Yuan Keding
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Yuan Keding | |
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| 袁克定 | |
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| Born | December 20, 1878 |
| Died | 1958 (aged 79–80) Beijing, China |
| Children | Yuan Jiarong Yuan Jia Yuan Jiazao |
| Parent(s) | Yuan Shikai Lady Yu |
| Occupation | Government Official |
Yuan Keding (Chinese: 袁克定; pinyin: Yuán Kèdìng; 20 December 1878 - 1958) courtesy name Yuntai (Chinese: 云台) was the eldest son of Yuan Shikai and his first wife Yu. In 1915 when his father Yuan Shikai proclaimed himself Hóngxiàn Emperor of the Empire of China, Yuan became crown prince as the Prince Yuntai. Yuan Kewen was his younger brother.
Yuan Keding was born in 1878 in Xiangcheng. In his childhood, Yuan followed his father to many places when he served in various positions in the Qing dynasty.[1] He studied in Germany and spoke fluent German and English. At the end of the Qing dynasty, he served as a low-ranking official in the government. After the Xinhai Revolution, under the instruction of his father, Yuan became a close friend of Wang Jingwei. According to the History of Xinhai Revolution, Yuan and Wang swore to be "brothers of different surnames" in front of Yuan Shikai.
After the death of his father, Yuan lived reclusively in the German concession in Tianjin. In 1935, he moved to Baochao Lane (宝钞胡同) in Beijing. In 1937, he again relocated to Qinghuaxuan Villa in the Summer Palace. During the Sino-Japanese War, after the fall of Northern China, the Japanese army officer Kenji Doihara asked Yuan to join the Japanese puppet regimes, hoping to use his identity to exert some influence on the old Beiyang Ministry. Yuan refused to cooperate with the Imperial Japanese Army, as he did not wish to be seen as a traitor and his life became impoverished.
In 1948, due to poverty, Yuan turned to his cousin, Zhang Boju (张伯驹), and moved into Tsinghua Garden at Tsinghua University. Thanks to the help of Zhang Shizhao, after 1949, Yuan became a fellow of the Central Research Institute of Culture and History, and thus had a steady income.
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Yuan had three children. His son, Yuan Jiarong (袁家融 1904—1996), studied in the United States and majored in geology at Columbia University.
In 1958, Yuan died of illness in Beijing, China.[2] Yuan was also an artist.[3]
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- 1878 births
- 1958 deaths
- Family of Yuan Shikai
- 19th-century Chinese people
- Chinese people of Korean descent
- Chinese crown princes who never acceded
- Central Research Institute of Culture and History
- Empire of China (1915–1916)
- Chinese sons of emperors
- Children of presidents
- Chinese monarchists
- Pretenders to the Chinese throne