Chiang Kai-shek, as a tyrant of the Republic of China, can be said to be a legendary figure in China's modern history.
Politically, Chiang Kai-shek has always been widely known, but what many people don't know is that in the love field, Chiang Kai-shek also had unlimited scenery and had several marriages and love relationships
。 In addition to the last well-known Song Meiling, he also had three wives before.
During this time, he even cultivated for one of the wives
Tea wine does not stick, only drink boiled water
habits. So why did Chiang Kai-shek later separate from this wife? Why did he never drink wine and drink tea, but only white water?
Four women in two loves
Chiang Kai-shek was born on October 31, 1887 in Xikou Town, Fenghua County, Zhejiang Province, due to the well-off family, Chiang Kai-shek began at the age of 6.
He was educated in the Four Books and Five Classics in a private school, and once took the name of "Zhiqing"
。 But when he was 14 years old, Chiang Kai-shek was arranged by his family to marry his first wife, named Mao Fumei.
The two belonged to a feudal arranged marriage, Mao Fumei was 5 years older than Chiang Kai-shek, and when the two were married, Chiang Kai-shek was only 14 years old
。 Because Mao Fumei is a very traditional rural housewife, has not gone to school, began to wrap her feet since she was a child, and her appearance is not very good-looking, plus they have never met before marriage, so the relationship between husband and wife after marriage is very general.
Chiang Kai-shek was a cultural person who had received intellectual education, while Mao Fumei was a girl born and raised in the countryside and had not read many books. In feudal society, a woman's talentlessness is morality, so Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Fumei have no common language, and they have always been very cold to her after marriage.
But Mao Fumei has always taken good care of Chiang Kai-shek and will always do a good job of going up and down the house.
She was dignified and virtuous, gentle and filial, and scrupulously adhered to the way of women, which was very popular with Chiang Kai-shek's mother. In 1905, Chiang Kai-shek left Fenghua to study in Ningbo, and Mao Fumei also went to accompany him at the behest of Jiang's mother. During this period, her relationship with Chiang Kai-shek was quite harmonious. After half a year, Chiang Kai-shek was admitted to the Zhejiang Wubei Academy, and Mao Fumei left Chiang Kai-shek and returned to his hometown.
Chiang Kai-shek later entered the Baoding Military Academy and then went to Japan to study. Since then, the husband and wife have begun to live separately in two places, and Chiang Kai-shek rarely returns from the holidays.
Since her husband left home, Mao Fumei has been at home with her mother-in-law, Mrs. Wang, chanting sutras and chanting Buddha, getting along day and night, and relying on each other for her life.
In the summer of 1909, when Chiang Kai-shek returned to China to spend the summer vacation in Shanghai, His mother sent Mao Fumei to Shanghai and the two lived together for a summer. In April 1910, Mao Fumei gave birth to a son, Chiang Ching-kuo, who was also Chiang Kai-shek's eldest son.
But not long after, in November 1911, when Chiang Kai-shek followed Chen Qimei to a banquet, he and Yao Yecheng met at the banquet, and the two sides fell in love at first sight, and soon they rented a house and lived together. At that time, Yao Yecheng was already married, but because his original husband smoked opium, his life has been very painful. In order to allow Yao Yecheng to formally break off relations with his former husband, Chiang Kai-shek gave him a large amount of money.
The following year, Yao Yecheng personally wrote a marriage letter to serve Chiang Kai-shek for life, and in this way, Chiang Kai-shek took her into the side room
。 Soon after, the two returned to Xikou together, and Yao Yecheng also began to live in Shanghai and Fenghua from time to time. But her arrival did not affect Mao Fumei's position in the Chiang family, and she was still Chiang Kai-shek's original wife.
However, the relationship between Chiang Kai-shek and Yao Yecheng did not last long, and it deteriorated in 1919, and the feelings between the two became weaker and weaker. In 1921, mrs. Wang, who had been with Mao Fumei for 19 years, died tragically.
Losing his dearest relatives, and also losing his love, protection and dependence, Mao Fumei also began a long career of loneliness, loneliness and sadness
。
In 1927, both Mao Fumei and Yao Yecheng faced serious challenges in the Chiang family, and their fates underwent fundamental twists and changes. Because in January of that year, Chiang Kai-shek, who was then the president of the Whampoa Military Academy and the commander-in-chief of the Northern Expeditionary Army, met Soong Mei-ling at Sun Yat-sen's house in Guangzhou, and after several months of getting along, the two decided to be officially engaged.
