Tan Yankai, a great man in the Republic of China, why did he only marry one person in his life and never take a concubine?

When it comes to the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, we think of turbulent environment and changeable situation. Although the time was short, it played an important role in the history of China. After all, this is the most intense era of collision between Chinese and western cultures in old and new ideas, and it is also the era of explosion of literature and ideas. You know, in those days, men would have the idea of three wives and four concubines as long as they had power or money. But there is one exception. He was a great man in the Republic of China. At that time, his position was extremely high. He has only married one person in his life and never married a concubine. who the fuck is he？

His name is Tan, and he was born in an official family. His father was a scholar in the Qing Dynasty and served as the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. He liked reading when he was very young, and later he went to a private school. When he was a teenager, his performance was extraordinary. Even the master of Guangxu called him a "wizard".

He entered high school at the age of 24, which caused quite a stir at that time. After Wuchang Uprising, he served as Speaker of the Senate and Minister of Civil Affairs of Hunan Military Government. After the founding of the National Government, he served as the leader of the National Government twice, and was also a big man at that time, but he died of a sudden cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 50.

The reason why Tan only married one person in his life and never took a concubine has a lot to do with his childhood experience. Tan Yankai's mother, Li, used to be a maid. Later, she was attracted by her father Tan and became an concubine. You know, concubines had a very low status in ancient times. When everyone eats together, concubines can only stand by and watch the table and add food to their families. After they are busy, they can't eat at one table, so they can only eat somewhere else.

At that time, although Tan sympathized with his mother's experience, young Tan could do nothing. In order to change his mother's position in the family, he began to study hard to prepare for fame. He became active when he was a teenager, shining on the lintel. When he was studying in high school, his father gave the whole family a blind notice that Tan could eat at the same table with them. It was because of his mother's bad experience that Tan began to be dissatisfied with some feudal customs. At that time, he secretly vowed that he would never marry a concubine again in his life.

Tan married his wife very early, and her wife was Fang, the daughter of Jiangxi Buzheng at that time. They are just right. After marriage, the two have deep feelings and a happy life. Only later, when Fang was seriously ill, Tan was transferred to other places. In order not to affect Tan's work, his wife kept it from him. By the time Tan Yan Kai stopped vomiting, his wife was dying. Before she died, she asked Tan to take good care of their children, find them a good home, and told him not to remarry, for fear that their children would be abused by their stepmother. Tan agreed to his wife's request at that time.

Later, Tan helped Sun Yat-sen when he was in trouble. In order to repay his kindness, Sun Yat-sen wanted to introduce Song Meilin to him when he knew that he was alone. At this time, Tan entered a dilemma. On the one hand, he can't live up to Sun Yat-sen's love, on the other hand, he can't be sorry for his dead wife. Chose a way to kill two birds with one stone, worship Song Meiling's mother as a foster mother and recognize Song Meiling as a foster sister.