The only lesson that mankind has learned from history is that mankind has not learned any lesson from history
Multiple identities, a gentleman who has been encountered for many years
A person can have several identities at most, he is a noble prince who spends money like earth, eats, drinks and gambles like a prostitute, is also a wandering, wife and concubine group of merry talents, or sings "in the heavenly wish to be a winged bird, in the earth wish for lian lizhi", a Kunqu xiaosheng who is moving with a smile, but also a collector of ancient books, gold stones, calligraphy and paintings, coins, as well as poetry, song, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting and all kinds of proficient artists. Nowadays, it is very difficult to have one person get one of these titles, and what kind of existence can monopolize so many titles by one person. He was Yuan Kewen, one of the four princes of the Republic of China.
Although the country is good, it is not as good as freedom
You may be relatively unfamiliar with Yuan Kewen, but your father you must have heard, yes, it is Yuan Shikai. Yuan Kewen has no intention of politics, more like a celebrity in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, informal, not stuck in things, with a flamboyant personality, self-confidence and style, quite the style of the ancients. Although Yuan Kewen was the second son of Yuan Shikai, because Yuan Kewen was talented and never read seriously, he could rely on his unforgettable skills to compose poems, fill in words, and write articles. This kind of person is born to pull hatred. Yuan Shikai loved and hated this son.
First of all, Yuan Kewen's talent is obvious to all, but at the same time he is a wayward playboy, just his wife married six to go home, and it is not known how many mistresses there are, people are through the flowers and leaves do not stick, he is in the flowers, leaving nothing. His affection belongs to every girl who needs to be cared for. Could this be the legendary Aquaman? Let's put it this way, he is affectionate but not vulgar, he is affectionate but not abusive, looking at all women is actually a dew love affair, as soon as the sun comes out, there is no more. So it belongs to the central air conditioning, it is good to be a friend of the opposite sex, and it is good to be an object.
Secondly, although Yuan Shikai's expectations of Yuan Kewen are extremely high, Yuan Kewen has taken a completely different path, he is very sober-minded and dares to speak out. When Yuan Shikai planned to restore himself as emperor, everyone was hindered by Yuan Shikai's forces flattering him, so he wrote a poem leisurely. "At first, the micro-cotton is strong and self-victorious, and the ancient platform is desolate and a mausoleum." Bo Fei was too liquid to be heartbroken, and the clouds rose and dreamed. Occasionally to the far forest to smell the flute, alone in the bright room to turn the lamp. There is a lot of wind and rain in the high places, and mo to the top floor of the Qiong Building. As soon as this poem came out, Yuan Shikai was so angry that he ordered him to be put under house arrest. However, the last sentence of the poem has become a classic, and everyone uses this sentence to satirize Yuan Shikai as emperor. This character is good!
Informal, personality flying
In Yuan Kewen's eyes, in addition to having no interest in Jiangshan, the others are interesting. At that time, there were not too many entertainment activities, the most popular was opera, the children of officials and eunuchs and rich families loved to listen to a song when they had nothing to do, and they also preferred famous dramas. Yuan Kewen, the elder brother, also loves to listen to the drama and is interested, and he personally dresses up as him to sing on the stage. Don't think he's just nice fresh, really loved.
Reading may be effortless, the talent is there, but this singing is not just talent. He recognized Fang Bingzhong as a teacher of the Three Dynasties Inner Court and specially went to Shanghai and Suzhou to study. Under such hard work, Xiaosheng and Ugly both acted extremely well, and even Mei Lanfang was full of praise. When Yuan Shikai died, he had no restraints, set up a stage at his own expense to sing a play, and zheng'er Bajing became a play, singing all the ruthless things in the world, only to know that you and I are all people in the play.
Red sleeves add fragrance, poetry and wine flow
After Yuan Shikai's death, the other brothers were busy dividing up the family property, what about him? Or that bell drum and jade is not expensive enough, I hope that the second master who is drunk and does not want to wake up, call it rainy and snowy outside, as long as there is a fire in this room, you can also accompany poetry and wine, with red sleeves to add incense, this life is not too bad. Besides, our poverty may be a lifelong thing, but for Yuan Kewen, it is impossible. Who calls people too instinctive?
Yuan Kewen's calligraphy is a must, true, grass, affiliation, seal all exquisite, often three glasses of wine under the belly, pick up the pen is to write, and he can not use the table, just let people pull the two ends, the paper hanging in the air, swinging, the words are strong and the paper is not damaged. Writing small print is even simpler, not even standing, lying on your back on the bed, holding a pen in one hand, holding a paper in the other, writing out of thin air, just write things like this, the font is beautiful, neat and clean, just right. It is said that he later made a living by selling words, and it should be known that his words were in short supply, and every word was worth a thousand dollars. I also want to write and sell as soon as I sell food and clothing, and I can live comfortably.
Seeing this, you think that he is just a somewhat talented and somewhat rebellious man, but in fact, he is not. In 1922, Guangdong suffered a typhoon disaster, Yuan Kewen ordered the whole family to donate money to the disaster relief, donating his beloved Song Xuan and the jade version of Lanting Jingtuoben. He also pulled Mei Lanfang and other well-known opera singers to perform everywhere, and all the money he received was donated. At the age of 42, he died of illness and was buried in YangCun, and his life was just like his teacher Fang Dishan wrote an inscription for him.