Chapter 22 Destined to Love You Stubbornly: The Circle of the Elders of the Qing Dynasty
After the Revolution of 1911, the Chinese restorationists were divided into three factions.One is princes and nobles represented by Prince Gong Puwei and others.In order to reorganize the armed forces, Pu Wei also specially built a Taoist temple in Qingdao as a guest house for restorationists who came to Qingdao.The Germans also specially approved him to build the magnificent "Prince Gong's Mansion" in Huiqian Street, where Germans live concentratedly.And his mansion has become the office of the "restoration" plan of the Qingdao elders.The other faction is represented by Zhang Xun.They want to treat the emperor as a puppet and seize power by themselves in the name of restoration.The last faction is the faction that talks about military affairs on paper, and only proposes restoration in theory and propaganda.
Birth and death years: December 13, 1880 to January 1936
Origin: Last Prince Gong, cousin of Puyi
Main places of residence after the Republic of China: Qingdao, Dalian
Status: Member of Zongshe Party (an organization that intends to restore the Qing Dynasty)
Main experience: launching the Manchurian and Mongolian Independence Movement, organizing the "King Qin Army"
Famous quote: With Pu Wei here, the Qing Empire would not perish
Birthplace: Fuzhou, Fujian
Years of Birth and Death: May 2, 1860-1938
Status: Politician, calligrapher, representative poet of "Tongguang Body"
Positions in the Qing Dynasty: Served as Minister of Frontier Defense in Guangxi, Inspectorate in Anhui and Guangdong, Chief Envoy in Hunan, etc.
Main place of residence after the Republic of China: Shanghai, Changchun
Masterpieces of calligraphy: the title of the first edition of "Ciyuan", the inscription of "Bank of Communications"
Political "masterpiece": responsible for drafting the national anthem and the founding declaration of the puppet Manchukuo. When the puppet Manchukuo was established, he served as the governor-general (that is, the prime minister) and the head of the Ministry of Culture and Education
Birthplace: Panyu, Guangdong
Year of Birth and Death: 1859～1919
Status: Famous ministers, elders, poets, scholars in the late Qing Dynasty
"Masterwork" of famous official: During the Sino-French war, Li Hongzhang was impeached for "six murderable crimes"; Zhang Zhidong was the right-hand man who founded modern education
"Masterwork" of the Remaining Elder: After the Republic of China, he served as Puyi's teacher and participated in Zhang Xun's restoration
"Masterpiece" of the Poet: One of the "Four Masters of Modern Lingnan"
Scholar's "masterpiece": the first dean of Guangdong Guangya Academy, and gave lectures at Lianghu Academy and Nanjing Zhongshan Academy
Last words: Don't leave a word in the world, my heart is desolate, and words cannot be handed down
Nickname: Stranger in the Late Qing Dynasty
Birthplace: Malaysia Ancestry: Quanzhou, Fujian
Birth and death years: July 18, 1857 ~ April 30, 1928
Graduate School: University of Edinburgh, University of Leipzig, Germany
Status: Scholar, translator, professor, loyal fan of traditional Chinese culture
Legend: It is said that he is proficient in dozens of foreign languages. After the Republic of China, he continued to wear a long braid
Famous quote: Why should we learn English poetry?That's because I want you to learn English well, and teach us Chinese people's principles of life and gentle and honest poetry to those barbarian countries.
Zhang Renjun (1847～1927): Born in Zhili, the nephew of Zhang Peilun, a famous official in the late Qing Dynasty, successively served as the governor of Guangdong, Guangxi and Liangjiang in the late Qing Dynasty. After the Republic of China, he fled to Shanghai as an old man.
Fan Fanshan (1846~1931): that is, Fan Zengxiang, the representative poet of "Tongguang Style", the most prolific poet in modern times.When his father was a military officer in Hunan, he was called a "bastard" by Zuo Zongtang, who was only a juren, and angrily vowed to educate his sons to become Jinshi.Later, Fan Fanshan was selected as a Jinshi, became a high-ranking official, and became a famous poet.
Tie Liang (1863-1938): Manchu with a white banner, served as Minister of Military Aircraft, Minister of the Ministry of Army, etc., a military official among the Manchus, and his military strength can rival Yuan Shikai's.After the Republic of China, he was a core member of the Clan Socialist Party and actively restored it.
⊙ Zhang Renjun is Zhang Ailing's uncle, Yuan Shikai's ally and in-law. He prided himself on being "loyal to the Qing Dynasty" throughout his life. He almost belonged to the "stubborn forces" in politics, and adopted a negative attitude towards the Reformation and Westernization Movement.During his tenure as governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, he safeguarded the territorial sovereignty of Xisha and Nansha. In 1947, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of China changed the original name of a tidal flat located in the west of the Nansha Islands, and renamed it "Renjun Beach" to commemorate Zhang Renjun's achievements. ⊙ After the Revolution of 1911, the Chinese Restoration faction was divided into three factions.One is the princes and nobles represented by Prince Gong Puwei and others.In order to reorganize the armed forces, Pu Wei also specially built a Taoist temple in Qingdao as a guest house for restorationists who came to Qingdao.The Germans also specially approved him to build the magnificent "Prince Gong's Mansion" in Huiqian Street, where Germans live concentratedly.And his mansion has become the office of the "restoration" plan of the Qingdao elders.The other faction is represented by Zhang Xun.They want to treat the emperor as a puppet and seize power by themselves in the name of restoration.The last faction is the faction that talks about military affairs on paper, and only proposes restoration in theory and propaganda. ⊙In 1924, Zai Zhen, the son of the former Qing Qing King Yikuang, moved to live in Tianjin.The man was very rich, he liked to gamble, and he once lost two houses in one night.Once, when he bought a lottery ticket for the racetrack, he bet with someone that if he won, he would turn the racecourse road into an asphalt road, and he really won the lottery.As expected, he kept his promise, and not only used up all the money he won, but also posted another sum of money. ⊙In September 1923, the Japanese earthquake.Puyi donated to Japan in the name of disaster relief. At that time, Puyi’s small imperial court had very difficult financial resources and could not get the money for a while. Puyi asked people to take out 48 pairs of ancient porcelain bottles and 2 pearl bracelets from the Ningshou Palace treasury, and sent someone to send them to Japan. to the Japanese embassy.Each bracelet has 108 pearls, and some people estimate that it is worth at least 300,000 yuan.It is said that this personal donation exceeded the amount of donations from the Beiyang government at that time. ⊙When Lao Naixuan was in Qingdao, he often had ideological contact with the elders. He formed the "Ten Elders Association" with Lu Haihuan, Lu Runxiang, Zhao Erxun, Zhang Renjun, Zhou Fu, Wang Yan, Liu Tingchen's father Liu Yunqiao and others. Make friends by writing.He also formed the "Eight Immortals" with eight people including the Japanese ghost head Yuru in Qingdao, and formed a poetry club to sing with each other. ⊙Lao Naixuan and German Wei Lixian organized a Confucian literary society in Qingdao.Most of the members are veterans of the Qing Dynasty, and there are also a few German professors and scholars who teach at Qingdao Dehua University.These people exchange Eastern and Western cultures together, so they are also called "Chinese and Western Literature Society", and sometimes they talk about papers while drinking.Due to language barriers and cultural differences, the "Chinese and Western Literature Society" did not go well in the beginning.The elders said that the Germans had exhausted their energy and could not understand it; when it was the turn of the Germans to speak, the elders simply went home and slept. ⊙ Zhang Renjun, the former governor of Liangjiang, also Zhang Ailing's uncle, went to live in Qingdao after the Revolution of 1911.At that time, there were quite a few old and young living in Qingdao, such as Wu Yusheng, the former minister of military aircraft, Lu Haihuan, the former minister of the Ministry of War, Liu Tingchen, the former supervisor of Peking University, and of course Zhang Renjun, the former governor of Liangjiang.Those of them who were in the same situation and sympathized with each other soon became friends.Everyone gathers and has fun together, and occasionally mentions the past, and they all have to feel a lot of emotion.Only Zhang Renjun didn't speak, got up and left. ⊙Jin Liang, a remnant of the former Qing Dynasty, called Wu Peifu, Qi Baishi, and Sai Jinhua the "Three Eccentrics of Yanshan" in his book "Guapu Shuyi". ⊙In 1914, Yuan Shikai hired Zhao Erxun, a former minister of the Qing Dynasty, as the curator of the Qing History Museum, but Zhao said that he did not want to be a "traitor of the Qing Dynasty".Therefore, Yuan Shikai lied to him and said: "This is a matter of praising the Qing Dynasty, not the Republic of China." Only then