Lucky childhood can heal a lifetime,
And the unfortunate childhood must be cured with a lifetime,
This phrase is used in chinese painting masters
Zhang Daqian and his son' body,
Couldn't be more appropriate.
Zhang Daqian's childhood is happy,
Therefore, his life was also smooth;
And his son had an unhappy childhood,
So a life of ups and downs.
Zhang Daqian is a 20th-century Chinese painter
The most legendary master of Chinese painting,
He has been praised by the Western art world as the "Pen of the East".
Zhang Daqian Landscape four screens
Although his artistic achievements are remarkable,
But the most talked about is:
At the age of 48,
He even married his daughter's 18-year-old classmate back home,
Unexpectedly, the son of the two,
But it has become a human tragedy.
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Zhang Daqian turned his daughter's classmate into a wife
Zhang Daqian, born in 1899 in a scholarly family in Sichuan, has been well-fed since childhood, and is loved by his family, and his childhood life is very happy.
At the age of 5, his sister taught him to read; at the age of 6, his brother taught him to write; at the age of 8, his mother taught him to draw, and the family danced and inked and enjoyed it.
Zhang Daqian family photo
Growing up in such an artistic family had a great influence on his future artistic achievements.
Zhang Daqian,"Li Jian Statutory Lin Xiao Scattered Map"
With the improvement of fame, Zhang Daqian married more and more wives, and he married a total of 4 wives in his lifetime. The fourth wife, Xu Wenbo, is his daughter's classmate.
In 1947, 48-year-old Zhang Daqian and 18-year-old Xu Wenbo entered the palace of marriage as they wished and married. Why can two people, who are 30 years apart, get married?
Because Xu Wenbo also learned to paint, she admired Zhang Daqian very much, and Zhang Daqian fell in love with Xu Wenbo's youth and beauty.
Xu Wenbo fan
Zhang Daqian's "Three Beautiful Pictures"
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Zhang Xinjian, who was less than a year old, was abandoned by Zhang Daqian
Soon after the marriage, Xu Wenbo gave birth to a son and a daughter for Zhang Daqian and named his son Zhang Xinjian.
But Zhang Xinjian was less than a year old and was abandoned by his own parents. why?
It was at the beginning of the founding of New China, forced by the pressure of the situation, Zhang Daqian decided to continue his artistic creation abroad, but he only got 3 tickets, what to do?
Zhang Daqian's "Autumn River Wild Crane"
To this end, Zhang Daqian took his favorite wife Xu Wenbo and his favorite daughter Zhang Xinpei to go abroad, and gave his son Zhang Xinjian, who was less than 1 year old, to a friend to raise.
Zhang Daqian and Xu Wenbo
Later, due to the bankruptcy of the business, his friend was unable to raise Zhang Xinjian, so he sent him back to the Zhang family and handed him over to Zhang Daqian's original partner, Zeng Zhengrong, to raise.
In that turbulent era, Zeng Zhengrong's life was not good, especially after Zhang Daqian went abroad, she was destitute. But she couldn't bear to watch her husband's flesh and bones wandering outside, so she adopted Zhang Xinjian.
Zhang Daqian and Xu Wenbo
Zeng Zhengrong has never remarried, and has raised two children (and zhang Xinqing, one of her and Zhang Daqian's daughter), alone.
Her job was to make clothes for others, and she worked day and night at the sewing machine to make ends meet, but even then she could barely make ends meet as a family.
Her daughter Zhang Xinqing was studying at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, but because she could not afford to pay tuition, she dropped out of school to become a teacher at a school, and the mother-daughter duo raised Zhang Xinjian with food and clothing.
Zhang Daqian and his daughter Zhang Xinqing
Zhang Xinjian gradually grew up and began to perceive the truth of the matter.
He lamented his father's ruthlessness, but he was also more grateful for the care of Zeng Zhengrong and his sister, at that time, he made up his mind that he must repay his adoptive mother and sister with his heart in the future.
Lying on a hospital bed, Zhang Xinjian and his sister Zhang Xinqing
Although the family is surrounded by walls, the three of them love each other and live a hard but peaceful life.
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Implicated by his father, he lost everything and eventually committed suicide
In this way, Zhang Xinjian grew up, he was assigned to work in the railway bureau, and he also had a fiancée.
He saw that the good days were coming, but reality gave him a heavy punch.
At that time, the mainland had been sending people to invite Zhang Daqian back to China, but no matter what he said, he refused to come back.
In 1970, Zhang Daqian met in the United States
As Zhang Daqian's son, Zhang Xinjian was exposed by insiders of the father-son relationship between the two, and in that special era, because of some political factors, there was no longer a work unit that wanted him.
Zhang Xinjian lost his job, his fiancée also chose to leave, and the promise he had made to take care of his adoptive mother and sister was not fulfilled.
He has never been in contact with his father, and he has been abandoned by his parents, but he is still unable to live a normal life because of his father's relationship.
Zhang Daqian was reunited with friends at his American residence
This succession of blows made Zhang Xinjian's already sensitive and fragile heart even more painful, and in this world, he could not see his own value at all.
One day in July 1971, 22-year-old Zhang Xinjian chose to commit suicide by lying on the track.
In the suicide note, Zhang Xinjian wrote this:
"I was an orphan who was abandoned since I was a child, but I was considered to have inextricable relations with overseas, and I couldn't wash it away even by jumping into the Yellow River."
Zhang Daqian's "The Lady of the Bow"
Zhang Xinjian was abandoned by his father when he was less than 1 year old, and he had not seen his father for 22 years, never called "Daddy", but was implicated by his father and eventually lost everything.
Zhang Daqian, "Lake Light and Mountain Color"
Zhang Daqian, as a master of Chinese painting,
His artistic achievements are indeed very high,
But he was not a qualified father.
Ask which father
Bear to abandon children under 1 year old,
What father has when his son is in danger?
Choose to turn a blind eye?
Perhaps for Zhang Daqian,
My son is just a product of passion.
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