Kang Youwei was the leader of the anti-traditional struggle in modern times. He and his disciple Liang Qichao were collectively known as Kang Liang. His name is Guangsha and he is from Nanhai, so people also call him Nanhai Teacher. He has been fighting against the old school all his life, and his writing is excellent, including his views on calligraphy and calligraphy. Kang Youwei's calligraphy had a great influence on modern Chinese calligraphy.
Kang Youwei studied a lot of books since he was a child and learned writing from his grandfather. When he was in his thirties, he came into contact with a large number of inscriptions from the Han, Wei, Six Dynasties, Tang and Song dynasties, which opened his horizons. He also studied under many famous calligraphers at that time and had his own views on calligraphy. He gave up the original writing of the inscription and became its guide.
In fact, inscription is a method of writing. There are inscriptions in the Song Dynasty, but Kang Youwei's calligraphy is wider and more upright. The structure of the font is very suitable and has a bold atmosphere. After his words are written, people can feel the depth, frankness and far-sightedness.
In fact, the most exciting thing about Kang Youwei's learning was couplets, because people in the Qing Dynasty were very good at pairing couplets, especially when writing. Kang Youwei wrote couplets with great momentum, skill and reasonable use.
Kang Youwei is good at round pens rather than other pens. This is one of the reasons why his calligraphy is monotonous, because he is often bold and vigorous, and the fonts he often sees are relatively simple without obvious changes. When the font is thick, the entire character structure is not tight. But it's also his own unique style.
Kang Youwei’s ancient reforms
Kang Youwei’s reform of the ancient system opened the way for his own reform ideas. He took advantage of the people's psychological acceptance and countless precedents, and through learning and improvement, he adopted the method of forgetting past mistakes and reforming the system, and successfully carried out his own reform movement.
Kang Youwei used some techniques to combine his thoughts and improvement methods with tradition and history. In other words, his thoughts and views were used by his predecessors. A series of events proved that it had successfully gained people's support which was the basis for the introduction of the new law.
Kang Youwei said that as a common people, you can not openly advocate and change the legal system, and this will be rewarded. It is best to quote the ancient reforms, which won't make people feel uneasy and avoid disasters at the same time. Therefore, after Kang Youwei gained the trust of everyone, he interspersed his own reform ideas into it, so that his reforms won the support of many people. Unfortunately, Kang Youwei's method was suppressed by the die-hards and ended in failure. Although Kang Youwei's method of historical reorganization failed in the end, he was very smart in coming up with this method.
In China's crisis-ridden situation, Kang Youwei and others wanted to use reforms to change the fate of the motherland, but encountered many obstacles, so Kang Youwei tried to make excuses for the past. This article demonstrates the importance of political reform and convinces people that it can be implemented when people are insensitive to the new law.
The method he came up with not only uses psychology and ideological knowledge, but also quotes many classic examples, which is a rare and good method. Although the reform ended in failure, Kang Youwei still played a certain role in the ancient reform.
Kang Youwei's children
Kang Youwei is a famous politician and thinker in China. He always had six wives and concubines in his life, and these six wives and concubines gave birth to twelve children for him, but only six of Kang Youwei's children really grew up.
Kang Youwei’s eldest daughter Kang Tongwei was born to his ex-wife. Kang Tongwei was also a progressive figure at that time. She is knowledgeable, has an affair with her father, and has published articles related to innovation in newspapers and magazines. The second daughter, Kang Tongbi, was born to Kang Youwei and his first wife. Kang Tongbi went to the United States to study in his early years and studied at Harvard University. She is also a very capable person. She was elected as a representative and participated in some important national events.
In addition, Kang Youwei's six daughters and seven daughters were born to his second wife. The sixth daughter is named Kang Tongfu, and the seventh daughter is named Kang Youwei. Kang Youwei's eldest son was born to his second wife. He worked as an engineer and worked in the tax bureau. The second son Kang was born to his third wife and was born in Hong Kong.
Kang Youwei has many children, but most of them live abroad.
Perhaps because Kang Youwei's political reforms in the United States failed at that time, some of his children were sent overseas to study or flee. When their children learn something, everyone has a life of their own. Either settle overseas or stay at home.
Some of the children of Kang Youwei's descendants grew up to be successful, and some died young, which also reflected some of the shortcomings of society at that time. Living in the society at that time, but unable to change, was also a kind of helplessness. When you want to change the general environment, you must also pay attention to your family.