Ren Kecheng

Ren Kecheng

Ren Kecheng (1878-1946) was born in Puding, Guizhou Province. In 1903, he was appointed as a counsellor of Guizhou Academic Affairs Office in 1904. In 1909, he organized a constitutional preparatory meeting with Tang eryong and Hua Zhihong, and became the leader of the constitutional school after Tang eryong. As the president of Guizhou Education Association, he is opposed to the autonomous society. After the revolution of 1911, he served as vice president of the Privy Council of Guizhou military government. After Tang Jiyao entered Guizhou, he served as the right counsellor of the governor's office. In December 1915, Ren Kecheng, together with Cai E, Tang Jiyao, Liu Xianshi, Dai Kan and others, sent a telegram to the whole country to announce Yunnan's independence. Then he issued a proclamation against yuan, organized the national defense army to attack Yuan Shikai, and served as the right counsellor of the governor's office. On June 6, 1916, he served as governor of Yunnan Province (without taking office) and returned to Guizhou Province. In July 1917, he served as Minister of the interior of the military government of Guangzhou. In 1920, he was promoted as acting governor of Guizhou Province. In 1922, Yuan Zuming left his post before he settled in Guizhou. In 1936, he was appointed as the inspector of Yunnan Guizhou supervision area. He died in Kunming in 1946

Life experience

Ren Kecheng, a native of Puding, Guizhou, was born into an official family of imperial examination. In 1902, he was elected and in 1903, he was admitted to the cabinet. In 1904, he was employed as a counsellor of Guizhou academic affairs office. He once participated in the establishment of Guizhou Tongsheng public secondary school, Guizhou superior normal school, and xianqun law and politics school. In 1909, he organized the constitutional preparatory meeting with Tang eryong and Hua Zhihong and became the leader of the constitutional school after Tang eryong. As the president of Guizhou Education Association, he is opposed to the autonomous society. After the revolution of 1911, he served as vice president of the Privy Council of Guizhou military government. After Tang Jiyao entered Guizhou, he served as the right counsellor of the governor's office. From 1913 to 1915, he successively served as the observation envoy of eastern Guizhou, zhenyuandaoyin, and patrol envoy of Yunnan. In December 1915, Ren Kecheng, together with Cai E, Tang Jiyao, Liu Xianshi, Dai Kan and others, sent a telegram to the whole country to announce Yunnan's independence. Then he issued a proclamation against yuan, organized the national defense army to attack Yuan Shikai, and served as the right counsellor of the governor's office. On June 6, 1916, he served as governor of Yunnan Province (without taking office) and returned to Guizhou Province. In July 1917, he served as Minister of the interior of the military government of Guangzhou. In 1919, he returned to Guizhou and presided over the renewal of Guizhou Tongzhi. After the "minjiu incident" in 1920, he was promoted as the acting governor of Guizhou Province. He served as the governor of Guizhou Province from November 1920 to March 1921, and Yuan Zuming left his post in 1922. From 1925 to 1926, he served as the director general of education of Beijing government twice, about half a year each time. In 1934, at the invitation of Wang jialie, he returned to Guizhou and presided over the renewal of Guizhou Tongzhi. In 1936, he was appointed as the inspector of Yunnan Guizhou supervision area. After leaving office in 1940, he lived in Kunming. In 1942, he returned to Guizhou again to renew his Tongzhi. He died in October 1946 in Kunming.

