Kang Youwei married six wives in his life. What did he say to the youngest child when he died?

Speaking of Kang Youwei, anyone familiar with China's modern history should know that there will always be people silently giving him a thumbs-up and praising him as a reform fighter. Indeed, when foreign powers invaded at that time, all the literati were still reading dead books, preparing to use eight-part essays to gain fame and become big officials, Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao jointly wrote a letter asking for political reform and reform. At the same time, as far as he is concerned, his thoughts also belong to the advanced group at that time.

What we know is the feminist movement advocated by him, including abolishing foot binding, establishing girls' schools and promoting girls' education from the Song Dynasty. He promoted the feminist movement, but some of his practices failed to keep up with the changes in thoughts and lagged behind Liang Qichao in this respect. Liang Qichao insisted on western medicine surgery when he was suffering from diabetes, and later died because of the poor medical skills of the attending physician. He never regretted it. However, Kang Youwei is not. He is still bound by feudal dross in some ways. In addition to the well-known fact that he resolutely agreed to restore the Confucian system and bow down to Confucius during the restoration of Yuan Shikai, there is another aspect-supporting the concubinage system, and it is his unswerving support.

Kang Youwei has six beautiful young wives, one original wife and five concubines. And these six people have different identities, different ages and different nationalities. The only similarity is that they both married Kang Youwei when they were young and beautiful. Let's talk about their story next.

The first lady is Zhang Yunzhu. When she got married, it was still a traditional feudal wedding. They got married at the request of their parents. Kang Youwei didn't like her very much, but he still fulfilled his duties as a husband. He guaranteed Zhang Yunzhu's daily expenses and always ensured her status as the first wife. My second aunt was only 17 years old when she married him. At that time, Kang Youwei fell in love with her at first sight and then couldn't wait to marry her, but this enthusiasm didn't last long. When Kang Youwei went to the United States to give a speech, he met his third wife, He Youli. At that time, it was a glorious thing to marry a foreigner, and Kang Youwei, who was actively pursued by He Youli, came together smoothly.

The fate of the remaining three people is not very good. Fourth aunt is Japanese, and she was 17 years old when she married Kang Youwei. Kang Youwei liked her very much at the beginning, but because of his concubine status, he couldn't go to her often. Later, Fourth Aunt got pregnant. Kang Youwei didn't believe that the child was his, and thought that he was too old to have children, so he divorced his fourth aunt.

Aunt Wu and Aunt Liu also married him when they were very young. Compared with them, Aunt Liu is more favored because Kang Youwei married her behind her back for fear of family opposition. Later, Kang Youwei died of illness. He took the girl's hand and said something that all men wanted to say. Kang Youwei told her, "You are not allowed to remarry after I die." Zhang Guang, the queen mother of Sixth Aunt, really died alone.

No one is perfect, which may be the tragedy of that era.