Liang Qichao, and after Liang Qichao fled to Japan, she tried her best to help him take care of family affairs. It is precisely because Wang Guiquan treats Liang Qichao and his children very well that Liang Qichao and his children are quite dependent on her.
However, with the death of Li Huixian, the heartbroken Liang Qichao also passed away. At this time, Wang Guiquan had to not only manage the family affairs alone, but also had to raise the children born of Liang Qichao's non-mother without discrimination. If it was someone else, it is estimated that he would have chosen to be the treasurer long ago. But Wang Guiquan did not do this, but not only worked hard to support the entire Liang family, but also tried to cultivate Liang Qichao's children into talents.
It is said that a woman with a beautiful heart like Wang Guiquan should have had a better ending, but unfortunately, she just caught up with the wave of the "Cultural Revolution" in China after she was old. During that special period, she was separated from several children of the Liang family, and finally even died in a grass hut with a very dark environment.
Fortunately, several of the children she raised were more successful and achieved greater success in their own areas of interest. This is the best reward for Wang Guiquan, who is a mother, and it can also be regarded as not living up to wang Guiquan's high hopes for them.
If Wang Guiquan had insisted on leaving the Liang family with her own children after Liang Qichao's death, it is estimated that her future life would not have become so hard. But not only did she not do this, but on the basis of hard work to support the entire Liang family, she educated the children of the Liang family into talents. Presumably, If Liang Qichao and his wife Li Huixian knew about Quanxia, they should be grateful to Wang Guiquan. It's just a pity that Wang Guiquan didn't get Liang Qichao to personally give her a name until she died, and it was quite sad to think about it.
Among these children, six became the pillars of the state, Si Cheng, Si Yong, and Si Li became academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Si Da, Si Yi, and Si Ning later became famous economists, and the other three children also made achievements in their respective fields and became outstanding talents.
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