Chiang Kai-shek needed the support of the Soong consortium at that time, and the Soong family also relied on Chiang Kai-shek to protect their interests
So in order to let Song Meiling sit on the first lady's golden chair, Chiang Kai-shek specially returned to Xikou and forced Mao to divorce him. Mao Fumei was helpless, and finally tearfully agreed. At the same time, Chiang Kai-shek also broke off relations with Yao Yecheng.
Perhaps it was Chiang Kai-shek's conscience that he found out, or perhaps he felt ashamed in his heart and wanted to make amends for her, so Chiang Kai-shek did not drive Mao Fumei out of his home, and also made a proper arrangement for her future life.
Chiang Kai-shek asked Mao Fumei to continue to live in the old mansion and give her living expenses on time, still acknowledging that she was a member of the Chiang family.
Although Mao Fumei divorced Chiang Kai-shek, the relationship between the two people was not interrupted, she was still courteous and courteous to Chiang Kai-shek, never quarreled with him because he had another new love, and did not remarry because he abandoned him.
Although Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Fumei went through divorce procedures, they still maintained a certain affection with her in front of the villagers. Even if Song Meiling accompanied Chiang Kai-shek back to Xikou, Mao Fumei would also treat him warmly. Song Meiling is also very generous, and will send gifts to Mao Fumei every time she comes.
Losing her husband's love, Mao Fumei could only pour all her feelings and all her hopes into her only son, Chiang Ching-kuo. In 1910, after Chiang Ching-kuo was born in Xikou, he spent his childhood and youth here. When he was not yet born, Chiang Kai-shek went out and wandered around, rarely returning home, so to speak
Mao Fumei raised Chiang Ching-kuo in loneliness.
Later, Chiang Kai-shek took Chiang Ching-kuo to Shanghai to study and sent him to study in the Soviet Union, and the mother and son lost contact.
Even if his son was dead or alive, Mao Fumei did not know, and could only pray every day in front of the Buddha statue that the bodhisattva would bless his son with peace and security outside and return as soon as possible.
Finally, in March 1937, his son Chiang Ching-kuo returned with his wife and children. As soon as they set foot on the country, they immediately went to Fenghua to visit their mother, and the mother and son, who had been separated for 13 years, met again. But the weather was unpredictable, in 1938, Xikou was bombed by foreign enemy aircraft, Mao Fumei fled from his residence to the outside, thinking that the door was not locked, turned around and ran back to lock the door.
As a result, when he walked out of the lane again, he encountered a bomb dropped by the enemy plane, which hit the wall of the lane, and the wall collapsed, and Mao Fumei was buried under it in an instant.
When he was discovered the next day, he had died.
When Chiang Ching-kuo, who was at the front at the time, learned of this incident, he rushed to Xikou day and night. After a few days,
A grand funeral was held here, and more than 1,500 people came to deliver the funeral. The funeral was special, with no obituary and no news in the newspaper.
11 years after Mao Fumei's death, she was treated as "
The righteous daughter of Jiang Mu Wang
”、“
Chiang Kai-shek's righteous sister
", loaded into the
Genealogy of the Chiang clan at Xikou
》。
Seven years as Mrs. Chiang Kai-shek
After Yao Yecheng, Chiang Kai-shek also had a third wife, Chen Jieru. Chen Jieru, whose original name was Chen Feng, was born in Ningbo in 1906 and followed her father to Shanghai since childhood. In 1918, when Chen Jieru was 12 years old, she was sent by her mother to study at the patriotic girls' school founded by Cai Yuanpei. During this period, Chen Jieru and Zhu Yimin, who later became the wife of Zhang Jingjiang, a chaebol in Shanghai Beach, became close friends.
Here Chen Jieru studied diligently, although she was only nearly thirteen years old at the time, but because
Slender figure, beautiful face
, so looks like an eighteen-year-old girl.
Zhu Yimin lived next door to Chen Jieru from the beginning, and the two were often together. But not long after Zhu Yimin married Zhang Jingjiang, the two sisters gathered less. Fortunately, Zhang Jingjiang is an extremely kind person, so Chen Jieru will still visit their homes from time to time.
