Zhuang is a special historical figure in China's modern transition period. His life has experienced two times and four periods. In the late Qing government (189 1), he served as a deputy tribute, gave lectures at Zhou Xun Academy, and later served as the dean of Zhou Xun Shushan. 1895, assigned to Guangxi, Baise Division, Pingnan Magistrate, General Affairs Office of Guangdong Military Equipment School (predecessor of Huangpu Military Academy), Commander of Guangdong Standing Army, Wuzhou Magistrate, Taiping Division Shunjun Road, Longzhou Border Supervision. Positive and second-class titles. Supervisor of Shanghai Merchant Shipping School, Director of Fast Food Department), Nanjing Provisional Government (Supervisor of Pukou Commercial Port, Governor of Jiangsu Province), Beiyang Government (Director of Government History Audit Institute) and Nanjing National Government (Director of the Board of Directors of the Palace Museum, Vice President of the Librarian Maintenance Association, and one of the outstanding leaders of the early Palace Museum) all made their own unique contributions, especially before and after the Revolution of 1911.
In the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, officials, painters and calligraphers were all good at composing poems. Not only is it an official with people, but calligraphy and painting are also extraordinary. During his tenure in Guangxi, Zhuang Yunkuan used Wu Jiangui. Zeng Rujing, Niu Yongjian, Cai E and Li Shucheng were invited to run political schools and military cadre schools, and Li and others were sent to military schools for further study, reporting on the revolutionary activities of Huang Xing and others in Guangxi. After five years in Guangxi, all frontier officers and soldiers, such as the business community and Lu Rongting,
Spontaneously set up two monuments for Zhuang Yunkuan. After the founding of the Republic of China, he served as the temporary governor of Jiangsu, and did a lot of work to safeguard the new regime and social stability. During the Beiyang government, he served as Du Su's special political envoy and president of the audit institute. Zhao Qinghua, director of Jinpu Highway Bureau, and Wang Zhixin, deputy commander-in-chief, are influential cases in China. He is also one of the founders of the Palace Museum. On June 6th, the Palace Museum held an opening ceremony in Gan Qing Palace. Who was its chairman? On that day, Beijing was deserted, and ordinary people entered the emperor's house, which had a great influence. In order to protect the national treasure of the Forbidden City, he personally borrowed 30,000 yuan from foreign banks, which calmed the wage demand. Mediate the parties and prevent the direct-Shandong Coalition forces from entering the Forbidden City; In order to prevent the loss of national treasures, it was publicly disclosed to the press that an inventory should be organized, so that the Beiyang government could not simply handle the handover. From 65438 to 0928, he returned to Jiangsu as the editor-in-chief of Jiangsu Tongzhi, but he failed for three years due to lack of funds. Zhuang Yunkuan took advantage of 1907 to attend the coronation ceremony of the emperor in Japan with the delegation of the Qing government, and 1908 visited Japan as a special correspondent of the War Department of the Qing government, making extensive contacts with people of the League. Niu Yongjian introduced him to the League in secret. And several groups of military academy students studying in Japan were recruited to Wu Bei School in Guangxi (the predecessor of Whampoa Military Academy) and Guangxi border guards. He has successively trained Li, Chen, Jiang Guangnai, Huang and others, and Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi are all his students. This laid their important position in modern military history.
When the Republic of China was founded, Sun Yat-sen went to Nanjing to become the president. At that time, Zhang Jian, Tang Shouqian, Zhao Fengchang and other great men thought that Cheng Dequan was no longer suitable to continue as governor of Jiangsu, and unanimously elected Zhuang Yunkuan as governor. Sun Yat-sen and Huang Xing also agreed, specially invited Zhuang Yunkuan to take the train to Nanjing, and immediately appointed Zhuang Yunkuan as the governor of Jiangsu to assist Sun and Huang Junzheng. Soon Yuan Shikai took over as president. As a representative of the southern government, Zhuang Yunkuan went to Beijing to serve as the governor-general's political history, auditor-general and president, and official to cabinet minister.
19 15 Yuan Shikai proclaimed himself emperor. The National Convention and Law Conference has 60 members, 59 of whom support it. Only Zhuang Yunkuan, with his great experience in overthrowing the Qing Dynasty, was furious and risked his life to ask Xu Shichang to publish an open letter on his behalf, accusing Chen's imperial system of being unworkable, and the public opinion could not be bullied and the trend was irreversible. Yuan Shikai flew into a rage when he publicly proposed to cancel the title of Hongxian and the preparatory office for the ceremony. Therefore, Zhuang Yunkuan is famous all over the world and enjoys the reputation of a scholar who is not afraid of power.
1925 10 The Palace Museum was established in June of 10, and Zhuang Yunkuan was honored as the chairman as a veteran of the Republic of China. He presided over the grand opening ceremony at Gan Qing Palace. Zhuang Yunkuan, director, curator, librarian and vice president of maintenance meeting of the Palace Museum. He was one of the founders and leaders of the early Palace Museum. (Source: Evaluation of the Palace Museum)