In the history of the Republic of China, the only person who served as two presidents and three vice presidents was Li Yuanhong.
For this person, there have been mixed reviews in history.
Some say he's a snob, some say he's tough.
However, in Chinese history, Li Yuanhong was the head of state for a long time.
Now, decades have passed, what happened to Li Yuanhong's descendants?
Most of them are engaged in education work, great-grandchildren to the level of deputy department!
Li Yuanhong
The rise of Li Yuanhong is inseparable from the Wuchang Uprising.
At that time, Li Yuanhong was the commander of the Twenty-first Army of the Qing Dynasty Army.
After the uprising is successful, you must find a leader.
Under these circumstances, the revolutionaries elected Li Yuanhong as the governor of Hubei.
After that, Li Yuanhong gradually stepped onto the political stage, and in January of the first year of the Republic of China (1912), the Provisional Government of the Republic of China was established in Nanjing, and Li Yuanhong was elected vice president and governor of Hubei.
In 1923, Li Yuanhong resigned, quit politics, and moved to Tianjin to invest in industry. On June 3, 1928, Li Yuanhong died of cerebral hemorrhage in Tianjin at the age of 65.
Group photo of Li Yuanhong's family
Li Yuanhong has four children.
The eldest son, Lai Sok Kee, was born in 1903. In 1920, he went to Japan to study at the Japanese Noble Academy. After Li Yuanhong's death, he served as a director and associate of ZTE Coal Mining Company, and also served as the managing director of ZTE Steamship Company. After 1949, he served as the chairman of the ZTE Steamship Company and the vice chairman of the Zaozhuang Coal Mining Company. After 1977, he served as the vice chairman of the CPPCC Shanghai Xuhui District, a member of the Standing Committee of the Shanghai Federation of Industry and Commerce, a member of the Shanghai Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese, and a chairman of the Xuhui District Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese. He died in Shanghai on January 31, 1983. He has three sons and a daughter, all of whom are abroad. The second son, Li Shaoye, was born in 1911. In 1928, after Li Yuanhong's death, he ran the industry with his brother Shaoji. On March 3, 1935, he married Liu Xiaochen, the daughter of Liu Guanxiong, the former chief of the Navy. He is currently a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, a member of the Tianjin Municipal Revolutionary Committee, and a librarian of the Tianjin Municipal Museum of Culture and History. He has two sons and two daughters.
The eldest daughter, Li Shaofen, born in 1901, graduated from Columbia University in the United States and served as a supervisor of the Tianjin Municipal Education Bureau in China. The "Cultural Revolution" was severely persecuted, resulting in a heart attack, and died in Tianjin on December 9, 1966. He has a son and a daughter. The second daughter, Li Shaofang, born in 1906, married Yuan Kejiu, the ninth son of Yuan Shikai, and after marriage, she had a bad relationship and was sent to a mental hospital. He died on 15 April 1945.
Most of Li Yuanhong's grandchildren live abroad, and most of them are engaged in educational work at home. Among Li Yuanhong's grandchildren, the most famous is Li Changjin, who is the son of the second eldest Li Shaoye. Today, he has been promoted to the deputy director of the Deputy Department and is the deputy secretary general of the Standing Committee of the Tianjin Municipal People's Congress.
In the past, Li Yuanhong's descendants avoided Li Yuanhong as much as possible. Today, unlike then, the descendants of the Li family no longer shy away from it.