After the outbreak of the Revolution of 1911, he was entrusted by his father to woo Wang Jingwei. After advocating imperial system, he helped his father Yuan Shikai to restore. After Yuan Shikai died, he moved to Tianjin to live in seclusion. He used to be a supervisor of Kailuan Mining Bureau. 1955, Yuan died at home at the age of 77.
Yuan's wife
Wife: Wu Benxian, the daughter of Wu Dacheng, the governor of Hunan and a great calligrapher;
Concubine: a concubine Ma Caiyun, a concubine Zhang Zhensui;
Descendants introduced by Yuan:
Yuan: Yuan has only one son, Yuan, who studied in the United States and obtained a doctorate in geology from Columbia University. His wife is the daughter of Wang Zhanyuan, the governor of Hubei Province. 1930 worked as an engineer in Kailuan coal mine after returning to China, and then went to Suiyuan to take charge of geological exploration. After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), China discovered iron ore seedlings in Baiyun Obo and Daqingshan, and later established Baotou Iron and Steel Company, all of which had his credit. In his later years, Yuan taught in Peking University, Beijing Normal University and other schools, and finally became a professor at Guiyang Institute of Technology. 1964 retired and settled in Beijing. In his later years, he lived in Beijing Sijiqing Nursing Home. He died on 1996 at the age of 92. Yuanjia lived the longest. There are five girls and two boys.
Eldest daughter-in-law: Wang Hui, niece of Hubei Governor Wang Zhanyuan;
Grandson: Yuan, later renamed Yuanshi, painter, now living in Canada.
Granddaughter: Luo Yunhua
Great-grandson: Yuan, now living in the United States.
Granddaughter: Yuan
Yuan Changnv: Yuan, married to Lei Cunzheng, the eldest son of Lei Zhenchun, a former member of Beiyang.
Husband: Lei Cunzheng, the eldest son of Lei Zhenchun.
Daughter of Yuan Er: Yuan Jiadi, also known as Huiquan, is versatile and good at painting and calligraphy, and married the son of Jiangnan Princess.
Husband 2: the son of Fei, one of the three famous families in Suzhou; He used to be the dean of Zhejiang University. 1945, he was secretly kidnapped by scouts and then killed in a nitric acid pool. Roy Memorial Hall