Kang Youwei occupies an important position in the modern history of the mainland, and the reform method guided by him has influenced generations of revolutionaries.
No one is perfect, and although Kang Youwei is a great reformer, his private life is quite rotten.
When he was 55 years old, he married a Japanese maid, but a few years later, the maid actually gave birth to his grandson.
Kang Youwei is his person
Kang Youwei, a native of Nanhai County, Guangdong, was born in 1855.
Kang Youwei's family is quite good, belonging to a famous local family, and his elders dote on him in every way, wanting him to achieve fame and glorify his ancestors, so Kang Youwei received a good Confucian education from an early age.
Kang Youwei also lived up to expectations, learned what to do, and became a jinshi in the twenty-first year of Guangxu.
In ancient times, Jin Shi was a very proud thing, and if everything went well, then Kang Youwei would also be able to enter the dynasty as an official and live a prosperous and wealthy life.
But at that time, the Great Qing Dynasty was already stormy, Western countries developed rapidly in science and technology, and Confucianism could no longer save the Great Qing Dynasty.
Kang Youwei once visited Hong Kong, which is a place where East meets West.
In Hong Kong, Kang Youwei opened his eyes to the importance of Western science. So, I began to study natural science from the West.
While Kang Youwei was vigorously studying Western studies, the situation of the Qing Dynasty became worse and worse, and he was bullied by the great powers in turn.
People of insight at that time knew that if China wanted to be rich and strong, then it had to change its law!
As a result, there was a foreign affairs movement and a change in the law.
The reformers represented by Kang Youwei and Liang Zhichao united with the Guangxu Emperor and wanted to revitalize the Qing Dynasty through reform.
But any change in the law will not be smooth sailing, because the change of law will move the cake of some vested interests, and they will naturally obstruct it in every way.
Among them, the most powerful and highest-status conservative faction was Empress Dowager Cixi.
Although Empress Dowager Cixi is conservative, she is extremely good at ruling skills, and some newcomers to politics, where are Empress Dowager Cixi's opponents?
Soon after, the Guangxu Emperor was imprisoned in Yingtai, and the six princes were publicly executed.
When the innovators of the Great Qing Dynasty heard this, they all felt deep pain.
The vigorous reform failed, the reformists were killed, and the exiles were exiled. In order to survive, Kang Youwei had to go into exile.
When he was traveling overseas, Kang Youwei was once very embarrassed financially, but he always publicized his ideas, arousing the patriotic enthusiasm of many patriotic young people.
Human thinking is limited, and although Kang Youwei's thinking is somewhat old (he is a royalist), he is still a great reformer.
Kang Youwei was great as a revolutionary, but derelict as a husband.
In terms of concept, although Kang Youwei advocated monogamy, he was still influenced by old ideas and concepts.
He married six wives in his life, and each wife was a young girl who was no more than twenty years old when she started.
This incident was criticized by many intellectuals at that time, but Kang Youwei still went his own way and slept in the gentle township.
The most legendary of Kang Youwei's emotional life is his fourth wife, Tsuruko Ioka.
Ioka Tsuruko is a person
When Kang Youwei lived in Japan, he had a lot of money and hired many servants. One of the most notable is Tsuruko Ioka, a typical Yamato beauty with snow-white skin and loose black hair.
Although Kang Youwei was a great reformer, he was very careful, so he began to pursue Jinggang Tsuruko.
At that time, Kang Youwei, although he was already gray-haired, but Jinggang Tsuruko was born poor, and naturally could not refuse Kang Youwei, who was rich, so there was an old husband and young wife in the world.
At first, the relationship between the two was still very harmonious, but Kang Youwei was amorous after all, and soon began to pursue other beautiful women, snubbing Jinggang Tsuruko.
Tsuruko Ioka is young and beautiful, where can she endure loneliness. Soon after, there was a favorite person - Kang Tongzhen.
Kang Tongzhen is Kang Youwei's eldest young master, handsome and personable, Kang Tongzhen also likes Jinggang Tsuruko's gentle and sensible, and soon after the two secretly married.
The relationship between the young master and his aunt, whether in Japan or China, was not allowed, so the two did enough hidden work, and this relationship lasted for ten years.
But ten years later, the two face a big problem, and Tsuruko Ioka is pregnant.
Jinggang Tsuruko was at a loss and consulted with Kang Tongzhen. Kang Tongzhen thought for a while, and said to Ioka Tsuruko: "Let the child be shed." ”
At that time, Kang Youwei was old and weak, and no longer had the ability to reproduce, and Jinggang Tsuruko was pregnant at this time, so sooner or later he would be investigated.
If a person violates morality in his life, he will definitely be blamed by thousands of people.
Kang Tongzhen did not have the courage to face such a huge pressure, and although Tsuruko Jingoka also understood Kang Tongzhen's ideas, her nature as a mother made her think that she must protect her children.
Unbeknownst to him, Tsuruko Ioka unknowingly returned to Japan and gave birth to her daughter Ayako.
Ioka Tsuruko raised Ayako for many years, until later in her life, she felt that she had nothing to love and committed suicide in a park.
Before committing suicide, Tsuruko Ioka left a heartfelt suicide note to her daughter.
This public case was only made public, and it became a scandal for Kang Youwei and even the entire Kang family.
Kang Youwei's descendants
Kang Youwei had six wives and concubines and had fifteen children, but in the late Qing Dynasty, medical technology was poor, and a total of two sons and four daughters survived.
Among Kang Youwei's descendants, there are many people who have achieved fame, among which the most famous Kang Tongbi.
Kang Tongbi studied at Harvard University, and he was bold, hearty and courageous, and his thinking was progressive, and he made great contributions to the peaceful liberation of Beijing by the People's Liberation Army.
After liberation, he engaged in literary and historical work for a long time, worked conscientiously and made great contributions. He sadly died in 1969.
Kang Tongbi's sister, Kang Tongwei, is gifted and diligent in learning, and is fluent in English and Japanese.
She founded China's first women's magazine "Women's Journal", with meticulous and elegant writing, which was well received by the intellectual class at that time.
Kang Rongya is Kang Youwei's great-granddaughter and is now a professional badminton player.
Because of his superb ball skills and clear eyebrows, he once attracted the attention of Chinese netizens and won the signing of the famous brand Li Ning.
epilogue
All in all, people tend to have two sides, both good and bad.
In the face of the decadent Qing Dynasty, Kang Youwei dared to fight against the old guards, and as a reformer, Kang Youwei was great.
But as an ordinary person, Kang Youwei's love life is rotten and disdainful.