did Zhao Erxun reluctantly agree, but he put forward a condition, that is, to seek an explanation for his brother who died in the Qing Dynasty. .In order to show that he "only surrendered to Han and not Cao", he also wrote a self-deprecating song: "I am an official of the Qing Dynasty, I compile the history of the Qing Dynasty, I do Qing Dynasty affairs, and I eat Qing Dynasty food!" ⊙ According to the records of American doctors: Zaifeng has a handsome appearance, bright eyes, firm lips, and a straight waist. Although he is not of medium stature, he exudes a noble temperament. ⊙Liang Dingfen was Puyi's teacher. After the Republic of China, he regarded himself as an old man and actively participated in Zhang Xun's restoration.In the early years, Guangya Academy wanted to invite Liang to be the dean. Some people said that Liang was too young, only twenty-eight or nineteen years old.Liang said: "It's easy. It's hard to be young, but it's easy to be old." So he chose a date and started growing a beard. Celebrities from all walks of life came to congratulate him, calling it "He Hu Hui".Since then, a long beard has become the symbol of Liang. ⊙After the Republic of China, Liang Dingfen lived in Wuchang, still wearing a big braid.Li Yuanhong and his subordinates wanted to play tricks on Liang, so they sent several people to see Liang. One pretended to talk to Liang, another lifted Liang's hat from behind, and another rushed up and cut off his braid.After the cutting, Liang Fudi burst into tears. Someone suggested that he report the case and ask Governor Li Yuanhong to take the lead in arresting the murderer. ⊙Liang Dingfen was appointed by the government of the Republic of China to be the supervisor of the tomb of Emperor Guangxu (Chongling). In 1913, the government of the Republic of China could not pay the final payment, so Liang Dingfen had to do it himself.He first sent people to Beijing to order two or three hundred ceramic wine bottles to be shipped back to Xiling.In winter, when the snow fell heavily, he took a dozen people to the treasure city of Chongling, filled each wine bottle with pure white snow, then plugged the bottle mouth, sealed it with red paper, and wrote "Chongling Snow Water" ".The bottles were transported back to his residence in Beijing, and he wrote a public letter explaining why trees should be planted in Chongling.Then he found out the home address of the former Qing official Fushen in Beijing. After that, he took the public notice, led the people, and carried the snow water bottles in a rickshaw, according to the distance of the road and the order of the scheduled visits. , visit one by one.If the other party gave the money, Liang Dingfen would be very grateful; ⊙Liang Dingfen and Zhang Taiyan commented on the reform figures of the time. Liang said: "Kang Youwei is domineering, and he is a good man, but he is deep and unfathomable. It is said that he has the ambition to be an emperor. You know him. Is it credible?" Zhang Taiyan Confrontation said: "You are mistaken. Everyone can be an emperor. If Kang Youwei only wants to be an emperor, it is not different. The most absurd thing is that he actually wants to be a leader!" ⊙After the Revolution of 1911, Zheng Xiaoxu went to Shanghai to find a building.However, Xuantong Jiazi is still used for the inscriptions of poems and letters, and the year of the Republic of China is never used.Once he found out that his friend was an official in the Republic of China, he would be violently abused by him: "A group of thieves are as mad as Mao, and it is not uncommon for a beautiful woman to be a thief." ⊙Zheng Xiaoxu prides himself on his knowledge of both Chinese and Western cultures, especially in calligraphy.His words can be described as worth a thousand gold.At that time, the word "Bank of Communications" in China was obtained from him for 4,000 taels of silver. The title of the first edition of "Ciyuan" published in 1915 was "Ciyuan", and he received five hundred taels of silver as a pen fee.Inscribe the name of the Commercial Press with only five characters, that is, two thousand taels of silver per character.Although it had already been written, because the Commercial Press required him to indicate the inscription "a certain year in the Republic of China" when inscribing the title, this angered the Qing dynasty minister, who burned the calligraphy on the spot, and paid 10,000 yuan. The two silvers were wasted like this. ⊙After the founding of the Republic of China, Zheng Xiaoxu still had braids on his head, and a small yellow dragon flag was planted in his room.Yuan Shikai and Li Yuanhong successively asked him to be the director of education and transportation, but Zheng Xiaoxu refused on the grounds that he "doesn't care about two masters".These actions of Zheng Xiaoxu, who was dedicated to restoration, won the favor of Puyi's teachers Chen Baochen, Johnston and other royalists.They recommended Zheng Xiaoxu to Puyi on the grounds that Zheng Xiaoxu "has a backbone, morality, talent and courage that can't be found in China." He became Puyi's closest minister in the second half of his life. ⊙When Zheng Xiaoxu was speaking to Puyi, the topic suddenly turned to Puyi's future "empire". He said: "The territory of the empire will exceed the scale of the emperor's dynasty. At that time, there will be three capitals, one In Beijing, one in Nanjing, one on the Pamirs..." ⊙Zheng Xiaoxu lived in poverty when he was in Shanghai. According to Chen Cunren, a famous Shanghai doctor, there were eight characters pressed under the glass in Zheng's study: Relatives and friends ask for books, generally according to the rules.Chen asked Zheng to write a bookmark, one yuan, and Zheng said like a salesman: "You might as well write more, I can hand in the paper on the spot today." ⊙After the September 18th Incident, Zheng Xiaoxu reached an agreement with Kenji Doihara, the main planner of the Puppet Manchukuo, on the premise of "establishing an empire in the Northeast", and then lured Puyi to the Northeast.After coming to the Northeast, Puyi couldn't let go of the emperor's airs and was unwilling to be the "President of the Manchurian Republic".Zheng Xiaoxu dealt with this in many ways, and assured the Japanese that as long as he was appointed as the future cabinet leader, "the emperor's affairs will be arranged by me, and I will do anything."After receiving the affirmative answer from the Japanese, Zheng Xiaoxu threatened Puyi and said: "The Japanese can do what they say, and they can't take advantage of this loss. What's more, Japan originally had good intentions. Letting the emperor be the head of state is the same as being the emperor. The ministers serve the emperor. All these years, it’s not for today. If you definitely refuse, I can only pack up and go home!” ⊙ Zheng Xiaoxu talked about the strategy of enriching the country and strengthening the army, saying: "It's very simple, the two-character formula is just 'borrowing'." Those who heard it were puzzled, and Zheng privately said, "Our country borrowed from foreigners. You will be rich!" ⊙Duan Qirui formed a cabinet and called Zheng Xiaoxu to be the Minister of Communications. Zheng Xiaoxu called back: "There is a small matter at home, so I can't go." ⊙Prince Henry of Germany once went to Qingdao to invite Xu Shichang and other elderly people to watch the newly invented film.When the movie was not shown, the old people were smoking hookahs in their seats, and the sound of whistling was deafening.Before the film screening, an interpreter will introduce the content, and then the lights will be turned off.When Xu Shichang saw the lights turned off, he was very displeased. He stood up and said, "The lights turned on before people left! It's outrageous." The interpreter quickly explained, and Xu Shichang waited for the old man to sit down.But during the screening, because of the language barrier, these people made loud noises and spit thick phlegm on the pure wool carpet.The next day's newspapers made a big fuss about this matter. Xu Shichang and other elders read the newspapers and thought it was unbelievable. ⊙ Li Jingxi, the last governor of Yunnan and Guizhou in the Qing Dynasty, was the mentor of the revolutionary tycoon Cai E.After the Revolution of 1911, Li Jingxi went to Qingdao to live in seclusion. In 1917, Li Jingxi was invited by President Li Yuanhong to serve as the Prime Minister and Chief Financial Officer. Unfortunately, due to Zhang Xun's restoration, he resigned within a week after taking office. He was known as the "short-lived Prime Minister".The disheartened Li Jingxi returned to Shanghai and never went out again. He only enjoyed playing with his grandson at home, letting his grandson ride on his back, saying: "Grandpa will be your cow and horse." It's embarrassing. . ⊙The founding of the Republic of China, former Qing officials Yu Shimei proposed a couplet to hang on both sides of the door: Equal rights for men and women, the public says that the public is right and the woman is right; the yin and yang calendar, you live your year and I live mine. ⊙During the period of the Republic of China, Gu Hongming gave a speech in English on "The Spirit of the Chinese People" (he translated it as "Spring and Autumn Days") in Liuguo Hotel in the embassy area of Dongjiaomin Lane.There has never been a precedent for selling tickets for Chinese