Life of the characters

Ren Kecheng was born on the 22nd of the twelfth lunar month in 1878, in Puding County, Guizhou Province. Ren Kecheng is a learned man. He has a thorough understanding of all the theories of classics and history. He has profound attainments in poetry, stone and archaeology. Ren Kecheng is a complicated man. Ren Kecheng had an affinity with Li Duan, a reformist in the late Qing Dynasty. He was also a proud disciple of Liang Qichao and inclined to reformism. In 1909, the first year of Xuantong in Qing Dynasty, he organized the constitutional preparatory meeting in Guiyang and was the leader of Guizhou constitutional school. After the Wuchang Uprising, Guizhou's revolution to overthrow the government was under the leadership of the autonomous society organized by Zhang Bailin and Zhou Suyuan. On November 4, 1911, under the leadership of the autonomous society, the revolution of 1911 in Guizhou was completed and Guizhou was restored. Ren Kecheng and the people of the constitutional school "searched for their own places and hid deeply" to avoid the "imminent disaster". However, as Zhang Bailin and other leaders "lenient to accommodate the public" and "regardless of past grudges", they also elected Kecheng as the president of the Privy Council of the "Great Han Guizhou military government". On February 2, 1912, the first year of the Republic of China, a coup d'etat took place in Guiyang. The military government of Guizhou, which was only three months old, was overthrown, and Guiyang was almost in anarchy. Under the guise of "gentry and people of Guizhou Province", Ren Kecheng and other constitutional party members sent troops into Yunnan to wipe out the revolutionaries. On February 27, Tang Jiyao led his army to Guiyang. Ren Kecheng and others went to Sanqiao to greet him. In March, Tang was appointed as governor of Guizhou, and Ren Kecheng was appointed as right counsellor of governor's office. In April of the fourth year of the Republic of China, Ren Kecheng was appointed governor of Yunnan. Yuan Shikai is rehearsing the emperor's farce in Juren hall. He plans to publish it in the newspaper on New Year's day in 1916 to reform Hong Xian. In order to denounce Yuan Shikai before he created the accomplished monarchy, Cai E decided to send a telegram to Yuan Shikai on December 23 in the name of Tang Jiyao and Ren Kecheng, urging him to abolish the monarchy, and he had to give a reply before the 25th. Of course, Yuan Shikai ignored it. On the 25th, Yunnan declared independence. Cai E served as the governor of Yunnan, and Ren Kecheng served as the supreme adviser of the governor's office. He launched an army to fight against yuan, officially opening the "war of national protection". On June 6, 1916, Yuan Shikai died with the emperor's dream. The national defense movement won. In July, Ren Kecheng became governor of Yunnan Province. Soon, he left to live in Beijing and Tianjin. Two years later, he returned to Guiyang. In October 1919, Guizhou Tongzhi Bureau was established. Ren Kecheng was the chief editor and began to compile the Republic of China Version of Guizhou Tongzhi. In the ninth year of the Republic of China (A.D. 1920), in November, the "minjiu incident" occurred in Guizhou. The Governor Liu Xianshi went down, and the provincial government was in no one's charge. On December 7, Ren Kecheng was elected interim governor. Because of the complexity of the world, Ren Kecheng left his post as governor for only half a year. He wrote behind closed doors and did not care about political affairs. However, in the past six months, he appointed GUI Shicheng as the head of the education section of the provincial governor's office, and actively planned the establishment of Guizhou women's normal school, which contributed a lot to Guizhou Education. At the beginning of December in the 11th year of the Republic of China, Liu Xianshi, with the support of the Yunnan army, was in charge of Guizhou for the second time. Ren Kecheng simply went to Beiping to live. In June 1926, Ren Kecheng was appointed as the chief Education officer of the Regent cabinet. But he continued to read zhidui and Zhiyu. In the autumn of 1937, Ren Kecheng was appointed as the inspector of Yunnan and Guizhou. After four years in office, he lived in the west mountain of Kunming and continued to write records. In 1945, he returned to Guiyang. The general annals of Guizhou of the Republic of China, compiled by Ren Kecheng, lasted for 30 years intermittently, with 19 chapters and about 7.5 million words. Guizhou Tongzhi Qianshi Zhi, which he personally compiled, has more than two million words. From the Yin, Zhou, Qin and Han Dynasties to the revolution of 1911, he tried his best to remember all the important events in Guizhou. At about 10 pm on December 9, 1945, Ren Kecheng died in Guiyang at the age of 68. After his death, a memorial ceremony was held at the foot of the bull market in Huaxi street, and the provincial government held a public funeral for him. The cemetery is located in the south of Jilin village beside Huaxi park. In the late 1950s, he moved to Siya, Dangwu Township, Huaxi. In 1985, because of the construction of Huayi Siya industrial community, it was later moved to the pine forest beside Leihua road in Jianshan village of Huaxi.

Major achievements

Ren Kecheng was governor of Guizhou Province for a short time, and the current situation was chaotic, so he had no achievements. However, he presided over the continuation of 110 volumes of Guizhou Tongzhi with over 7 million words, and the compilation and printing of 7 volumes of Qiannan series with 10 volumes each, which left precious wealth for the world.

Character's former residence

Ren Kecheng's former residence is located in Huguo Road, Nanming District, Guiyang city. It is a large-scale traditional residence in Guizhou Province. It was built in the early Republic of China. It is a typical ancient residence for officials at the beginning of last century. It has been demolished.

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