Yuan Shikai facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Yuan Shikai
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袁世凱
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| Emperor of the Empire of China | |
| Reign 12 December 1915 – 22 March 1916 |
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| Prime Minister | Lou Tseng-Tsiang |
| Preceded by | Himself as President of the Republic of China |
| Succeeded by | Himself as President of the Republic of China |
| President of the Republic of China | |
| In office 22 March 1916 – 6 June 1916 |
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| Premier | Xu Shichang Duan Qirui |
| Vice President | Li Yuanhong |
| Preceded by | Himself as Emperor of China Xuantong Emperor as Emperor of the Qing dynasty |
| Succeeded by | Li Yuanhong |
| In office 10 March 1912 – 12 December 1915 |
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| Premier | Tang Shaoyi Lou Tseng-Tsiang Zhao Bingjun Xiong Xiling Sun Baoqi Xu Shichang |
| Vice President | Li Yuanhong |
| Preceded by | Sun Yat-sen |
| Succeeded by | Himself as Emperor of China |
| 2nd Prime Minister of the Imperial Cabinet | |
| In office 2 November 1911 – 10 March 1912 |
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| Monarch | Xuantong Emperor |
| Preceded by | Yikuang, Prince Qing |
| Succeeded by | Qing dynasty ended Zhang Xun (1917) |
| Grand Councillor | |
| In office 1907–1908 |
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| Monarch | Guangxu Emperor |
| Secretary of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 1907–1908 |
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| Monarch | Guangxu Emperor |
| Preceded by | Lu Haihuan |
| Succeeded by | Liang Dunyan |
| Viceroy of Zhili and Minister of Beiyang | |
| In office 1901–1907 |
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| Monarch | Guangxu Emperor |
| Preceded by | Li Hongzhang |
| Succeeded by | Yang Shixiang |
| Provincial Governor of Shandong | |
| In office 1900–1901 |
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| Monarch | Guangxu Emperor |
| Preceded by | Yuxian |
| Succeeded by | Zhang Renjun |
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| Born | 16 September 1859 Xiangcheng, Henan, Qing Empire |
| Died | 6 June 1916 (aged 56) Beijing, Republic of China |
| Political party | Beiyang clique Republican Party |
| Spouse(s) | Yu Yisdong Lady Shen, concubine Lady Lee, concubine Lady Kim, concubine Lady O, concubine Lady Yang, concubine Lady Ye, concubine Lady Zhang, concubine Lady Guo, concubine Lady Liu, concubine |
| Children | Yuan Keding Yuan Kewen 15 other sons 15 daughters |
| Occupation | General, politician |
| Awards | Order of the Paulownia Flowers |
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| Allegiance |  Qing Dynasty (1881–1911) Republic of China (1911–1915, 1916) Empire of China (1915–1916) |
| Branch/service |  Beiyang Army |
| Years of service | 1881–1916 |
| Rank | Generalissimo |
| Battles/wars | Imo Incident Gapsin Coup First Sino-Japanese War Boxer Rebellion Xinhai Revolution Second Revolution Bai Lang Rebellion National Protection War |
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| Traditional Chinese | 袁世凱 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 慰亭 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 慰亭 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Yuan Shikai (Chinese: 袁世凱; pinyin: Yuán Shìkǎi; 16 September 1859 – 6 June 1916) was a Chinese military and government official who rose to power during the late Qing dynasty, becoming the Emperor of the Empire of China (1915–1916). He tried to save the dynasty with a number of modernization projects including bureaucratic, fiscal, judicial, educational, and other reforms, despite playing a key part in the failure of the Hundred Days' Reform. He established the first modern army and a more efficient provincial government in North China in the last years of the Qing dynasty before the abdication of the Xuantong Emperor, the last monarch of the Qing dynasty, in 1912. Through negotiation, he became the first President of the Republic of China in 1912. This army and bureaucratic control were the foundation of his autocratic rule. He was frustrated in a short-lived attempt to restore hereditary monarchy in China, with himself as the Hongxian Emperor (Chinese: 洪憲皇帝). His death shortly after his abdication led to the fragmentation of the Chinese political system and the end of the Beiyang government as China's central authority.
Images for kids
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Yuan Shikai as Governor of Shandong
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Yuan Shikai in Qing dynasty uniform, 1912
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Yuan Shikai in uniform
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Yuan Shikai sworn in as Provisional President of the Republic of China, in Beijing, 10 March 1912.
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The Yuan Shikai "dollar" (yuan in Chinese), issued for the first time in 1914, became a dominant coin type of the Republic of China.
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The villa of Yuan in Tianjin