speeches, but he wants to sell tickets, and the ticket price is higher than that of Mei Lanfang, one of the "Four Famous Danes".Listening to Mei Lanfang's Peking opera costs only 1 yuan and 2 jiao, but listening to Gu Hongming's speech costs 2 yuan. With such a high price ticket, many people still flock to it. ⊙In 1921, the world-renowned British writer Somerset Maugham traveled to China. He admired Gu Hongming's name for a long time, so he sent someone to send an invitation to meet him.However, he couldn't come by waiting, and he couldn't come by waiting, so Maugham had to visit in person.As soon as Maugham came to the house and took a seat, Gu Hongming said bluntly: "In your opinion, we Chinese have to come if you just wave your hands." Maugham was very emotional, but Gu Hongming didn't save face for the other party , A series of machine-gun-like questions: "Are your art and writing more beautiful than ours? Are our thinkers less profound than yours? Is our culture less sophisticated, less complex, and less subtle than yours? When you live in caves When Ye Chu and Ru Mao drank blood, we were already evolved human beings..." Maugham couldn't argue with Gu Hongming, so he took his braids as a topic, and Gu Hongming said to Maugham proudly, "Look, I have braids. That is a sign that I am the last representative of the Great China." ⊙Gu Hongming advocated that men should marry concubines, thinking that this is the foundation of social stability.He said that men are teapots and women are teacups. A teapot must match several teacups, but one teacup cannot match several teapots.Women's activists in the United States went to Shanghai to argue with Gu Hongming on this issue. Finally, Gu Hongming asked her: "My dear lady, how many wheels does your carriage have?" "There are four." Or use four pumps?" "Of course, use one." "That's the reason for marrying a concubine!" ⊙Gu Hongming is a "strict wife", and his second wife Shugu is his natural enemy.Later, Gu Hongming's economic conditions were not good, but when beggars came to beg, they always had to give a few small money.Once, when Gu Hongming gave beggars alms, he was bumped into by Shugu, who was immediately scolded and hit on the head by Shugu with a bowl, the pain was unbearable.Although Shugu is powerful, Gu Hongming's nature is hard to change. Since then, the couple have played a game of hide-and-seek.When a beggar came to the door, Gu Hongming almost rushed out of the door with lightning speed, dropped a few coins like lightning, and returned immediately without leaving a trace.Even so, this sneaky behavior was still caught by Shugu from time to time, with harsh words.In this regard, Gu Hongming is not ashamed.If others made fun of him, he even defended himself by saying: "If you are not afraid of your wife, is there still a king's law?" ⊙The translated Lin Shu is very strange. He visited Chongling (Dezong's Tomb) nine times and claimed to be a "retainer of the Qing Dynasty", but he was also a person in favor of the republican system.At the beginning of the Republic of China, he resolutely cut off the braids and thought that the elders advocated it.In the sixth year of the Republic of China, Zhang Xun was restored. He advised his fellow countrymen Chen Baochen and Zheng Xiaoxu that this move would not only endanger the country, but also endanger the clean house.Regarding his contradictory behavior, he explained: "I have passed Juren and received the fame of the former Qing Dynasty, so I feel that I am a survivor. I admit that my thinking is too outdated, but the way of being a person must be like this." ⊙Fan Fanshan, that is, Fan Zengxiang, a native of Enshi, Hubei, ranked second in the poetry output rankings of the Qing Dynasty, and the first was Qianlong.Fan started to write poems at the age of 11, and lived to write forever. He wrote for more than 70 years, and left more than 30,000 poems in his life.The 40 years from the age of 24 to the age of 64 was a period of high production of his poems, and there must be several poems almost every day.Claiming to be: "I take poetry as my tea and rice in my life, and I don't write every day, and I don't write anywhere." ⊙Fan Fanshan served as the chief envoy of Shaanxi and the governor of Liangjiang in the Qing Dynasty.After Yuan Shikai came to power, he wanted to recruit some famous officials from the late Qing Dynasty to enter the Senate. The original first choice was Wang Kaiyun. Wang also agreed and was preparing to set off from Shanghai to go north.Fan Fanshan ran up and said, "You can't go. Once you go, you will be a second minister; besides, is Yuan Datou the master who can make things happen?" After buying it, he settled for the next best thing, so he hired Fan. ⊙In 1923, Puyi got married.Chen Botao deliberately traveled from Hong Kong to the north, offering HK$10,000 as the cost of the "Emperor's wedding".After returning to Hong Kong, Chen said to the elders: "The emperor is wise and talented, and there will be a day of rejuvenation." ⊙After Yuan Shikai fell from power, Li Yuanhong became the president. Fan Fanshan sent a letter of application to Li, a fellow from Hubei, asking for a job as a presidential adviser or counselor.Unexpectedly, Li Yuanhong was not interested in him, instead he circulated the letter to his subordinates, saying: "Look, this Fan Fanshan is addicted to officialdom again." When someone asked what to do, Li Yuanhong stared wide-eyed, "Ignore it!" Ignore it!" Until Xu Shichang became president, everyone was an "old minister of the Qing Dynasty", so they arranged for Fan to be paid a monthly salary. ⊙In 1938, 76-year-old Tie Liang died of illness in Tianjin. His tombstone is engraved with "Epitaph of Emperor Guanglu, General Jianwei, and former Jiangning General, posthumous Zhuang Jing, Duke Murcha of Manchuria" engraved on his tombstone, which is still the old one. title.At this time, the Qing Dynasty had ended for 26 years, and his old opponent Yuan Shikai had also been dead for 22 years. ⊙In the spring of 1913, the elders of the former Qing Dynasty instigated a massive "Respecting Confucianism and Taoism" in Yangzhou, Jiangsu.In August of this year, in Qufu, Shandong, a more grand meeting of offering sacrifices to Confucius was held.From the afternoon of August 24th to the morning of September 1st, it lasted seven days.The content of the meeting is mainly to worship Confucius and lecture on scriptures.The grand occasion of this Confucian meeting was rare in the late Qing Dynasty and even the Republic of China.According to records, "the whole country sympathized with the relatives of Confucius, and the people who attended the meeting were extremely enthusiastic." "More than 2,000 people participated in the sacrifice." In addition to representatives from various provinces of the Confucian Church, people from all walks of life across the country also sent people to participate.In addition, representatives from Hong Kong and Macau attended the salute, and several foreign journalists also attended the ceremony. ⊙After the Revolution of 1911, young people all wore western clothes, but Fan Fanshan still wore long gowns. Someone asked him, "Why are you still wearing Manchurian clothes?" Fan Fan asked, "Where are you wearing clothes?" The answer was : "I wear foreign clothes." Fan said: "That's right, I also wear foreign clothes." So some people say that he is flaunting the integrity of the adherents, and at the same time wants to take advantage of the new dynasty. ⊙Zhu Ruzhen was the emperor's secretary in the former Qing Dynasty. In 1931, she went from Beijing to Hong Kong to work as an apartment.He used all his savings to open a school, charging 100 yuan per student per year, but there were only 30 to 40 students of varying degrees, and he was not a managerial talent, so it was difficult.In fact, Zhu Ruzhen has always had bad luck.At the beginning, the Jinshi examination was originally the first, but when the Empress Dowager Cixi reviewed the papers for the palace examination, she hated that Zhu was from Cantonese (Hong Xiuquan, Kang Youwei, Liang Qichao and Sun Yat-sen were all Cantonese), and "Zhu" and "Zhu" had the same pronunciation, and "Zhen" made her feel uncomfortable. Lafayette thought of his disobedient daughter-in-law Concubine Zhen; the most terrible thing was that Zhu Ruzhen's thick regular script was a match for cockroach style, so Cixi threw his test paper aside and promoted the second place, Liu Chunlin from Guizhou, to the number one. .Therefore, Zhu Ruzhen had no choice but to rank second in the list. ⊙After the founding of the Republic of China, Chen Kuilong, the former governor of Zhili in the Qing Dynasty, went to Shanghai to become a layman.A few years later, his wife Mrs. Xu passed away, and Chen Kuilong was immersed in grief and couldn't extricate himself.Once, in a clothing store, Chen saw a wooden mannequin, whose eyebrows and eyes were very similar to Mrs. Xu, and Chen stood there, staring blankly.The next day, I came by car, and walked around outside the glass window again, like this for several days.The clerk felt very strange and asked him if he needed help.Chen pointed to the model and said, "Can you sell it to me?" After Chen Kuilong bought the model, he ordered several high-end satin dresses. Clothes, just like that, always look at the model. ⊙Chen Huanzhang, a famous master of Confucianism in