The three sisters of the Song family are the most high-profile women in China's modern history. Their marriage affected the political situation of the whole of China at that time, and to a certain extent, affected the course of Chinese history. Among the three sisters of the Song clan, the eldest sister, Song Xialing, and the third sister, Song Meiling, had their hearts set on the Kuomintang, while the second sister, Song Qingling, insisted on taking the communist road. Political disagreements have led to a rift in the sisterly relationship that cannot be repaired for a lifetime. The key point is that after sun Yat-sen's death, the eldest sister Soong Misting, in order to preserve the political status and economic interests of the Soong family, tried her best to broker the marriage of the third sister, Soong Mei-ling, and Chiang Kai-shek.
On April 21, 1927, Chiang Kai-shek launched the "April 12 Counter-Revolutionary Coup".
Soong Ching-ling repeatedly published articles in public criticizing and exposing the evil deeds of the Kuomintang, saying that "the Kuomintang is no longer a political force" and criticizing Chiang Kai-shek for distorting and betraying the revolution. Soong Ching Ling was strong in nature and preferred not to bend, which made Chiang Kai-shek very angry, and once wanted to find Du Yuesheng to assassinate her. In the end, because of Song Meiling's obstruction, there was no start.
Soong Ching-ling's younger brother, Soong Tzu-liang, went to persuade her not to publicly criticize Chiang Kai-shek again.
Song Qingling said: "The Song family was born for China, not for the Song family! ”
The green gang hooligans under Chiang Kai-shek smashed the window glass of Soong Ching Ling's residence and intimidated her to silence her, but she still did not change her face. Soong Ching Ling married 49-year-old Sun Yat-sen at the age of 22 in order to "make a revolution." In her later years, she was honest with her friends:
She was married to the revolution. So whoever wants to stop her from making a revolution is her enemy.
However, the eldest sister of the Song family, Xia Ling, instigated the third sister to marry Chiang Kai-shek in order to preserve her family property, which led to the rupture of their three sisters.
1. Marry the revolutionary Song Qingling
Born in 1893, Song Qingling went to study at a Chinese and Western girls' school at the age of 7 and studied in the United States at the age of 14. She is a girl who is quiet and beautiful on the outside, but fanatical and deep in thoughts on the inside. When she was in school in the United States, she paid close attention to the reports of the world revolution in the press, and wrote her own articles and published them in the school magazine. In 1914, Soong Ching Ling returned to China after completing his studies and went into exile in Japan with his family and Sun Yat-sen. Soong Qingling took this opportunity to often talk to Sun Yat-sen about revolutionary ideas. Over time, feelings developed between her and Sun Yat-sen.
Father Song was a devout Christian, and he repeatedly stated to Sun Yat-sen in his letters that he could not accept his daughter as someone else's concubine. If she were to do so, she would rather let her die. But the attitude of parents can not stop this kind of love. In 1915, despite his family's objections, Soong Ching Ling went to Tokyo with Sun Yat-sen overnight, and they married at the home of a Japanese lawyer named Wada Rui.
Later, Song Qingling said to his friend: I originally married him out of romantic thoughts. As for falling in love with Sun Yat-sen, in fact, it was ten years after Soong Ching Ling and Sun Yat-sen lived together.
Unfortunately, their love had just begun, and Sun Yat-sen died in a hurry. His successor, Chiang Kai-shek, staged a coup d'état and betrayed the revolution, which is why Soong Ching Ling could not forgive Chiang Kai-shek all his life.
At the end of 1926, a general strike broke out in Wuhan. Sensing that the property of the Song family and her husband Kong was threatened, Song Wasling was anxious to ally with Chiang Kai-shek, the new head of the Nanjing government.
Song Xialing felt that as soon as Sun Yat-sen died, the second sister Soong Ching Ling would become an empty shelf, so he desperately persuaded the third sister Song Meiling to marry Chiang Kai-shek, who was still a wife at that time.
In this way, Song Xialing had her husband Kong Xiangxi eventually become the first finance minister of the Nationalist government in Nanjing.
