Yuan Shikai - Personal Information

Personal Information

• Paternal grandfather
  • Yuan Shusan (袁澍三)
• Father
  • Yuan Baozhong (袁保中) (1823–1874), courtesy name Shouchen (受臣)
• Uncle
  • Yuan Baoqing (袁保慶) (1825–1873), courtesy name Duchen (篤臣), pseudonym Yanzhi (延之), Yuan Baozhong's younger brother
• Wife
  • Yu Yishang (于義上), daughter of Yu Ao (於鰲), a wealthy man from Shenqiu County, Henan; married Yuan Shikai in 1876; mother of Yuan Keding
• Concubines
  • Lady Shen (沈氏), previously a courtesan from Suzhou
  • Lady Lee (李氏), of Korean origin; mother of Yuan Bozhen, Yuan Kequan, Yuan Keqi, Yuan Kejian, and Yuan Kedu
  • Lady Kim (金氏), of Korean origin; mother of Yuan Kewen, Yuan Keliang, Yuan Shuzhen, Yuan Huanzhen, and Yuan Sizhen
  • Lady O (吳氏), of Korean origin; mother of Yuan Keduan, Yuan Zhongzhen, Yuan Cizhen, and Yuan Fuzhen
  • Lady Yang (楊氏), mother of Yuan Kehuan, Yuan Kezhen, Yuan Kejiu, Yuan Ke'an, Yuan Jizhen, and Yuan Lingzhen
  • Lady Ye (葉氏), previously a prostitute in Nanjing; mother of Yuan Kejie, Yuan Keyou, Yuan Fuzhen, Yuan Qizhen, and Yuan Ruizhen
  • Lady Zhang (張氏), originally from Henan
  • Lady Guo (郭氏), originally a prostitute from Suzhou; mother of Yuan Kexiang, Yuan Kehe, and Yuan Huzhen
  • Lady Liu (劉氏), originally a maid to Yuan Shikai's fifth concubine Lady Yang; mother of Yuan Kefan and Yuan Yizhen
• Sons
  • Yuan Keding (袁克定) (1878–1958), courtesy name Yuntai (雲台)
  • Yuan Kewen (袁克文) (1889–1931), courtesy name Baocen (豹岑)
  • Yuan Keliang (袁克良), married a daughter of Zhang Baixi
  • Yuan Keduan (袁克端), married He Shenji (何慎基) (daughter of He Zhongjing (何仲璟))
  • Yuan Kequan (袁克權) (1898–1941), courtesy name Gui'an (規庵), pseudonym Baina (百衲), married a daughter of Toteke Duanfang (托忒克.端方)
  • Yuan Kehuan (袁克桓), married Chen Zheng (陳徵) (daughter of Chen Qitai (陳啟泰))
  • Yuan Keqi (袁克齊), married a daughter of Sun Baoqi
  • Yuan Kezhen (袁克軫), married Zhou Ruizhu (周瑞珠) (daughter of Zhou Fu (周馥))
  • Yuan Kejiu (袁克玖), married Li Shaofang (黎紹芳) (29 December 1906 – 15 April 1945) (second daughter of Li Yuanhong) in 1934
  • Yuan Kejian (袁克堅), married a daughter of Lu Jianzhang (陸建章)
  • Yuan Ke'an (袁克安), married Li Baohui (李寶慧) (daughter of Li Shiming (李士銘))
  • Yuan Kedu (袁克度), married a daughter of the wealthy Luo Yunzhang (羅雲章)
  • Yuan Kexiang (袁克相), married firstly Zhang Shoufang (張壽芳) (granddaughter of Na Tong (那桐)), married secondly Chen Sixing (陳思行) (daughter of Chen Bingkun)
  • Yuan Kejie (袁克捷), married Lady Wang (王氏)
  • Yuan Kehe (袁克和), married a daughter of Zhang Diaochen (張調宸)
  • Yuan Kefan (袁克藩), died young
  • Yuan Keyou (克友), married a daughter of Yu Yunpeng (於雲鵬)
• Famous grandsons and great-grandsons
  • Yuan's grandson, Luke Chia-Liu Yuan was a Chinese-American physicist.
  • Yuan's great-grandson, Li-Young Lee, is a Chinese-American writer and poet.