Hong Kong during the Republic of China, is a typical old man. It is said that he returned to China after studying in the United States. Yuan Shikai wanted him to serve as an official in the government. His wife went to Hong Kong to stop him and not let him return to Beijing. be an official.His mother's fate was hard to break, so Chen had no choice but to devote his whole life to the practice and promotion of Confucianism, and eventually became a master of Confucianism. ⊙Chen Botao was always an authority in the field of education during the Qing Dynasty. After the Revolution of 1911, he went to Hong Kong.On the 13th day of the first lunar month of a certain year (Puyi's birthday), Chen Botao and many elders gathered to celebrate Puyi's birthday by looking at Puyi's photo.But at that time, only two of the dozens of survivors had the official uniforms of the Qing Dynasty, so these people had to take turns wearing the two sets of official uniforms and bowing three times and kneeling in front of Puyi's photo. ⊙In 1926, the Eastern Qing Tomb was stolen by warlord Sun Dianying.When Chen Botao heard about it in Hong Kong, he burst into tears, and then wrote a notice to all the elderly in Hong Kong, suggesting to raise funds to build the mausoleum.He first donated 1,000 Hong Kong dollars, intending to personally bring the money to Beijing Kuling, but because of his poor health, he persuaded his relatives and friends, so he had to go to the bank to remit the money to the royal family of the Qing Dynasty. ⊙Wen Su is a prominent figure among the die-hard former Qing elders. Although he didn't die until the Anti-Japanese War, his braids have always been left behind.It is said that when Puyi ascended the throne, Wen Su carried the dragon chair in his arms. In the spring of 1923, Wen Su participated in Puyi's wedding ceremony in Beijing. When he returned to Hong Kong, someone asked him to give a speech on "Xuantong's Grand Wedding Ceremony" at Xuehai Bookstore.Although he was proud of himself, he declined politely: "I am a lowly minister, and I can't look up to the holiness of the present. I am sincere and fearful day and night, and I dare not offend the holy face. If you talk about the wedding ceremony casually, you may offend the emperor." Dignity, don't dare!" These people insisted that Wen Su opened his mouth, spit and talked excitedly for four hours. ⊙Chen Sanli (Chen Yinke's father) didn't know the difference between soybean and wheat. After visiting the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum once, he saw rows of rice seedlings beside the road, plump and green, and he couldn't help but praise: "Nanjing is such a good place, even the leeks grow so neatly!" ⊙Kang Youwei later asked the famous painter Wu Changshuo to engrave a seal with 27 words: 100 days of reform, 16 years of exile, 3 weeks of the land, traveling all over the four continents, passing through 31 countries, and traveling 600,000 miles . ⊙In 1923, Liu Zhenhua, then governor of Shaanxi Province and military governor, invited Kang Youwei to visit Xi'an to give lectures. In his spare time, Kang Youwei visited Wolong Temple and found the "Southern Song Dynasty Qisha Tripitaka" in four cabinets.Kang Youwei was an expert in the edition of scriptures, so he found the abbot of the temple, Seng Jinghui.But the sage did not tell the truth, but lied to the honest monk that the scripture in the temple had been infested with silverfish and was incomplete.I am a good person, so I naturally have good intentions.I want to use the two volumes of "Zhengxu Zangjing" as collateral, take the broken one away to repair and tidy up, and then bring it back after repairing, and I also vowed that I can set up a written certificate.Through this trick, Kang Youwei took away all the "Southern Song Qisha Tripitaka" from the four cabinets. ⊙Kang Youwei later came to Qingdao to be a widower. A man named Li Keliang met him in Qingdao and soon became friends.Mainly because both of them have a hatred for warlord rule.Kang Youwei would often take his daughter to Li Keliang's place to drink tea and chat.One day, Li Keliang said unintentionally: "Actually, I am a member of the Kuomintang." When Kang Youwei heard this, he stood up from his seat in surprise, opened his mouth, and remained silent for a long time.When he thought that Li Keliang was not joking, he sat down on the sofa weakly.After a long time, Kang Youwei said slowly: "We are good friends, that's enough." ⊙ After the Reform Movement of 1898, Kang Youwei went abroad. Beginning in June 1904, Kang Youwei became a "donkey friend". He arrived in Italy in June; at the end of the year, he arrived in Sweden, bought a small island off the southeast coast of Stockholm, and built a Chinese-style garden on the island, named "Beihai Thatched Cottage".It was not until 1907 that he left Sweden for France.According to Kang's later records, he went to France seven times, England eight times, Germany eleven times, and Holland, Belgium, Spain, Greece and other countries. ⊙In the Spring Festival of 1906, Kang Youwei used the donations provided by overseas Chinese in Mexico to purchase the real estate where the tram tracks in Mexico passed.Only one year later, the prices of these real estates have appreciated several times, allowing him to make a net profit equivalent to more than 8 million yuan today. ⊙The poet Zheng Dahe, one of the "Four Masters of the Qing Dynasty", passed away. Kang Youwei knew that Zheng Dahe had many precious books, so he came to Zheng's house under the banner of mourning his old friend while Zheng's son was not at home, and cried a lot Afterwards, Kang said to Zheng Dahe's wife: "Dahe promised to give me some books when he was alive. Now that he is dead, I come here to pick them up today to commemorate my old friend." Unceremoniously hugged a bunch and walked away.When Mr. Zheng came back, he heard the news and hurried to Kang Youwei's house to ask for it.When Kang Youwei saw the person who came to ask for the book, he rushed up and held Master Zheng's hand, tears and snot flowing down his nose.He told about the deep friendship between himself and Zheng Dahe, and did not let Young Master Zheng interrupt at all.Then he invited Master Zheng to dinner, every day was a feast of bird's nest and shark's fin.Mr. Zheng had no choice but to return angrily. ⊙In 1917, the October Revolution took place in Russia. Wang Guowei was very afraid of it. He wrote to Luo Zhenyu, saying that the idea of violent revolution is prevalent nowadays, but violence is only a means.For example, if good people use it, it will be effective, and if bad people use it, it will be the same.But in the process of using it, innocent people are often affected, and most of the victims are ordinary people. ⊙Zhang Huijian said: "There are three great geniuses in China who all died in water. Each of these three can represent a thousand years of Chinese literature and art history - Qu Yuan in the first millennium, Li Bai in the second millennium, and Li Bai in the third millennium. Wang Guowei." ⊙Wang Kaiyun went to Beijing at the invitation of Yuan Shikai. When passing through Hubei, General Duan Zhigui of Hubei warmly entertained him.After visiting the General's Mansion with the old lady, Wang pointed to Duan and said to the old lady, "Don't you want to meet Young Master Duan? This is it. Take a good look. Is there anything special about it?" ⊙Wang Kaiyun was born in 1833. According to him, before he was born, his old father Mengshen posted four characters on the gate of his house saying: Tiankai Wenyun, so his old father named it "Kaiyun". ⊙Wang Kaiyun is both Zhuang and Harmonious, and he is engaged in the study of emperors. He is a very individual old man in the Republic of China.The daughter's married life was very unhappy, and she wrote to her father to confide in her. Wang was furious and criticized, "If you have a son-in-law like this, it's better to be a prostitute." ⊙In 1900, when the Eight-Power Allied Forces entered Beijing, Wang Kaiyun actually applauded: "These people enter our capital and don't destroy us, then they won't carve us up. Why not?" ⊙Wang Kaiyun once worked for Yuan Shikai. Seeing that Yuan Shikai made the Republic of China too shameful, he wrote a couplet: The people are still the same, the country is still the same, how can it be divided into north and south; in a word, in general, it is not a thing.The horizontal batch is: the bystander is clear. ⊙Zhang Zhidong, governor of Huguang, invited Wang Kaiyun to eat hot pot, and it became hot after eating. Wang Kaiyun took advantage of the situation and took off his pants and put on a small jacket.Everyone thought he was very rude, and Zhang Zhidong also thought he was a bit too much, so he asked him: "Don't you always call yourself a celebrity, and a celebrity doesn't wear trousers?" Wang Kaiyun said while eating, "Fuxi and Shennong are all ancient They don’t wear trousers, so why do I, a celebrity, wear trousers?” Zhang Zhidong was puzzled, and Wang Kaiyun explained, “Before Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, we in China did not wear trousers. You just mentioned Celebrities, Old Master Confucius was a famous scholar, he didn’t wear trousers, and Mencius certainly didn’t wear trousers either, because there was no such habit at that time, it was just covered up and down, trousers were invented later.”