One day in the summer of 1919, Chen Jieru was in the Zhang family and Zhu Yimin and other classmates to warm up the book together, but unexpectedly, Dr. Sun Yat-sen came to visit with two men. One of the two men is Dai Jitao, and the other is Chiang Kai-shek.
After the first meeting, Chiang Kai-shek fell in love with Chen Jieru at first sight, and since then he has been chasing after chen, almost crazy, but has been rejected. Chen Jieru's parents also made it clear to him at that time:
Ah Feng was still young, and while he was studying, plus Chiang Kai-shek already had a wife and concubine, it was not enough to entrust him for life.
But what no one expected was that in the autumn of 1921, Chen Jieru's father died of a heart attack and could not be rescued, at this time the family suddenly lost the support of life and fell into difficulties.
After Chiang Kai-shek learned of this, he wasted no time in entrusting Zhang Jingjiang and his wife to personally come forward to be the elder of the moon, hoping to recover Chen Jieru.
After repeated persuasion, Chen Jieru's mother finally agreed to Chiang Kai-shek's marriage proposal.
At the time of the engagement, Chiang Kai-shek changed chen feng's name to Chen Jieru, when Chiang Kai-shek was 34 years old and Chen Jieru was 15 years old. Shortly after the new marriage, at the telecourse of Sun Yat-sen, Chiang Kai-shek took Chen Jieru and went south to Guangzhou.
In the future, Chiang Kai-shek led the Eastern Expedition, the Western Expedition, and led the Northern Expedition, and Chen Jieru also followed the past and remained inseparable. Chen Jieru's name was not known to everyone for a while, and she also got to know a group of Kuomintang military and political leaders and their wives, such as Liao Zhongkai, He Xiangning and his wife.
Until the eve of the victory of the Northern Expedition in 1927, Chen Jieru had been with Chiang Kai-shek. whereas
Because Chen Jieru received a secondary education, both Chinese and English were excellent, so she could cope with various social occasions freely, which made Chiang Kai-shek also deeply proud.
The feelings of the husband and wife were relatively deep during that period, so no matter what kind of hardships and difficulties Chiang Kai-shek experienced at that time,
Chen Jieru has always walked hand in hand with him, living and dying together
。 As for Chiang Kai-shek's original wife, Mao Fumei, she also expressed deep sympathy and helped in many ways. When in Shanghai, Guangzhou or Nanchang, Chen Jieru always saved as much money as possible and received Mao Fumei who was far away in the countryside.
Because Chen Jieru had never had children after marrying Chiang Kai-shek, during his time in Guangzhou, after He Xiangning's introduction, the two adopted a baby girl together, and Chiang Kai-shek named her Yao Guang.
The year 1927 was an important year in which Chiang Kai-shek's political life took a historic turn, and after several ups and downs, he finally came to the center of the Chinese political stage
。 After that, in order to achieve his own goals, Chiang Kai-shek began to gather various forces, including other forces such as jiangsu and Zhejiang chaebols, and married Soong Meiling.
In April, the Nationalist government in Nanjing was formed, but was forced to be dismissed in August due to the failure of the subsequent Northern Expedition. So Chiang Kai-shek used these months to do a big thing:
Forced Chen Jieru to run away and marry Song Meiling
In the summer of 1927, Chen Jieru was accompanied by Zhang Jingjiang's two daughters to study in the United States. When Chen Jieru and others arrived in Honolulu in September, more than 80 members of the local Kuomintang also held a welcome meeting with the banner reading:
Loyal comrades of the Chinese Kuomintang in Honolulu welcomed Madame Chiang Kai-shek.com
”。
But on the 27th, Chiang Kai-shek was in the "
declare
" issued a statement: "
In the ten years of the Republic of China, the original Mao clan and Zhongzheng formally divorced, and the other two clans (Yao Yecheng and Chen Jieru) had no marriage contract and have now disassociated from Zhongzheng
Chiang Kai-shek's statement caused instant confusion among the American Nationalists.
And Chen Jieru was also like a thunderbolt on a sunny day after listening, and he was in pain, and he wanted to jump into the sea several times, but he was dissuaded by the escort.
In this way, Chiang Kai-shek and Chen Jieru's seven-year life ended. Since then, Chen Jieru has not remarried in her life, and has devoted all her energy to further studying abroad, she has studied English, beekeeping and gardening, and obtained a master's degree from Columbia University's School of Education.
