In ancient times, the status of women was very low, and everyone was deeply influenced by the traditional concept of "the water spilled by the daughter who married out", so when inheriting property, the daughter did not have a share. However, the Republican period underwent earth-shaking changes, they were newly educated, pursued equality between men and women, and dared to take up arms to defend their rights and interests. For example, this woman, she and her brothers want 10 oceans, the brothers do not give, so she filed a complaint, sued them in court, and received 500,000 silver.
She is Sheng Aiyi, born in 1900 in Jiangsu, a family of prominent people, is Sheng Xuanhuai's 7th daughter. Sheng Aiyi has been very beautiful since she was a child, and she is talented and knowledgeable, although she is young but articulate, sometimes Sheng Xuanhuai can't take her, but he is very fond of this daughter, because the temper and personality of the two are very similar, and she also has Sheng Xuanhuai's talent and courage.
Sheng Xuanhuai also sent her to St. John's University in Shanghai, Sheng Aiyi can speak fluent English, and can draw good embroidery, write well, at the age of 16, she has already left the pavilion, and it is in this year that her life has changed. In 1927, Mrs. Chuang Andhua died of illness, and after sheng Xuanhuai died, Mrs. Chuang Andhua was in charge of the house and arranged everything in an orderly manner.
Before his death, Sheng Xuanhuai established a "Yuzhai Yizhuang", which contained 5.4 million taels of silver, and the people of the Sheng family could live a carefree life just by relying on interest. Similar to today's family trust, Sheng Xuanhuai was also afraid that his descendants would come up with such a method because they were afraid of sitting on the mountain and eating the sky, but his sons did not have such a long-term vision.
After Mrs. Zhuang Dehua died, the head of the family fell, and at this time Sheng Enyi could not resist and wanted to take all the money out and hold it in his own hands, so he consulted with the family members and divided it equally between Sheng Xuanhuai's three sons and two grandsons. So he made a request to the court, but at this time, Sheng Aiyi was not convinced, why didn't he have it.
Although Sheng Aiyi received a new education, he still lacked some courage to let her openly oppose it, so he asked Sheng Enyi for 100,000 silver dollars to study abroad. Sheng Enyi himself spent money like water, but he was reluctant to give it to others, besides, this kind of moment, of course, can be a little more, so after consulting with other brothers, unanimously rejected Sheng Aiyi.
Sheng Aiyi is a bold woman, you don't give it to me or ask for it, you see you in court. In 1928, Sheng Aiyi filed a complaint against his three brothers and two nephews. According to the law of the Republic of China, a woman has the right to inherit before she is married, and because she is the first to fight a lawsuit against women's rights, she has received a lot of attention, and everyone is talking about it for a while.
As a result, Sheng Aiyi won the lawsuit and each person could share 500,000 yuan in the inheritance, including her sister and sister. Although the lawyer's fee is very expensive, she has safeguarded her own rights and interests, and also safeguarded the rights and interests of women, setting an example for more women. The most regrettable thing is Sheng Enyi, if he had given 100,000 silver dollars, he took the 500,000 silver, and soon squandered it, and his old age was poor and miserable.
In 1949, after the liberation, Sheng Aiyi stayed in Shanghai and founded the Shanghai Paramount Ballroom, and the business was booming, becoming a strong woman in Shanghai. But she also did not pursue money too much, practicing brush writing at home in her spare time, sitting with three or two friends and chatting. Until 1983, Sheng Aiyi died at the age of 83, and when she died, she was very decent, and people couldn't help but sigh: worthy of being the seventh miss of the Sheng family, enviable.