On May 20, 1981, Ms. Soong Ching Ling fell into a coma at her residence in Beijing and died nine days later. Because of the special status of Ms. Song Qingling's will, it has also attracted much attention. Ms. Song Qingling left a total of five wills, one of which was written early but revised many times. It turned out that this will involved some gold jewelry, which was of great significance to Song Qingling.
1. Celebrities on the beach
The word celebrity is now ironic, but in the Republic of China period, the famous woman represented an identity, but also represented her own family lineage. At that time, those who could be called famous women in Shanghai Beach were born in the Zhong Ming Ding Food Family and lived a life of fine clothes and jade food from an early age. Their own conditions must be quite outstanding, they must have a unique personality, and their talents are perfect.
Song Qingling's mother, Ni Guizhen, is a famous lady on the beach. Ni Guizhen's mother was a descendant of Xu Guangqi. Xu Guangqi was not only a scientist, but also served as a Rebbe Shangshu during the Chongzhen period, and at the same time was also a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, and was an extremely popular subject.
The Xu family was also a big family, and the Xu family in Shanghai, now known as Shanghai, was where the Xu family lived at that time. Born prominent, Ni Guizhen received a good education, graduated from a very well-known girls' school in Shanghai, excelled in mathematics, and liked to play the piano. Ni Guizhen has a wide range of interests and hobbies, and is also a well-known talented woman.
When she was a teenager, Ni Guizhen showed her own unique side. At that time, female foot binding was still popular, and most people thought that the smaller women's feet, the better, and the three-inch golden lotus was the standard for beautiful women. However, the pain and even potential harm caused by foot binding made Ni Guizhen's parents reluctant to let their daughter suffer.
From here, we can see that Ni Guizhen's parents are also very enlightened and will not be bound by the world's vision. Her parents' every move deeply affected Ni Guizhen, and she gradually grew into an independent woman with thoughts and opinions.
2. The Three Sisters of the Song Clan
In the blink of an eye, Ni Guizhen was 19 years old, according to the age at that time, she was already an elderly woman, although Ni Guizhen received a good education from an early age, and her talent and appearance were both famous, but there was no foot binding to become an obstacle on her way to marriage. It was in this year that Ni Guizhen met a young man named Song Jiashu.
The two married in 1887, and Song Jiashu achieved great success in his career with the help of his wife's family, becoming a well-known industrialist in Shanghai Beach. The married life of the two people is also very happy and harmonious, and Ni Guizhen has given birth to three daughters and three sons.
Ni Guizhen's three daughters have written a strong mark in Chinese history. In particular, the second daughter, Song Qingling, has become a female model with her heart for the world and does not let her family and country feelings of su mei become a model for women.
Ni Guizhen's other three sons are also very outstanding, and the six children are all dragons and phoenixes among people. These are naturally inseparable from Ni Guizhen's careful teaching. Ni Guizhen received a Western-style education from an early age, and her six children also received Western-style education, but Ni Guizhen did not give up letting her children receive Chinese education.
The children educated in this way not only have the advanced and free ideas of the West, but also the influence of Chinese culture. Watching her children grow up one by one, Ni Guizhen encouraged her children to study abroad and broaden their horizons. The legend of the three Sisters of the Song clan began.
Marriage is opposed
Song Qingling is the second of the three sisters. Her sister Song Xiaoling married the great warlord Kong Xiangxi at that time, and her younger sister Song Meiling married Chiang Kai-shek. However, the love between Soong Ching Ling and Sun Yat-sen has always been firmly opposed by his parents.
At that time, Soong Ching Ling was serving as Sun Yat-sen's secretary, and the two secretly had a relationship, and soong Ching Ling and Sun Yat-sen were very different in age, so their parents were very opposed to the two people being together. In order to cut off her daughter's love, Ni Guizhen plans to let Song Qingling marry another wealthy family. Sun Yat-sen, who had returned from Japan, immediately proposed to Soong Ching Ling.
Talking about love is against it, and Song Qingling's parents naturally do not agree with this marriage. Song Qingling made a bold decision to flee the house at 6 a.m. while his parents were asleep. Without the protection of the family, Song Qingling's life was stretched. She and her husband once rented an apartment in Shanghai for 65 yuan a month.
Later, some benevolent men who admired Sun Yat-sen saw that the two were living in such a difficult situation, and united to buy a garden house, and Soong Ching Ling and Sun Yat-sen settled in Shanghai. Even such a life did not stop the determination of two people to pursue the truth.
Fourth, the mother gives gold
Soong Ching Ling and Sun Yat-sen's pursuit of truth did not go well. At that time, the national defense movement and the law protection movement failed one after another. The blow to the couple was very big, in addition to the mental pressure, the financial pressure made both people suffer all the time.
If at this time, as long as Song Qingling is willing to show kindness to his brother-in-law and brother-in-law, his life will not be too bad. However, the concept and values are different, Song Qingling did not open his mouth to ask for help, preferring to live a poor life with her husband rather than bend over for five buckets of rice.
It was at this time that Ni Guizhen came to visit her daughter. Before leaving, Ni Guizhen left a lot of gold jewelry for her daughter. This move can be described as well-intentioned, and gold can be used as currency anywhere in the world in turbulent times. This silent support touched Song Qingling even more.
5. Song Qingling's will
The whereabouts of these gold in Song Qingling's will were known to the world. It turned out that these gold jewelry that her mother gave her at that time, Song Qingling did not move at all. Because Song Qingling has no children, her will has been amended many times and detailed arrangements have been made for all her property.
Song Qingling chose to donate most of the property, but for the gold jewelry left by his mother, Song Qingling wrote in his will that he could not give it to anyone. Ni Guizhen originally hoped that the gold would make her daughter's life better, but Song Qingling felt that the gold was her mother's support for her revolutionary cause.
It was these gold ornaments that gave this great woman the determination to forge ahead with her cause and to take on the responsibility of revolution. It is precisely because of this determination that Song Qingling has suffered the hardships of life again and again, has the courage to face difficulties, and become a model for women. In Song Qingling's heart, this is not ordinary gold, but her mother's wordless encouragement to herself.
summary
Everyone in the world laments that Ni Guizhen has a good life, and all three daughters are married to well-known figures in Chinese history, but they ignore Ni Guizhen's influence on their daughters. Ni Guizhen attaches great importance to the education of her children and encourages them to read thousands of books and travel thousands of miles. Such an enlightened mother can raise ambitious children.
Before his death, Soong Ching Ling also left a will: he did not want to be buried with her husband Sun Yat-sen, and hoped to bury himself in the Shanghai Wanguo Cemetery, which was the cemetery of Soong Qingling's parents. After Song Qingling died, she was buried next to her parents' tomb according to her will. But the story she left for the world is still celebrated by future generations.