In 1933, Chen Jieru returned to Shanghai, but she never saw outsiders. After the liberation of Shanghai, Chen Jieru was invited to be a member of the CPPCC Committee of Shanghai Luwan District. In her later years, Chen Jieru went to Hong Kong to settle down, and changed her name to "Chen Lu". On 21 February 1971, Chen Jieru died of a stroke in her Hong Kong apartment at the age of 65.
Do not dip in tea wine
Chiang Kai-shek's strict and simple style of life of not smoking, drinking alcohol, and not drinking tea has always been widely known, and he almost only drinks boiled water in his daily life
。 Why, as a famous politician, he does not like to drink or drink tea, but only loves to drink white water?
In Chen Jieru's later memoirs, one thing was mentioned. Once when Chiang Kai-shek and Chen Jieru were playing in Suzhou, Chen Jieru's body suddenly felt uncomfortable, and a lot of small rashes grew on his body, and he couldn't get rid of a lot of ointment, and he didn't get better for a long time. So Chiang Kai-shek found a famous doctor in Shanghai for diagnosis and treatment, and after taking a blood test on both of them, he found that they both suffered from flower willow disease.
“
As soon as I heard the bad news, I went crazy and immediately jumped out of my seat, rushed out of the clinic, and got into a taxi to my mother's house
。 Chen Jieru wrote. At that time, in order to show repentance and reform, Chiang Kai-shek swore to Chen Jieru:
As long as Chen Jieru promised not to leave him, he would no longer drink all strong liquor, ordinary liquor and even tea and coffee in the future.
I would like to drink only boiled water for the rest of my life. It's a form of self-punishment, can you trust me now?
？ His sincerity touched Chen Jieru, and the two of them also cured the disease after returning. Later, Chiang Kai-shek also kept the oath he made.
In drinking white water, Chiang Kai-shek has always been very particular,
He does not drink much of the general tap water, but drinks more mineral water and distilled water
。 And every day, half an hour before Chiang Kai-shek got up, the adjutants and service personnel had to do an intense job for him first, that is, boiling boiling water.
After the water boils, the boiling water is naturally cooled to about 60 degrees, so that when Chiang Kai-shek gets up to drink,
The temperature will remain between 30 degrees and 40 degrees, close to the natural temperature of the human body. At the same time, prepare a cup of warm boiled water for him
After Chiang Kai-shek got up, he would first drink warm boiled water, and then drink slightly higher temperature insulation boiled water. Even when he is out, the people around him will definitely bring two thermos cups with him every time, one cup is warm water and the other is boiled water.
Chiang Kai-shek's habit of drinking water was never to drink when he was thirsty.
Instead, every 20 minutes or so, he would drink it
The guards around him also know his exquisiteness, so every 20 minutes, they will help Chiang Kai-shek change a glass of water.
The cultivation of this habit was actually influenced by Chiang Kai-shek very early. Zhang Jingjiang was Chiang Kai-shek's benefactor, a legendary life, a master of business, once founded the West Lake Exposition, and was once praised by Sun Yat-sen as a "revolutionary saint".
Once Zhang Jingjiang fell ill, Chiang Kai-shek went to visit the hospital, during which Zhang Jingjiang pointed to the boiled water on the table and said:
Instead of taking bitter medicine, it is better to drink more boiled water, three times a day
。 Later, Zhang Jingjiang said to him:
After a stage of hydrotherapy, the disease has greatly improved for many years, and the toxins in the body can be discharged by drinking boiled water
。 ”
Chiang Kai-shek's last wife, Soong Mei Ling, was deeply influenced by Western medicine when she was studying in the United States, and later said to Chiang Kai-shek:
Boiled water is pure, there is no impurity harmful to the human body, there is no impurity, it is beneficial to the human body
。 Therefore, Chiang Kai-shek gradually maintained such a habit.
Song Meiling in the diary
Chiang Kai-shek had a habit of keeping a diary, remembering every day from 1917 to his death in 1975. His diaries are rich in content, both personal and political and diplomatic. After December 1927, a large number of his diaries were about Song Meiling, which also made people understand the different aspects of their married life.
After years of pursuit by Chiang Kai-shek, he finally married Miss Song Jiasan on December 1, 1927. At the request of the Soong family, Chiang Kai-shek held two weddings, one at the church wedding of the Soong family and the other at a luxurious and stylish wedding in a hotel.
