In the Republic of China period, due to the Republic of China government's emphasis on education, because in the education circle at that time, there were also many strange things, the atmosphere was different, as some of the names of the education circles at that time, there were many people in life, it was really unbelievable, today, we will talk about the love story of Jiang Menglin, the longest-serving president in the history of Peking University.
Jiang Menglin's wife is called Sun Yushu, is a typical feudal woman, the marriage between the two is also a feudal marriage, although Sun Yushu can not read a few characters, but she is busy at home, is a very virtuous wife, later, the two also gave birth to several children.
Jiang Menglin has been studying very well, he also went to the United States to study, obtained a higher diploma, at the same time, he also increased his insight, back to China, he was reused, once served as the acting president of Peking University, the Minister of Education of the National Government and other positions.
Gao Renshan was a professor at Peking University, and between him and Jiang Menglin, they formed a deep friendship, during the school, the two often talked, in 1927, the party organization established the Northern Kuomintang Left Grand Alliance in the north, as an advanced revolutionary, Gao Renshan served as the chairman.
Gao Renshan's progressive activities in Beijing aroused the hatred of the Fengzhi warlord Zhang Zuolin, and in September 1927, he was arrested by Zhang Zuolin and later killed, and Jiang Menglin was very sad to learn the news of his friend's murder.
At Gao Renshan's funeral, Jiang Menglin comforted his widow Tao Zenggu, who had a certain status in the Kuomintang at that time, and in order to take good care of Tao Zenggu, he specially invited her to be his secretary.
With the passage of time, Jiang Menglin gradually fell in love with Tao Zenggu, and he wanted to marry Tao Zenggu.
At that time, Jiang Menglin had a wife, that is, Sun Yushu, love often made people dizzy, Jiang Menglin in order to be able to combine with Tao Zenggu, so decided to divorce his wife, Sun Yushu was very angry about this, but there was nothing he could do.
Jiang Menglin as a reader, he knows that he is also a loss, relatives and friends will inevitably meet to discuss him, in order to dispel other people's discussion of himself, he decided to invite a well-known literati, is also his good friend Hu Shi, to become his own witness.
Hu Shi gladly accepted this, but his wife Jiang Dongxiu was deeply ashamed, she thought that Jiang Menglin's behavior of abandoning his wife and marrying the widow of his friend was really detrimental to morality, so on the day of Jiang Menglin's marriage, she locked all the doors of her home and did not allow Hu Shi to participate in Jiang Menglin's marriage.
Hu Shi had no choice but to jump out of the window and leave the house, came to Jiang Menglin's wedding scene, and acted as their witness, at the wedding, Jiang Menglin said a word, he said: "Gao Renshan is my good friend, because I love him, so I love the people he loves more, I love his wife more, and I love her doubly, so that I can be worthy of my good friend who died." ”
Hearing Jiang Menglin say this sentence, the relatives and friends present laughed incessantly, of course, for Jiang Menglin's move, there was also a very disapproving, Hu Shi's wife Jiang Dongxiu is just like this, she has always been very unwelcome to Jiang Menglin.
The wind of marriage freedom in the Republic of China period may be more acceptable today, but as a famous figure in the educational circles at that time, Jiang Menglin's approach was also extremely surprising.