Lu Muzhen was the original wife of Mr. Zhongshan, born in 1867. His father was Lu Yaoxian, and his family was well-off.
On May 26, 1885, after "the order of his parents and the words of a matchmaker", the eighteen-year-old Lu Muzhen married the nineteen-year-old Mr. Zhongshan.
On October 20, 1891, Lu Muzhen and Sun Ke, the son of Zhongshan, were born in Cuiheng Village.
In 1894, Lu Muzhen and Sun Jiao, the eldest daughter of Zhongshan, were born in Cuiheng Village.
On November 12, 1896, Lu Muzhen gave birth to his next daughter, Sun Wan.
When Lu Muzhen and Mr. Zhongshan first got married, the relationship between the husband and wife was not very deep. Mr. Zhongshan, who often runs away, whenever he returns home, he respects Lu Muzhen, who does not speak much, and has no more communication.
But as time passed, Mr. Nakayama learned more about Lu Muzhen and was gradually moved by her filial piety, hard work, and virtuousness.
Lu Muzhen is a traditional Chinese woman with good virtues, filial piety and virtuousness, known to the township party.
She not only took on the responsibility of raising her children, but also took on heavy housework, which enabled her husband to reduce the worries of the family and concentrate his spirit on the revolutionary cause.
Lu Muzhen was filial to the elders, served the weng family aunt, took care of the aunt, and the clothes worn by the mother-in-law, Mrs. Yang, were mostly from Lu Muzhen's hands. Every time Mr. Zhongshan returned home, he always had a new set of clothes and a new pair of shoes and socks, which Lu Muzhen had sewn for him by staying up late. Lu Muzhen is virtuous, kind, industrious, and her body embodies all the virtues of a traditional wife.
What moved Mr. Zhongshan the most was that one spring, Mr. Zhongshan's father, Sun Da, was seriously ill, and during those days, Mr. Zhongshan and his brother Sun Mei returned to their hometown to visit their father, and saw Lu Muzhen walking away from his father before his illness collapsed, personally serving soup medicine.
Later, when Zhongshan founded the Whampoa Military Academy, Lu Muzhen heard the news and immediately sent her adopted daughter's husband to mobilize and support more than a dozen young people in the village to apply for the Whampoa Military Academy.
For her husband's career, Lu Muzhen said many times: "I am not very good at asking questions, I have been hampered since I was a child, I have limited mobility, I can't read, I don't know English, and I can't help my husband's business at all." Later, she offered that Mr. Zhongshan could take a concubine and find a talented and knowledgeable person to accompany him. But Nakayama insisted on disagreeing.
After the success of the Xinhai Revolution, Zhongshan was elected provisional president of the Republic of China. When the news came, Lu Muzhen felt like she was dreaming... My husband he became president?
On February 15, 1912, Lu Muzhen took Sun Fei, Sun Wan, and niece Sun Shunxia on a cruise ship from Penang to Songhu.
"Hats off to Madame! Hats off to Madame! Chen Qimei, the governor of the Shanghai Army, and the members of the League lined up to welcome Lu Muzhen, and the revolutionaries called him "the mother of the Republic of China."
But Lu Muzhen is a traditional woman, she is not rare, even hate the title of "mother of the Republic of China", she said: "My greatest wish in life is to live a stable life with my husband and family." ”
On February 20, 1912, Lu Muzhen's mother and daughter arrived in the capital under the escort of Deng Zeru and Lu Muzhen's son Sun Ke, and Zhongshan set up a banquet to wash the dust for his wives and daughters. After staying in Nanjing for more than 20 days, Lu Muzhen returned to her hometown due to changes in the times.
Things change for stars, the wind and clouds change...
In 1915, for various reasons, Mr. Nakayama filed for divorce.
He solemnly wrote a letter to Lu Muzhen, requesting a divorce, and sent the bodyguard Zheng Zhuo to accompany his son Sun Ke back to his hometown to submit it.
Zheng Zhuo, a native of Sanxiang, Xiangshan County, entered the Xingzhong Association in his early years. Because of his strong martial arts skills, his proficiency in English and French, and his ability to drive cars and ships, he became a bodyguard in Zhongshan and has been a military attaché. He is one of mr. Nakayama's most trusted people.
Zheng Zhuo took Sun Ke back to his hometown, and he was really a little scared in his heart. However, having been entrusted, he had to give Mr. Zhongshan's letter to Lu Muzhen.
In fact, Lu Muzhen already knew their intentions, because the newspapers had already been publicized in the wind and rain. Lu Muzhen read her husband's letter very much, her mood was unusually calm, and after asking about some situations, she agreed to divorce without thinking.
Lu Muzhen said loudly: "Focus on Mr. Ako's career, You take a pen and ask for a new one!" ”
Taking the brush from his son's hand, Lu Muzhen resolutely wrote a "can" word on the letter and agreed to divorce!
After that, Mr. Nakayama sent someone to take Lu Muzhen to Tokyo to discuss specific divorce matters.
After Lu Muzhen arrived in Tokyo, she and her husband talked for a long time. After that, Lu Muzhen publicly promised to divorce her husband.
Hu Hanmin, Zhu Zhixin and others strongly opposed their divorce.
Lu Muzhen said slowly to Hu Hanmin and others word by word: "Sir is running for the revolution, his body and mind are exhausted, and he urgently needs someone to take care of his life. The existing people are willing to take care of his life and contribute to his revolutionary activities. Very good. I'm willing to be the best of it. After saying that, she wrote another "can" word on the divorce book, and then extended the thumb of her right hand and squarely stamped her handprint on the divorce book.
Lu Muzhen's practice of deeply understanding the great righteousness and taking into account the overall situation has greatly touched many people.
Mr. Nakayama said to her gratefully, "You will always be a member of the Sun family; Ako will always be your son." ”
Although she is divorced from Lu Muzhen, her husband has always cared about her. From time to time, send money and goods or send people back to their hometowns to comfort them. Lu Muzhen often participated in the establishment of schools and relief for poor relatives in the countryside, and Zhongshan paid for money and vigorously funded it.
In the Cuiheng Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, there are still six letters written by Mr. Zhongshan to Lu Muzhen, each of which is full of his affection for Lu Muzhen's money. Zhongshan solemnly wrote "Lady Lu received" on the envelope, and the letter called Lu Muzhen "Kemu" and signed himself "Ke father".
After the divorce, Lu Muzhen settled in Macau, China. Since then, I have never seen Mr. Nakayama again.
When Mr. Zhongshan passed away, no one invited Lu Muzhen to attend the farewell ceremony, and Lu Muzhen, who was full of grief, set up a spiritual hall at home to serve his husband.
On September 7, 1952, Lu Muzhen died at the age of 86. He was buried in the Old Western Cemetery in Macau.