To say that the country in this world with the greatest hatred with our country is naturally Japan. In the past hundred years of modern times, Japan has successively launched the Sino-Japanese War and the War of Aggression against China. As a result, tens of millions of compatriots in modern China have been killed, the people have been displaced, and the land of China has also been reduced to scorched earth. This enmity, even after a hundred years and a thousand years have passed, will be difficult to eliminate in the hearts of our people.
It is also because of the war that the seeds of hatred have since been planted in the hearts of the two peoples. In those days, Chinese marrying a Japanese daughter-in-law would not only be spurned by their compatriots, but Japanese women would also be even less likely to marry Chinese men. However, for Jiang Baili and Sato Yaden, everything seems quite different.
Needless to say, Jiang Baili's name is the father-in-law of Qian Xuesen, the "father of aerospace" in China, and also a famous military theorist of the Republic of China. And his wife, Sato Yadō, is also a full-fledged Japanese. So the question is, why did Jiang Baili, who was a prominent member of the Nationalist government, marry a Japanese woman?
The time came to 1890, and the Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese War had not yet begun. Born in japan to a wealthy family, Sato Yaden became a nurse at the Japanese legation in China after graduating from school.
At that meeting in 1913, Jiang Baili, who was then the principal of the Baoding Military Academy, unsuccessfully demanded military funds from the Beiyang government, and because he felt sorry for his students, Jiang Baili raised a gun and committed suicide in anger. However, because he did not hurt the key point, Jiang Baili was eventually rescued by his subordinates, and was sent to a Sino-Japanese joint hospital for treatment.
It was also at this hospital that Jiang Baili became acquainted with Sato Yaden. Because of Sato Yadori's meticulous care for Jiang Baili every day, coupled with the enlightenment of his suicidal tendencies, Jiang Baili actually developed love for her. But at that time, Jiang Baili had a wife, or the doll kiss that his mother had booked for him when he was 6 years old, and his original name was Cha Pinzhen, who was also Jin Yong's aunt of the same ethnic group.
In order to avoid feelings for Sato Yaden, Jiang Baili hurried out of the hospital and finally got up and went to Beijing. I thought I would never meet Sato Yaden again in my life, but I didn't think that the fate was wonderful. In 1913, Jiang Baili, who was recuperating in a Japanese hospital in Beijing, actually met Sato Yadori again. Jiang Baili felt that this was a matter of providence, so he proposed to Sato Yadō.
Sato Yaden also likes Jiang Baili, but the identities of the two are too different, and they are still Japanese. She did not respond to Jiang Baili's request, but did not quit and returned to her hometown in Japan. After she left, Jiang Baili began to lose his soul, and he wanted to marry Sato Yadori more and more, and even ran to Japan alone to find her.
In the end, Sato Yadori was touched by Jiang Baili's heart, and despite his father's opposition, he resolutely followed Jiang Baili to marry into China. In 1914, the two held a grand wedding in Beijing. In order to avoid gossip from outsiders, Jiang Baili gave Sato Yaden a Chinese name, called Jiang Zuomei.
Despite the name change, the fact that Jiang Zuomei was Japanese was still passed out, and Jiang Baili naturally received a lot of criticism. But he didn't care, but instead took good care of Jiang Zuomei, and the two were more affectionate. Jiang Zuomei was also very moved, and gave birth to 5 daughters to Jiang Baili successively.
In order to repay Jiang Baili's love for her, she insisted on teaching her daughters only traditional Chinese culture and never letting them touch Japanese. He even taught his daughter that when she grows up, she must serve China, and Jiang Zuomei's thoughts and behaviors are no different from those of Chinese compatriots.
Among these 5 daughters, the most famous is undoubtedly Jiang Ying, who studied in Germany and Switzerland in her early years, specializing in classical vocal music. After completing his studies, he resolutely returned to serve the motherland and became one of the earliest vocal educators and soprano singers in China. Of course, he is also the wife of Qian Xuesen, the founder of the "two bombs and one star".
This is the story of Jiang Baili and Sato Yaden, in that hasty era, two people of hostile nationalities actually fell in love, which is really legendary. It also tells future generations a truth, love has nothing to do with politics, it didn't do then, and it won't do it now.