"Seventy years of life" means that a person living to the age of 70 is an advanced age, which is very difficult. Under normal circumstances, people who live to the age of 70 will hold birthday parties and invite friends and family to celebrate, and Kang Youwei thinks the same way. In December 1913, Kang Youwei ended his exile abroad and returned to Nanhai, Guangdong.
It's not so much exile as it is a round-the-world trip. During his 16 years in exile, no Chinese was able to travel to 42 countries around the world like Kang Youwei. After returning to his homeland, Kang Youwei first reburied his mother and brother Kang Guangren. In March 1927, when Kang Youwei was 69 years old, Kang Youwei decided to hold a birthday celebration in Shanghai on an unprecedented scale.
However, what happened during the birthday feast made this "Kang Sage" face turn green, what was going on? It turned out that Zhang Taiyan entrusted people to send Kang Youwei a pair of shou lian, the content is: the country will die, and the old will not die.
It seems that Zhang Taiyan praised Kang Youwei for "having a future", but in fact he cursed Kang Youwei. Zhang Taiyan's pair of shou lian comes from the "Book of Rites and Zhongyong" in which "the kingdom will perish, and there will be demons." And in the Analects of the Constitution, "To be old and not to die is to be a thief." ”
The reason why Zhang Taiyan scolded Kang Youwei so much was because he thought that Kang Youwei was a rogue rogue. Zhang Taiyan has always defended the history of the country as a scholar, and when he recognized Kang Youwei's human nature, he despised him even more. Zhang Taiyan joined the "Affair Newspaper" in his early years and was welcomed by Liang Qichao and other reformists.
Kang Youwei has written "Confucius Reform Examination" and "New Study of Pseudo-Classical Examination", hoping to build a new "Confucianism" and thus provide theoretical support for his own restoration and change. On the contrary, Zhang Taiyan, on the contrary, has always claimed to defend the history of the country and criticized Kang Youwei on many occasions.
Zhang Taiyan found that whenever he discussed current affairs with Kang Youwei's disciples, he found that many people worshiped Kang Youwei and praised him wildly. Zhang Taiyan was very disgusted, and at the end, he said angrily, This group of Kangmen disciples is like a group of shell langs pushing and rolling dung balls. ”
Another time, Zhang Taiyan was talking with Liang Qichao and others, and suddenly heard everyone compare Kang Youwei with Confucius, which was really unbearable, and he roared angrily, "Can Kang Youwei be compared with Kong Shengren?" It's outrageous. Kang Youwei's disciples were furious when they heard this, and they directly fought with Zhang Taiyan, who was said to have slapped Liang Qichao.
After this incident, Zhang Taiyan and Kang Youwei completely broke up. When Kang Youwei held his 70th birthday, this opportunity to humiliate him in public, Zhang Taiyan naturally would not let go. So, we saw that pair of life unions, very clever.