The three sisters of the Song clan during the Republic of China period are known throughout the country. Among them, Soong Ching Ling and Soong Mei Ling were married to two important leaders of the Kuomintang, Sun Yat-sen and Chiang Kai-shek. Another married into the powerful Kong family and provided numerous aid funds to the later Kuomintang.
There are many children of the Song family, but the relationship between Song Meiling and Song Qingling is the best, they are similar in age, so they can communicate with each other. At that time, when Soong Ching Ling decided to marry Sun Yat-sen, the whole family did not approve of it, but Song Meiling supported her sister from beginning to end and pursued her own happiness.
The reason why Soong Ching-ling opposed Soong Mei-ling and Chiang Kai-shek being together was also because he was worried about his sister and felt that Chiang Kai-shek was too careful to take good care of his sister. It can be seen that their original relationship is very harmonious.
The political views of Sun Yat-sen and Chiang Kai-shek were obviously different, especially after Chiang Kai-shek came to power, he gave more and more play to the capitalist system, which made the Kuomintang smoke miasma. Chiang Kai-shek was dissatisfied with Soong Ching-ling and even thought of assassinating her, but was stopped by Soong Mei-ling. Although Song Meiling was embarrassed, she still preferred her husband's political philosophy, so she gradually had frequent unpleasant disputes with her sister. The routes that everyone has to take are different, and they are naturally destined to become alienated and unfamiliar.
In 1971, their eldest brother Song Ziwen died in the United States. The three sisters of the Song family all received the news, but Song Qingling could not go to Cheng because he could not charter a plane. Song Meiling did not show up due to her husband's sensitive identity. Song Xialing did not respond to this situation and did not appear at the funeral site, so the three sisters lost an opportunity to reunite.
Within a few years, Song Qiling also passed away. However, the relationship between Song Meiling and Song Qingling is still maintained in a lukewarm state. Immediately after Chiang Kai-shek returned to the west due to illness, Soong Meiling was ostracized by the Kuomintang insiders and could only return to the United States to settle down. The distance between the two sisters grew farther and farther.
When Song Qingling was seriously ill, he always missed his sister, so he wrote a letter to Song Meiling. Who knew that Song Meiling only said 7 words to the messenger, "The letter was received, I know." After such a long time, she neither expressed the intention of missing her sister, nor did she intend to write to her sister for a definite reply. After Song Qingling got the news, he also understood that the gap between Song Meiling and himself could not be solved in her lifetime, which was really chilling. In the end, Song Qingling regretted it.
If these two people had not stepped into the central vortex of the political arena, they might have been able to be good sisters who will never be separated, just like when they were children. Unfortunately, their marriage and political orientation have determined the end of their eventual parting ways.