⊙ Zhang Renjun is Zhang Ailing's uncle, Yuan Shikai's ally and in-law. He prided himself on being "loyal to the Qing Dynasty" throughout his life. He almost belonged to the "stubborn forces" in politics, and adopted a negative attitude towards the Reformation and Westernization Movement.During his tenure as governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, he safeguarded the territorial sovereignty of Xisha and Nansha. In 1947, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of China changed the original name of a tidal flat located in the west of the Nansha Islands, and renamed it "Renjun Beach" to commemorate Zhang Renjun's achievements. ⊙ After the Revolution of 1911, the Chinese Restoration faction was divided into three factions.One is the princes and nobles represented by Prince Gong Puwei and others.In order to reorganize the armed forces, Pu Wei also specially built a Taoist temple in Qingdao as a guest house for restorationists who came to Qingdao.The Germans also specially approved him to build the magnificent "Prince Gong's Mansion" in Huiqian Street, where Germans live concentratedly.And his mansion has become the office of the "restoration" plan of the Qingdao elders.The other faction is represented by Zhang Xun.They want to treat the emperor as a puppet and seize power by themselves in the name of restoration.The last faction is the faction that talks about military affairs on paper, and only proposes restoration in theory and propaganda. ⊙In 1924, Zai Zhen, the son of the former Qing Qing King Yikuang, moved to live in Tianjin.The man was very rich, he liked to gamble, and he once lost two houses in one night.Once, when he bought a lottery ticket for the racetrack, he bet with someone that if he won, he would turn the racecourse road into an asphalt road, and he really won the lottery.As expected, he kept his promise, and not only used up all the money he won, but also posted another sum of money. ⊙In September 1923, the Japanese earthquake.Puyi donated to Japan in the name of disaster relief. At that time, Puyi’s small imperial court had very difficult financial resources and could not get the money for a while. Puyi asked people to take out 48 pairs of ancient porcelain bottles and 2 pearl bracelets from the Ningshou Palace treasury, and sent someone to send them to Japan. to the Japanese embassy.Each bracelet has 108 pearls, and some people estimate that it is worth at least 300,000 yuan.It is said that this personal donation exceeded the amount of donations from the Beiyang government at that time. ⊙When Lao Naixuan was in Qingdao, he often had ideological contact with the elders. He formed the "Ten Elders Association" with Lu Haihuan, Lu Runxiang, Zhao Erxun, Zhang Renjun, Zhou Fu, Wang Yan, Liu Tingchen's father Liu Yunqiao and others. Make friends by writing.He also formed the "Eight Immortals" with eight people including the Japanese ghost head Yuru in Qingdao, and formed a poetry club to sing with each other. ⊙Lao Naixuan and German Wei Lixian organized a Confucian literary society in Qingdao.Most of the members are veterans of the Qing Dynasty, and there are also a few German professors and scholars who teach at Qingdao Dehua University.These people exchange Eastern and Western cultures together, so they are also called "Chinese and Western Literature Society", and sometimes they talk about papers while drinking.Due to language barriers and cultural differences, the "Chinese and Western Literature Society" did not go well in the beginning.The elders said that the Germans had exhausted their energy and could not understand it; when it was the turn of the Germans to speak, the elders simply went home and slept. ⊙ Zhang Renjun, the former governor of Liangjiang, also Zhang Ailing's uncle, went to live in Qingdao after the Revolution of 1911.At that time, there were quite a few old and young living in Qingdao, such as Wu Yusheng, the former minister of military aircraft, Lu Haihuan, the former minister of the Ministry of War, Liu Tingchen, the former supervisor of Peking University, and of course Zhang Renjun, the former governor of Liangjiang.Those of them who were in the same situation and sympathized with each other soon became friends.Everyone gathers and has fun together, and occasionally mentions the past, and they all have to feel a lot of emotion.Only Zhang Renjun didn't speak, got up and left. ⊙Jin Liang, a remnant of the former Qing Dynasty, called Wu Peifu, Qi Baishi, and Sai Jinhua the "Three Eccentrics of Yanshan" in his book "Guapu Shuyi". ⊙In 1914, Yuan Shikai hired Zhao Erxun, a former minister of the Qing Dynasty, as the curator of the Qing History Museum, but Zhao said that he did not want to be a "traitor of the Qing Dynasty".Therefore, Yuan Shikai lied to him and said: "This is a matter of praising the Qing Dynasty, not the Republic of China." Only then did Zhao Erxun reluctantly agree, but he put forward a condition, that is, to seek an explanation for his brother who died in the Qing Dynasty. .In order to show that he "only surrendered to Han and not Cao", he also wrote a self-deprecating song: "I am an official of the Qing Dynasty, I compile the history of the Qing Dynasty, I do Qing Dynasty affairs, and I eat Qing Dynasty food!" ⊙ According to the records of American doctors: Zaifeng has a handsome appearance, bright eyes, firm lips, and a straight waist. Although he is not of medium stature, he exudes a noble temperament. ⊙Liang Dingfen was Puyi's teacher. After the Republic of China, he regarded himself as an old man and actively participated in Zhang Xun's restoration.In the early years, Guangya Academy wanted to invite Liang to be the dean. Some people said that Liang was too young, only twenty-eight or nineteen years old.Liang said: "It's easy. It's hard to be young, but it's easy to be old." So he chose a date and started growing a beard. Celebrities from all walks of life came to congratulate him, calling it "He Hu Hui".Since then, a long beard has become the symbol of Liang. ⊙After the Republic of China, Liang Dingfen lived in Wuchang, still wearing a big braid.Li Yuanhong and his subordinates wanted to play tricks on Liang, so they sent several people to see Liang. One pretended to talk to Liang, another lifted Liang's hat from behind, and another rushed up and cut off his braid.After the cutting, Liang Fudi burst into tears. Someone suggested that he report the case and ask Governor Li Yuanhong to take the lead in arresting the murderer. ⊙Liang Dingfen was appointed by the government of the Republic of China to be the supervisor of the tomb of Emperor Guangxu (Chongling). In 1913, the government of the Republic of China could not pay the final payment, so Liang Dingfen had to do it himself.He first sent people to Beijing to order two or three hundred ceramic wine bottles to be shipped back to Xiling.In winter, when the snow fell heavily, he took a dozen people to the treasure city of Chongling, filled each wine bottle with pure white snow, then plugged the bottle mouth, sealed it with red paper, and wrote "Chongling Snow Water" ".The bottles were transported back to his residence in Beijing, and he wrote a public letter explaining why trees should be planted in Chongling.Then he found out the home address of the former Qing official Fushen in Beijing. After that, he took the public notice, led the people, and carried the snow water bottles in a rickshaw, according to the distance of the road and the order of the scheduled visits. , visit one by one.If the other party gave the money, Liang Dingfen would be very grateful; ⊙Liang Dingfen and Zhang Taiyan commented on the reform figures of the time. Liang said: "Kang Youwei is domineering, and he is a good man, but he is deep and unfathomable. It is said that he has the ambition to be an emperor. You know him. Is it credible?" Zhang Taiyan Confrontation said: "You are mistaken. Everyone can be an emperor. If Kang Youwei only wants to be an emperor, it is not different. The most absurd thing is that he actually wants to be a leader!" ⊙After the Revolution of 1911, Zheng Xiaoxu went to Shanghai to find a building.However, Xuantong Jiazi is still used for the inscriptions of poems and letters, and the year of the Republic of