Subsequently, Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Meiling, who had been immersed in the sweetness of their newlywed marriage, often went out to play, and during this period, Chiang Kai-shek's diary was a record of joy.
Soong Mei-ling often advised her husband to have confidence and ambition in the future, which was in line with Chiang Kai-shek's heart, and his feelings for Soong Mei-ling also sublimated from "love" to "respect".
Later, when the war became more and more tense, Chiang Kai-shek had no time to accompany his wife, and his heart became very contradictory, and he could only express the guilt in his heart through his diary.
In addition to her beauty and talent, Soong Mei-ling was also full of love for her children, which also surprised Chiang Kai-shek unexpectedly. When Chiang Ching-kuo was studying in the Soviet Union, Soong Mei-ling once talked to Chiang Kai-shek about rescuing Chiang Ching-kuo and returning to China, which made Chiang Kai-shek very moved.
The two people are often accompanied by some contradictions in marriage, because they have different cultural backgrounds, and quarrels are inevitable. After the quarrel, Soong Mei-ling would not quit, and Chiang Kai-shek was both annoyed and helpless, but in the end it usually ended with his active apology.
When Chiang Kai-shek was ill, Soong Mei-ling also gave him thoughtful care, which also greatly exceeded Chiang Kai-shek's expectations.
The wife completely let go of the arrogance and weakness of the eldest lady, took good care of him, and her kindness and love touched Chiang Kai-shek again
。 On February 23, 1934, he recorded in his diary:
Wife cares for the sick and protects herself, every moment is in the heart, meticulous, sincere and virtuous.
”
Because of overwork, Soong Mei-ling herself fell ill, and on August 1, 1934, Chiang Kai-shek expressed his guilt for her in his diary:
My wife can feel sick for me
。 "Chiang Kai-shek's illness is quite dangerous, and he has not fully recovered for a long time.
Whenever Chiang Kai-shek arrived at Soong Mei-ling's birthday, he would mention it in his diary and wish him well. For example, on March 28, 1934, and March 5, 1936, he mentioned in his diary that it was his wife's birthday. On March 24, 1937, Chiang Kai-shek wrote:
This day is the twelfth day of the second month of the old calendar, and my wife is thirty-eight years old, and I have revised the Xi'an review for my wife
。 And every wedding anniversary, Chiang Kai-shek will also mention it in his diary as a memorial.
In May 1936, Soong Mei Ling was a soldier who was operated in Shanghai for treatment, when the situation was very dangerous, and chiang kai-shek was in Nanjing at the time of the operation. On the 6th, Chiang Kai-shek hurried to Shanghai, saw Song Meiling, who was recovering well after the operation, and wrote in his diary with a sigh:
Fortunately, God blessed the husband and wife to meet each other, and I am very grateful
It can be seen that he was once very concerned about his wife's illness and safety, and after learning that his wife was safe and safe, his heart was also very cheerful and down-to-earth.
When Soong Mei-ling talked about dreams at night, Chiang Kai-shek would also feel greatly uneasy. Because of the fatigue of the day, Song Meiling"
Late at night whispering unconsciousness for about an hour
。 Chiang Kai-shek wrote in his diary:
I'm overwhelmed with trepidation
”。 On September 29, he gladly recorded, "
Since his wife's death, her spirit has gradually recovered, and rubella has healed several times
There has always been much speculation about the marriage between Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Mei-ling, among which Soong Ching-ling's view is very intuitive:
Their marriage was not a union of love in the beginning,...... But, now I think so. Mei Ling truly loved Chiang Kai-shek, and Chiang Kai-shek loved her equally
From Chiang Kai-shek's diary, it can be seen that he and Soong Meiling have feelings, and the mutual love between them is also the main theme of their family life in the first ten years after their marriage.
Later, after the husband and wife settled in Taiwan, whenever there was an important event, Soong Ching Ling would often follow Chiang Kai-shek to attend, and the feelings of the Chiang couple belonged to the old and strong type. After arriving in Taiwan, they seem to have truly begun a life of loving love that accompanies them. The two often make flowers and grass in their official residences, which is also a rare agreement between the two people, except for the problem of not being able to synchronize their diet and nightlife
In the early morning of April 5, 1975, Chiang Kai-shek died of a heart attack. Subsequently, Song Meiling lived abroad for a long time. In October 2003, Song Meiling died peacefully in her sleep in an apartment building in New York, peacefully bidding farewell to the stage of history at the age of 106.