In order to achieve this goal, Song Xiaoling plotted to weaken Song Qingling's power and began to find people to constantly spread rumors that Song Qingling had remarried. When Song Qingling learned about it, he was very angry. She was originally a soft and inward personality, preferring to bend. That's why he said, "The Song family is living for China, not China is living for the Song family."
Second, the relationship between Song Qingling and Song Meiling
The relationship between Song Qingling and the third sister Song Meiling was very good at the beginning. Because when she was 14 years old, she took 9-year-old Song Meiling to the United States to study. At that time, Song Meiling, nicknamed "Little Lantern", was a chubby, mischievous little girl who loved to wear men's clothes. The two sisters lived in the home of a Belarusian woman named Clara for six years before Soong Ching Ling returned to China first.
After Song Meiling married Chiang Kai-shek, she was still as enthusiastic about her second sister. According to Wang Zhengyuan of Chiang Kai-shek's attendant room, at that time, Song Meiling specially installed a special line in the attendant room to talk to the second sister. Almost every time, Song Meiling took the initiative to pull over to find Song Qingling, and Song Qingling's female secretary first received the call and then called Song Qingling to listen. Song Meiling likes to talk to her second sister about her family routines, ask her to eat, play mahjong, or party with her children and grandchildren.
When Song Qingling calls others, she usually uses English, and only when she talks to Song Meiling, she will use standard Shanghainese and affectionately call her "Meiling". However, as long as there is a party where Chiang Kai-shek is present, Soong Ching Ling will generally refuse, saying that he has a headache. When Song Meiling found out, she immediately went to see a doctor to see her, but she was still refused.
Because Soong Ching Ling disagreed with Chiang Kai-shek's political views and hated him for betraying Sun Yat-sen, he never gave Chiang a good look. Chiang Kai-shek, on the other hand, believed that Soong Ching Ling was a strange man who was "incomprehensible and incomprehensible." Many times, Du Yuesheng told him to simply get rid of Song Qingling. Song Meiling knew and turned her face to him on the spot. She said: My second sister believes in communism, and you will kill her." If your son also believes, will you kill or not?
Chiang Kai-shek, taking into account his wife's temper and his inability to face the pressure of public opinion, did not dare to act, so he sent Dai Kasa to monitor Soong Ching-ling. Song Meiling found Dai Kasa and made a big fuss, she said, "Don't come to Sister Ah's place, otherwise you won't be spared." "It was very difficult for Dai Kasa. In April 1971, Song Ziwen died of illness in the United States, and Nixon, who was the president of the United States at the time, informed the Song sisters to go to the funeral.
Soong Mei-ling in Taiwan flew to Hawaii, but Chiang Kai-shek called her not to go to the funeral. When she got off the plane, the New York Times published a message: Soong Ching Ling, not to visit the United States every day. Chiang Kai-shek was afraid, so he asked Soong Mei-ling to hurry back to Taiwan. In order to take care of Chiang Kai-shek's feelings, Soong Mei-ling turned around and returned to Taiwan. As a result, Song Qingling did not go to the United States for some reason, leaving a century of great regrets!
epilogue
The eldest sister of the Song family, Song Xialing, married Kong Xiangxi and helped him become the finance minister of the Kuomintang, with wealth that rivals the country; the second sister married the father of the country, Mr. Sun Yat-sen, and became the mother of the country, who was admired by all people; the third sister, Song Meiling, married Chiang Kai-shek, and her power was extremely prominent!
Some people believe that the breakup of the three Sisters of the Song Family, in addition to the discord in political opinions, is likely to be related to the attitude of the eldest sister, Song Yiling. Soong was Sun Yat-sen's English secretary in the past, and when she was in the United States, she was always trained as the "leader's wife". Even the American press knew this, but later Sun Yat-sen fell in love with Soong Ching-ling. However, these are some unsubstantiated gossip. Regardless of whether there is such a relationship or not, according to Soong Ching-ling's soft and inward personality, unless Soong Mei-ling does not marry Chiang Kai-shek, their sisters will sooner or later break up.