China is never used.Once he found out that his friend was an official in the Republic of China, he would be violently abused by him: "A group of thieves are as mad as Mao, and it is not uncommon for a beautiful woman to be a thief." ⊙Zheng Xiaoxu prides himself on his knowledge of both Chinese and Western cultures, especially in calligraphy.His words can be described as worth a thousand gold.At that time, the word "Bank of Communications" in China was obtained from him for 4,000 taels of silver. The title of the first edition of "Ciyuan" published in 1915 was "Ciyuan", and he received five hundred taels of silver as a pen fee.Inscribe the name of the Commercial Press with only five characters, that is, two thousand taels of silver per character.Although it had already been written, because the Commercial Press required him to indicate the inscription "a certain year in the Republic of China" when inscribing the title, this angered the Qing dynasty minister, who burned the calligraphy on the spot, and paid 10,000 yuan. The two silvers were wasted like this. ⊙After the founding of the Republic of China, Zheng Xiaoxu still had braids on his head, and a small yellow dragon flag was planted in his room.Yuan Shikai and Li Yuanhong successively asked him to be the director of education and transportation, but Zheng Xiaoxu refused on the grounds that he "doesn't care about two masters".These actions of Zheng Xiaoxu, who was dedicated to restoration, won the favor of Puyi's teachers Chen Baochen, Johnston and other royalists.They recommended Zheng Xiaoxu to Puyi on the grounds that Zheng Xiaoxu "has a backbone, morality, talent and courage that can't be found in China." He became Puyi's closest minister in the second half of his life. ⊙When Zheng Xiaoxu was speaking to Puyi, the topic suddenly turned to Puyi's future "empire". He said: "The territory of the empire will exceed the scale of the emperor's dynasty. At that time, there will be three capitals, one In Beijing, one in Nanjing, one on the Pamirs..." ⊙Zheng Xiaoxu lived in poverty when he was in Shanghai. According to Chen Cunren, a famous Shanghai doctor, there were eight characters pressed under the glass in Zheng's study: Relatives and friends ask for books, generally according to the rules.Chen asked Zheng to write a bookmark, one yuan, and Zheng said like a salesman: "You might as well write more, I can hand in the paper on the spot today." ⊙After the September 18th Incident, Zheng Xiaoxu reached an agreement with Kenji Doihara, the main planner of the Puppet Manchukuo, on the premise of "establishing an empire in the Northeast", and then lured Puyi to the Northeast.After coming to the Northeast, Puyi couldn't let go of the emperor's airs and was unwilling to be the "President of the Manchurian Republic".Zheng Xiaoxu dealt with this in many ways, and assured the Japanese that as long as he was appointed as the future cabinet leader, "the emperor's affairs will be arranged by me, and I will do anything."After receiving the affirmative answer from the Japanese, Zheng Xiaoxu threatened Puyi and said: "The Japanese can do what they say, and they can't take advantage of this loss. What's more, Japan originally had good intentions. Letting the emperor be the head of state is the same as being the emperor. The ministers serve the emperor. All these years, it’s not for today. If you definitely refuse, I can only pack up and go home!” ⊙ Zheng Xiaoxu talked about the strategy of enriching the country and strengthening the army, saying: "It's very simple, the two-character formula is just 'borrowing'." Those who heard it were puzzled, and Zheng privately said, "Our country borrowed from foreigners. You will be rich!" ⊙Duan Qirui formed a cabinet and called Zheng Xiaoxu to be the Minister of Communications. Zheng Xiaoxu called back: "There is a small matter at home, so I can't go." ⊙Prince Henry of Germany once went to Qingdao to invite Xu Shichang and other elderly people to watch the newly invented film.When the movie was not shown, the old people were smoking hookahs in their seats, and the sound of whistling was deafening.Before the film screening, an interpreter will introduce the content, and then the lights will be turned off.When Xu Shichang saw the lights turned off, he was very displeased. He stood up and said, "The lights turned on before people left! It's outrageous." The interpreter quickly explained, and Xu Shichang waited for the old man to sit down.But during the screening, because of the language barrier, these people made loud noises and spit thick phlegm on the pure wool carpet.The next day's newspapers made a big fuss about this matter. Xu Shichang and other elders read the newspapers and thought it was unbelievable. ⊙ Li Jingxi, the last governor of Yunnan and Guizhou in the Qing Dynasty, was the mentor of the revolutionary tycoon Cai E.After the Revolution of 1911, Li Jingxi went to Qingdao to live in seclusion. In 1917, Li Jingxi was invited by President Li Yuanhong to serve as the Prime Minister and Chief Financial Officer. Unfortunately, due to Zhang Xun's restoration, he resigned within a week after taking office. He was known as the "short-lived Prime Minister".The disheartened Li Jingxi returned to Shanghai and never went out again. He only enjoyed playing with his grandson at home, letting his grandson ride on his back, saying: "Grandpa will be your cow and horse." It's embarrassing. . ⊙The founding of the Republic of China, former Qing officials Yu Shimei proposed a couplet to hang on both sides of the door: Equal rights for men and women, the public says that the public is right and the woman is right; the yin and yang calendar, you live your year and I live mine. ⊙During the period of the Republic of China, Gu Hongming gave a speech in English on "The Spirit of the Chinese People" (he translated it as "Spring and Autumn Days") in Liuguo Hotel in the embassy area of Dongjiaomin Lane.There has never been a precedent for selling tickets for Chinese speeches, but he wants to sell tickets, and the ticket price is higher than that of Mei Lanfang, one of the "Four Famous Danes".Listening to Mei Lanfang's Peking opera costs only 1 yuan and 2 jiao, but listening to Gu Hongming's speech costs 2 yuan. With such a high price ticket, many people still flock to it. ⊙In 1921, the world-renowned British writer Somerset Maugham traveled to China. He admired Gu Hongming's name for a long time, so he sent someone to send an invitation to meet him.However, he couldn't come by waiting, and he couldn't come by waiting, so Maugham had to visit in person.As soon as Maugham came to the house and took a seat, Gu Hongming said bluntly: "In your opinion, we Chinese have to come if you just wave your hands." Maugham was very emotional, but Gu Hongming didn't save face for the other party , A series of machine-gun-like questions: "Are your art and writing more beautiful than ours? Are our thinkers less profound than yours? Is our culture less sophisticated, less complex, and less subtle than yours? When you live in caves When Ye Chu and Ru Mao drank blood, we were already evolved human beings..." Maugham couldn't argue with Gu Hongming, so he took his braids as a topic, and Gu Hongming said to Maugham proudly, "Look, I have braids. That is a sign that I am the last representative of the Great China." ⊙Gu Hongming advocated that men should marry concubines, thinking that this is the foundation of social stability.He said that men are teapots and women are teacups. A teapot must match several teacups, but one teacup cannot match several teapots.Women's activists in the United States went to Shanghai to argue with Gu Hongming on this issue. Finally, Gu Hongming asked her: "My dear lady, how many wheels does your carriage have?" "There are four." Or use four pumps?" "Of course, use one." "That's the reason for marrying a concubine!" ⊙Gu Hongming is a "strict wife", and his second wife Shugu is his natural enemy.Later, Gu Hongming's economic conditions were not good, but when beggars came to beg, they always had to give a few small money.Once, when Gu Hongming gave beggars alms, he was bumped into by Shugu, who was immediately scolded and hit on the head by Shugu with a bowl, the pain was