Yuan Kewen (
Chinese: 袁克文; 1889–1931) was a Chinese scholar and calligrapher.
Yuan's
courtesy name
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was Baocen (豹岑). Yuan is also known by the
sobriquet
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Hanyun (寒云).
Early life
In 1889, Yuan was born. Yuan's father was
Yuan Shikai
Yuan Shikai (; 16 September 1859 – 6 June 1916) was a Chinese military and government official who rose to power during the late Qing dynasty and eventually ended the Qing dynasty rule of China in 1912, later becoming the Emperor of China. H ...
, a Chinese military and government officer during the late
Qing Dynasty
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and the
Emperor of China
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until 1916. Yuan's mother was Lady Kim (金氏), his father's third
concubine
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Concubi ...
and a
Korean
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People and culture
* Koreans, ethnic group originating in the Korean Peninsula
* Korean cuisine
* Korean culture
* Korean language
**Korean alphabet, known as Hangul or Chosŏn'gŭl
**Korean dialects and the Jeju language
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born in
Seoul
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. Yuan's elder brother was
Yuan Keding
Yuán Kèdìng ( Chinese: 袁克定; 1878–1958), courtesy name Yuntai (云台), was the eldest son of Yuan Shikai. His mother was Yuan's first wife, Yu (于氏), and Yuan Kewen was his younger brother.
In his childhood, Yuan followed his fat ...
.
Career
Yuan was an expert of Chinese traditional literature and a master of calligraphy and Chinese ink painting. He excelled in poetry and lyrics and was obsessed in collecting fine arts and antiques. He was against his father's revival of monarchy and also lived a promiscuous life, which irritated his father. Yuan fled to
Shanghai
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and joined a gang of thugs. He recruited many disciples in Shanghai and Tianjin.
Personal life
Yuan married Liu Meizhen (刘梅真). In addition to his wife, Yuan had five concubines, Qingyunlou, Xiaotaohong, Tang Zhijun, Yu Peiwen, and Yaxian. Yuan also had numerous mistresses.
Yuan had four sons and three daughters, and all of them were scholars. Yuan's third son,
Yuan Jialiu（袁家騮), was a renowned high energy physicist. Jialiu's wife was
Chien-Shiung Wu
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, a prominent nuclear physicist.
In 1931, Yuan died in Tianjin.
He is also known for research in
''Paper Tiger'' game and he wrote《雀谱》.
See also
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Three perfections
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The earliest recorded mention known of "the three perfections" is found in The New Book of Tang, where the term is used to describe the ...
- integration of calligraphy, poetry and painting
References
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1889 births
1931 deaths
Chinese people of Korean descent
Tabletop game writers