<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="3" > don't be a prince</h1>
He is a great talent who is proficient in opera calligraphy, he is a prince who sells calligraphy and paintings on the streets for a living, he is a philanthropist who has a lot of money but has scattered his family wealth, and the words cannot write his glorious past, and the opera cannot sing his sad past.
This is Yuan Kewen, everyone knows him, but can not understand him, when Yuan Shikai embarked on the road of no return to restore the imperial system, his son Yuan Kewen never felt that he would become a prince.
China's thousand-year-old monarchy has tied the father's power to the son by blood, and if the father fights for power and reputation, then the son will inevitably stand on the same front as the father.
On February 12, 1915, Yuan Shikai stole the fruits of Dr. Sun Yat-sen's democratic revolution, ascended the throne as emperor at Jurentang, accepted the worship of civil and military officials, and had just entered the world democracy torrent of China, and was once again dragged into the abyss of feudal imperialism.
Yuan Shikai's eldest son, Yuan Keding, was running his father's enthronement ceremony before and after, and he knew that from this moment on he was the prince above ten thousand people under one person, and he used the news and public opinion to create momentum for his father in an attempt to render this restoration that most people did not favor as a change of dynasty.
Only Yuan Kewen hummed a small song to himself, lazily sitting in the backstage of the Xinmin Theater to grease himself, as if the manipulators of this vigorous restoration had nothing to do with him, and in the face of the anxious urging of the servants, he said leisurely: He is his emperor, I am my second grandfather.
Loving beauty does not love the magnates, loves opera does not love Jiangshan, does a dashing second grandfather Yuan, and does not do the second prince of the feudal imperial system, which should be an interpretation of Yuan Kewen's attitude towards life.
Yuan Kewen's North Korean birth mother gave birth to him in Seoul, North Korea, and she did not expect her son to be so intelligent and delicate and sensitive, able to read at the age of six, able to read through the Four Books and Five Classics at the age of seven, writing like a god at the age of ten, and talking to foreigners at the age of thirteen.
The well-informed Yuan Kewen read well-read famous books and current events at home and abroad, and his extensive reading of books made him have a unique insight, he understood that the wheel of world democracy is rolling forward, no one can contradict it, and his father's behavior can be described as the death of the one who opposes it.
He is well aware of his father's arbitrariness, helpless to turn the tide by his own strength, living passively every day, not accepting the position given to him by his father, and only wants to be an outsider, but his father's preference for him has attracted the jealousy of his eldest brother.
One day Yuan Kewen was playing in the Summer Palace, the object is not touching the scene, he improvised a poem: "The colt gap stays for a moment, and the sting urges dreams to change three times." There is a lot of wind and rain in the high places, and mo to the top floor of the Qiong Building. ”
This poem with a deep meaning was intentionally revealed to Yuan Shikai by Yuan Keding, who angrily criticized Yuan Kewen and thought about it behind closed doors, but this did not reduce Yuan Shikai's love for Yuan Kewen, and Yuan Keding re-offended.
In order to remove his stumbling blocks, he set up a Hongmen feast to poison his brother, Yuan Kewen felt it and sighed: Ben is born from the same root, and he is too anxious to fry. Inflated ambitions fueled by power and desire make family affection vulnerable.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="5" > transformed from a prince to a qinggang elder</h1>
In order to avoid his brother's hatred, Yuan Kewen went south to Shanghai, where the warlord forces were divided, and with the identity of Yuan Shikai's son, he entered the largest Green Gang in Shanghai and held a high position, which made the younger brothers who had followed the elder-level figures born into death for many years very dissatisfied.
But not long after, everyone discovered Yuan Kewen's agility and changeability, he grew up around Yuan Shikai since childhood, treating people and things, and many problems that seemed to be solved by violence could be turned into a gentle wind and rain with three inches of uncorrupted tongue here.
The cooperation in the business field is also carried out in an orderly manner under Yuan Kewen's way of hospitality, no matter what he does, he will not change his color in front of him, and he will give economic assistance with a big wave of his hand when he has difficulties.
Just as Yuan Kewen gradually became famous in Shanghai, the news of Yuan Shikai's death came, and more than ten of his sons made a storm in the city for the sake of inheritance, Yuan Kewen did not want to go back to this muddy water, but the 100,000 inheritance that belonged to him was still remitted to his account.
With this huge amount of money enough to support the elderly and his current position in the Green Gang, Yuan Kewen did not have to worry about the second half of his life, but unexpectedly, a few years later, Yuan Kewen lost his family and had to sell calligraphy and paintings on the street for a living.
It turned out that Yuan Kewen grew up under the protection of Yuan Shikai, had no concept of money and money, and was deeply influenced by Yuan Shikai, married several aunts and wives, and the expenses of women wandering in the Qinglou Theater and a courtyard soon left Yuan Kewen's savings with little.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="9" > abandon the powerful pursuit of the present</h1>
He is also unwilling to continue the business of the Green Gang, timely fun is his creed, game life is his attitude, so when he is rich, he spends days and wine, and when he is poor, he sells calligraphy and paintings to support himself.
Some people in the political and business circles have successively asked him to be highly qualified, and even some Japanese people have come forward but he has refused, and he only wants to accompany calligraphy and painting opera and be a dashing living immortal.
Yuan Kewen's calligraphy is Zhong Lin Yuxiu, insiders can see the artistic achievements in it, often people pay high prices for his calligraphy and paintings, relying on their own talents and connotations can still live a tasteful life, but people with the heart of the world will never only see themselves.
In 1922, when a natural disaster broke out in the Chaoshan area, hundreds of thousands of people were homeless, and government officials did nothing, Yuan Kewen donated all his remaining savings to the disaster area, and also performed with his opera friends to collect money for the disaster area.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="12" > the years have finally come to an end</h1>
Yuan Kewen injured his body because of his life of tobacco and alcohol, and died of illness at the age of 42, leaving a legendary story.
The brothers of the Qing Gang came to collect the body for him, found that he had been surrounded by disciples, and pooled their money to hold a decent funeral for him, there was no huge queue and pomp, just so that Second Master Yuan could walk steadily, but this funeral had many unexpected mourners.
The long queue of nearly a thousand people turned out to be all Qinglou women, they lined up in a long line, dressed in mourning clothes, and the sound of mourning and sadness resounded throughout the street, and they came to bid farewell to their confidant and close friend Yuan Erye.
Only because the second master treats them equally and considerately, unlike other guests who only use them as venting utensils, Yuan Kewen sincerely treats every woman who is close to him, soothes their wounded hearts, heals their wounds, and bes their confidants.
Yuan Kewen has many equal loves, his amorousness gives to all people, he is not single-minded but sincere, his love is flooded but precious, which makes many women fall in love with him.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="14" > conclusion</h1>
Yuan Kewen's glory years cannot be written into the history books, but his story spread like a book, and people lamented such an amorous talent.
Amorous and fraternal but not repulsed, profligate but passed on as a good story, such a passionate artist, adhere to his own life bottom line, art is supreme, life is short, timely fun, live well in the present, do not worry about the future.
His life was vulgar, but his heart was calm, he was like a lamp, the hot fireworks burned for too long to exhaust his heat, but left a brilliant light.