unbearable.Although Shugu is powerful, Gu Hongming's nature is hard to change. Since then, the couple have played a game of hide-and-seek.When a beggar came to the door, Gu Hongming almost rushed out of the door with lightning speed, dropped a few coins like lightning, and returned immediately without leaving a trace.Even so, this sneaky behavior was still caught by Shugu from time to time, with harsh words.In this regard, Gu Hongming is not ashamed.If others made fun of him, he even defended himself by saying: "If you are not afraid of your wife, is there still a king's law?" ⊙The translated Lin Shu is very strange. He visited Chongling (Dezong's Tomb) nine times and claimed to be a "retainer of the Qing Dynasty", but he was also a person in favor of the republican system.At the beginning of the Republic of China, he resolutely cut off the braids and thought that the elders advocated it.In the sixth year of the Republic of China, Zhang Xun was restored. He advised his fellow countrymen Chen Baochen and Zheng Xiaoxu that this move would not only endanger the country, but also endanger the clean house.Regarding his contradictory behavior, he explained: "I have passed Juren and received the fame of the former Qing Dynasty, so I feel that I am a survivor. I admit that my thinking is too outdated, but the way of being a person must be like this." ⊙Fan Fanshan, that is, Fan Zengxiang, a native of Enshi, Hubei, ranked second in the poetry output rankings of the Qing Dynasty, and the first was Qianlong.Fan started to write poems at the age of 11, and lived to write forever. He wrote for more than 70 years, and left more than 30,000 poems in his life.The 40 years from the age of 24 to the age of 64 was a period of high production of his poems, and there must be several poems almost every day.Claiming to be: "I take poetry as my tea and rice in my life, and I don't write every day, and I don't write anywhere." ⊙Fan Fanshan served as the chief envoy of Shaanxi and the governor of Liangjiang in the Qing Dynasty.After Yuan Shikai came to power, he wanted to recruit some famous officials from the late Qing Dynasty to enter the Senate. The original first choice was Wang Kaiyun. Wang also agreed and was preparing to set off from Shanghai to go north.Fan Fanshan ran up and said, "You can't go. Once you go, you will be a second minister; besides, is Yuan Datou the master who can make things happen?" After buying it, he settled for the next best thing, so he hired Fan. ⊙In 1923, Puyi got married.Chen Botao deliberately traveled from Hong Kong to the north, offering HK$10,000 as the cost of the "Emperor's wedding".After returning to Hong Kong, Chen said to the elders: "The emperor is wise and talented, and there will be a day of rejuvenation." ⊙After Yuan Shikai fell from power, Li Yuanhong became the president. Fan Fanshan sent a letter of application to Li, a fellow from Hubei, asking for a job as a presidential adviser or counselor.Unexpectedly, Li Yuanhong was not interested in him, instead he circulated the letter to his subordinates, saying: "Look, this Fan Fanshan is addicted to officialdom again." When someone asked what to do, Li Yuanhong stared wide-eyed, "Ignore it!" Ignore it!" Until Xu Shichang became president, everyone was an "old minister of the Qing Dynasty", so they arranged for Fan to be paid a monthly salary. ⊙In 1938, 76-year-old Tie Liang died of illness in Tianjin. His tombstone is engraved with "Epitaph of Emperor Guanglu, General Jianwei, and former Jiangning General, posthumous Zhuang Jing, Duke Murcha of Manchuria" engraved on his tombstone, which is still the old one. title.At this time, the Qing Dynasty had ended for 26 years, and his old opponent Yuan Shikai had also been dead for 22 years. ⊙In the spring of 1913, the elders of the former Qing Dynasty instigated a massive "Respecting Confucianism and Taoism" in Yangzhou, Jiangsu.In August of this year, in Qufu, Shandong, a more grand meeting of offering sacrifices to Confucius was held.From the afternoon of August 24th to the morning of September 1st, it lasted seven days.The content of the meeting is mainly to worship Confucius and lecture on scriptures.The grand occasion of this Confucian meeting was rare in the late Qing Dynasty and even the Republic of China.According to records, "the whole country sympathized with the relatives of Confucius, and the people who attended the meeting were extremely enthusiastic." "More than 2,000 people participated in the sacrifice." In addition to representatives from various provinces of the Confucian Church, people from all walks of life across the country also sent people to participate.In addition, representatives from Hong Kong and Macau attended the salute, and several foreign journalists also attended the ceremony. ⊙After the Revolution of 1911, young people all wore western clothes, but Fan Fanshan still wore long gowns. Someone asked him, "Why are you still wearing Manchurian clothes?" Fan Fan asked, "Where are you wearing clothes?" The answer was : "I wear foreign clothes." Fan said: "That's right, I also wear foreign clothes." So some people say that he is flaunting the integrity of the adherents, and at the same time wants to take advantage of the new dynasty. ⊙Zhu Ruzhen was the emperor's secretary in the former Qing Dynasty. In 1931, she went from Beijing to Hong Kong to work as an apartment.He used all his savings to open a school, charging 100 yuan per student per year, but there were only 30 to 40 students of varying degrees, and he was not a managerial talent, so it was difficult.In fact, Zhu Ruzhen has always had bad luck.At the beginning, the Jinshi examination was originally the first, but when the Empress Dowager Cixi reviewed the papers for the palace examination, she hated that Zhu was from Cantonese (Hong Xiuquan, Kang Youwei, Liang Qichao and Sun Yat-sen were all Cantonese), and "Zhu" and "Zhu" had the same pronunciation, and "Zhen" made her feel uncomfortable. Lafayette thought of his disobedient daughter-in-law Concubine Zhen; the most terrible thing was that Zhu Ruzhen's thick regular script was a match for cockroach style, so Cixi threw his test paper aside and promoted the second place, Liu Chunlin from Guizhou, to the number one. .Therefore, Zhu Ruzhen had no choice but to rank second in the list. ⊙After the founding of the Republic of China, Chen Kuilong, the former governor of Zhili in the Qing Dynasty, went to Shanghai to become a layman.A few years later, his wife Mrs. Xu passed away, and Chen Kuilong was immersed in grief and couldn't extricate himself.Once, in a clothing store, Chen saw a wooden mannequin, whose eyebrows and eyes were very similar to Mrs. Xu, and Chen stood there, staring blankly.The next day, I came by car, and walked around outside the glass window again, like this for several days.The clerk felt very strange and asked him if he needed help.Chen pointed to the model and said, "Can you sell it to me?" After Chen Kuilong bought the model, he ordered several high-end satin dresses. Clothes, just like that, always look at the model. ⊙Chen Huanzhang, a famous master of Confucianism in Hong Kong during the Republic of China, is a typical old man. It is said that he returned to China after studying in the United States. Yuan Shikai wanted him to serve as an official in the government. His wife went to Hong Kong to stop him and not let him return to Beijing. be an official.His mother's fate was hard to break, so Chen had no choice but to devote his whole life to the practice and promotion of Confucianism, and eventually became a master of Confucianism. ⊙Chen Botao was always an authority in the field of education during the Qing Dynasty. After the Revolution of 1911, he went to Hong Kong.On the 13th day of the first lunar month of a certain year (Puyi's birthday), Chen Botao and many elders gathered to celebrate Puyi's birthday by looking at Puyi's photo.But at that time, only two of the dozens of survivors had the official uniforms of the Qing Dynasty, so these people had to take turns wearing the two sets of official uniforms and bowing three times and kneeling in front of Puyi's photo. ⊙In 1926, the Eastern Qing Tomb was stolen by warlord Sun Dianying.When Chen Botao heard about it in Hong Kong, he