Foreword: Chiang Kai-shek has left a strong mark on China's modern history and has had a profound impact on China's modern history. Since the ancient heroes are sentimental, Chiang Kai-shek is naturally so, when he was young, his love history is also colorful, he had a total of 4 wives with names and surnames in his life, namely the first wife Mao Fumei, the side room Yao Yecheng, the second Chen Jieru and the well-known third wife Song Meiling. So, in addition to Soong Mei Ling, what is the fate and outcome of Chiang Kai-shek's second wife and concubine?
Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Mei-ling (from the Internet)
First wife Mao Fumei
Mao Fumei was Chiang Kai-shek's first wife, a native of Xikou, Fenghua County, Zhejiang Province, Chiang Kai-shek's hometown. In 1901, at the age of 14, Chiang Kai-shek was ordered by his mother to marry Mao Fumei, who was 19 years old at the time, five years older than Chiang. Although there is some difference in age between the two, the two still had a harmonious and happy time after marriage, and when Chiang Kai-shek went out to study in 1903, Mao Fumei also followed him for a long time. In 1910, Mao Fumei gave birth to Chiang Ching-kuo, the only child of Chiang Kai-shek's life, and Mao Fumei made great contributions to the Chiang family.
Family. Left is Mao Fumei (from the network)
Only later, Chiang Kai-shek was away for many years and also traveled east to Japan to study, and with the great increase in experience and insight, the gap between him and Mao Fumei became wider and wider, and Mao Fumei was gradually left out in the cold.
In 1927, in order to marry Soong Mei-ling, Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Fumei officially divorced. But during the 26-year marriage, Mao Fumei had been taking care of Chiang Kai-shek's family in Chiang's hometown, and the Chiang clan recognized the daughter-in-law so much that she had been living in the Chiang family's ancestral house.
Although Chiang Kai-shek empathized with other people, he was not a weak and widowed person, and he still had a lot of gratitude for this wife in his heart, so he had no objection to Mao Fumei's ancestral residence, so the fact that they divorced and did not leave home was formed between the two.
On December 12, 1939, the Japanese army bombed Xikou, Zhejiang, and Mao Fumei was unfortunately killed at the age of 57! Mao Fumei's unfortunate death caused Chiang Ching-kuo, who was filial to his mother, to be grief-stricken, and rushed back to Xikou to take care of his mother's affairs and erected a monument to avenge his mother.
Mao Fumei and his son's family (from the Internet)
Concubine Yao Yecheng
In 1911, Chiang Kai-shek met a married woman named Yao Aqiao in Shanghai, and the two gradually fell in love, and soon they began to live together. Yao Aqiao was gentle and considerate to Chiang Kai-shek, and Chiang Kai-shek also liked her, and also changed her name to "Ye Cheng" in the hope that the two would treat each other sincerely. But Chiang Kai-shek never officially married Yao Yecheng, she has always been only Chiang's side room.
Chiang Kai-shek and Yao Yecheng had been childless, and later adopted a baby boy, and this child was Jiang Weiguo. Later, because Chiang Kai-shek had been running around for many years, and because of some of Yao Yecheng's own reasons, the relationship between Yao Yecheng and Chiang Kai-shek also became much worse than before. Especially when Chiang Kai-shek met Chen Jieru, he completely abandoned Yao Yecheng.
After Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Mei-ling got married, Yao Yecheng, who was sad and hopeless, moved to Suzhou to live. But Chiang Kai-shek still remembered her old feelings and had been responsible for her living expenses, and the two exchanged letters occasionally.
Fortunately, because Yao Yecheng loved Jiang Weiguo as a child, Jiang Weiguo was very filial to her adoptive mother when she grew up. On the eve of the liberation of the mainland, Jiang Weiguo brought his adoptive mother Yao Yecheng to Taiwan and took good care of her all the time. In 1966, Yao Yecheng died of illness in Taiwan.
Chiang Kai-shek in his youth (from the Internet)
Chiang Kai-shek's second wife, Chen Jieru
In 1919, Chiang Kai-shek, who followed Dr. Sun Yat-sen, met Chen Jieru, who was only 14 years old, and he was completely overwhelmed by Chen Jieru's beauty, so he embarked on a crazy pursuit. In December 1921, Chiang Kai-shek finally embraced the beauty, the two officially married in Shanghai, and Chen Jieru became Chiang Kai-shek's second famous wife.
Chiang Kai-shek and Chen Jieru (from the internet)
Chiang Kai-shek and Chen Jieru had a very good life after marriage, but neither of them gave birth to a child, and later adopted a daughter, that is, Chiang Kai-shek's only daughter, Jiang Yaoguang.
Later, in order to marry Soong Mei-ling and for his own political needs, Chiang Kai-shek designed Chen Jieru to travel far across the ocean to study in the United States, and went there for five years. After the two divorced, there were still letters exchanged from time to time, and even the old love was rekindled, but it can be seen that Jiang Jieru's heart has always been obsessed with Chen Jieru, and perhaps she is the love of Jiang's life.
Chiang Kai-shek's daughter Jiang Yaoguang (from the Internet)
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the government paid great attention to Chen Jieru, who served in Shanghai. In 1961, when Chen Jieru wanted to move to Hong Kong, Premier Chow personally approved her relocation procedures. Ten years later, in 1971, Chen Jieru died in Hong Kong. In 2002, Chen Jieru's daughter Chen Yaoguang returned her mother's lentile to her hometown and buried her in Shanghai's Fushou Garden.
Conclusion
Mao Fumei, Yao Yecheng, and Chen Jieru, three women with very different fates, all left deep traces in Chiang Kai-shek's life, and they are also tragic figures under special historical conditions. Do you have any comment on that?