burst into tears, and then wrote a notice to all the elderly in Hong Kong, suggesting to raise funds to build the mausoleum.He first donated 1,000 Hong Kong dollars, intending to personally bring the money to Beijing Kuling, but because of his poor health, he persuaded his relatives and friends, so he had to go to the bank to remit the money to the royal family of the Qing Dynasty. ⊙Wen Su is a prominent figure among the die-hard former Qing elders. Although he didn't die until the Anti-Japanese War, his braids have always been left behind.It is said that when Puyi ascended the throne, Wen Su carried the dragon chair in his arms. In the spring of 1923, Wen Su participated in Puyi's wedding ceremony in Beijing. When he returned to Hong Kong, someone asked him to give a speech on "Xuantong's Grand Wedding Ceremony" at Xuehai Bookstore.Although he was proud of himself, he declined politely: "I am a lowly minister, and I can't look up to the holiness of the present. I am sincere and fearful day and night, and I dare not offend the holy face. If you talk about the wedding ceremony casually, you may offend the emperor." Dignity, don't dare!" These people insisted that Wen Su opened his mouth, spit and talked excitedly for four hours. ⊙Chen Sanli (Chen Yinke's father) didn't know the difference between soybean and wheat. After visiting the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum once, he saw rows of rice seedlings beside the road, plump and green, and he couldn't help but praise: "Nanjing is such a good place, even the leeks grow so neatly!" ⊙Kang Youwei later asked the famous painter Wu Changshuo to engrave a seal with 27 words: 100 days of reform, 16 years of exile, 3 weeks of the land, traveling all over the four continents, passing through 31 countries, and traveling 600,000 miles . ⊙In 1923, Liu Zhenhua, then governor of Shaanxi Province and military governor, invited Kang Youwei to visit Xi'an to give lectures. In his spare time, Kang Youwei visited Wolong Temple and found the "Southern Song Dynasty Qisha Tripitaka" in four cabinets.Kang Youwei was an expert in the edition of scriptures, so he found the abbot of the temple, Seng Jinghui.But the sage did not tell the truth, but lied to the honest monk that the scripture in the temple had been infested with silverfish and was incomplete.I am a good person, so I naturally have good intentions.I want to use the two volumes of "Zhengxu Zangjing" as collateral, take the broken one away to repair and tidy up, and then bring it back after repairing, and I also vowed that I can set up a written certificate.Through this trick, Kang Youwei took away all the "Southern Song Qisha Tripitaka" from the four cabinets. ⊙Kang Youwei later came to Qingdao to be a widower. A man named Li Keliang met him in Qingdao and soon became friends.Mainly because both of them have a hatred for warlord rule.Kang Youwei would often take his daughter to Li Keliang's place to drink tea and chat.One day, Li Keliang said unintentionally: "Actually, I am a member of the Kuomintang." When Kang Youwei heard this, he stood up from his seat in surprise, opened his mouth, and remained silent for a long time.When he thought that Li Keliang was not joking, he sat down on the sofa weakly.After a long time, Kang Youwei said slowly: "We are good friends, that's enough." ⊙ After the Reform Movement of 1898, Kang Youwei went abroad. Beginning in June 1904, Kang Youwei became a "donkey friend". He arrived in Italy in June; at the end of the year, he arrived in Sweden, bought a small island off the southeast coast of Stockholm, and built a Chinese-style garden on the island, named "Beihai Thatched Cottage".It was not until 1907 that he left Sweden for France.According to Kang's later records, he went to France seven times, England eight times, Germany eleven times, and Holland, Belgium, Spain, Greece and other countries. ⊙In the Spring Festival of 1906, Kang Youwei used the donations provided by overseas Chinese in Mexico to purchase the real estate where the tram tracks in Mexico passed.Only one year later, the prices of these real estates have appreciated several times, allowing him to make a net profit equivalent to more than 8 million yuan today. ⊙The poet Zheng Dahe, one of the "Four Masters of the Qing Dynasty", passed away. Kang Youwei knew that Zheng Dahe had many precious books, so he came to Zheng's house under the banner of mourning his old friend while Zheng's son was not at home, and cried a lot Afterwards, Kang said to Zheng Dahe's wife: "Dahe promised to give me some books when he was alive. Now that he is dead, I come here to pick them up today to commemorate my old friend." Unceremoniously hugged a bunch and walked away.When Mr. Zheng came back, he heard the news and hurried to Kang Youwei's house to ask for it.When Kang Youwei saw the person who came to ask for the book, he rushed up and held Master Zheng's hand, tears and snot flowing down his nose.He told about the deep friendship between himself and Zheng Dahe, and did not let Young Master Zheng interrupt at all.Then he invited Master Zheng to dinner, every day was a feast of bird's nest and shark's fin.Mr. Zheng had no choice but to return angrily. ⊙In 1917, the October Revolution took place in Russia. Wang Guowei was very afraid of it. He wrote to Luo Zhenyu, saying that the idea of violent revolution is prevalent nowadays, but violence is only a means.For example, if good people use it, it will be effective, and if bad people use it, it will be the same.But in the process of using it, innocent people are often affected, and most of the victims are ordinary people. ⊙Zhang Huijian said: "There are three great geniuses in China who all died in water. Each of these three can represent a thousand years of Chinese literature and art history - Qu Yuan in the first millennium, Li Bai in the second millennium, and Li Bai in the third millennium. Wang Guowei." ⊙Wang Kaiyun went to Beijing at the invitation of Yuan Shikai. When passing through Hubei, General Duan Zhigui of Hubei warmly entertained him.After visiting the General's Mansion with the old lady, Wang pointed to Duan and said to the old lady, "Don't you want to meet Young Master Duan? This is it. Take a good look. Is there anything special about it?" ⊙Wang Kaiyun was born in 1833. According to him, before he was born, his old father Mengshen posted four characters on the gate of his house saying: Tiankai Wenyun, so his old father named it "Kaiyun". ⊙Wang Kaiyun is both Zhuang and Harmonious, and he is engaged in the study of emperors. He is a very individual old man in the Republic of China.The daughter's married life was very unhappy, and she wrote to her father to confide in her. Wang was furious and criticized, "If you have a son-in-law like this, it's better to be a prostitute." ⊙In 1900, when the Eight-Power Allied Forces entered Beijing, Wang Kaiyun actually applauded: "These people enter our capital and don't destroy us, then they won't carve us up. Why not?" ⊙Wang Kaiyun once worked for Yuan Shikai. Seeing that Yuan Shikai made the Republic of China too shameful, he wrote a couplet: The people are still the same, the country is still the same, how can it be divided into north and south; in a word, in general, it is not a thing.The horizontal batch is: the bystander is clear. ⊙Zhang Zhidong, governor of Huguang, invited Wang Kaiyun to eat hot pot, and it became hot after eating. Wang Kaiyun took advantage of the situation and took off his pants and put on a small jacket.Everyone thought he was very rude, and Zhang Zhidong also thought he was a bit too much, so he asked him: "Don't you always call yourself a celebrity, and a celebrity doesn't wear trousers?" Wang Kaiyun said while eating, "Fuxi and Shennong are all ancient They don’t wear trousers, so why do I, a celebrity, wear trousers?” Zhang Zhidong was puzzled, and Wang Kaiyun explained, “Before Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, we in China did not wear trousers. You just mentioned Celebrities, Old Master Confucius was a famous scholar, he didn’t wear trousers, and Mencius certainly didn’t wear trousers either, because there was no such habit at that time, it was just covered up and down, trousers were invented later.”