Li Zongren was the first vice president of the Republic of China, an outstanding Kuomintang commander in the War of Resistance Against Japan, and a temporary president of the Republic of China after Chiang Kai-shek fled south. His original wife was named Li Xiuwen and looked average. Li Zongren's eldest son, Li Youlin, has always been in the United States and does not want to see his father, which is also closely related to Li Xiuwen.
But in the photo of Li Zongren going out to talk, the woman next to him is elegant and generous, and the conversation is extraordinary. And this woman was Guo Dejie, Li Zongren's concubine later adopted. Every important diplomatic occasion was also accompanied by Guo Dejie to participate in Li Zongren, and Li Xiuwen also kept a widow for more than seventy years. At Li Xiuwen's centenarian banquet, her son finally complained for her.
1. Men marry women
Li Zongren was a native of Lingui County, Guilin, and later Li Zongren also became the leader of the Gui warlords. His original wife, Li Xiuwen, was his compatriot. The marriage of the two is a traditional feudal marriage, and what can be matched together depends entirely on the coincidence of the eight characters of the birthday. This also laid the foundation for the future breakup of the relationship between the two, Li Xiuwen kept a widow, and laid the foundation.
A marriage contract, two surnames married. For her husband, whom she had never seen before, Li Xiuwen was still uneasy. Fortunately, all worries were dispelled after seeing Li Zongren on the wedding night. Li Zongren was also born when he was young, and after seeing Li Xiuwen, he kept laughing and saying, "Drink, drink, this is what I poured." "The wedding night was indeed happy for the two of them.
After marriage, Li Xiuwen was really virtuous and capable. Cooking and housework are omnipotent, and the home is organized in an orderly manner, which is very popular with the mother-in-law. Li Zongren studied private school since he was a child, joined the League, and was a county magistrate before he got married. When he heard that Li Xiuwen had not read a book, instead of blaming him, he also used his leisure time to teach Li Xiuwen to read and write.
And the name Li Xiuwen is actually given by Li Zongren. Later, Li Zongren got busy, so he specifically found a gentleman from outside to teach Li Xiuwen to read. The two fell in love, and Li Xiuwen soon gave birth to his first child for Li Zongren. The boy was the eldest son of Li Zongren, and Li Zongren was very happy and named him Li Youlin. But the harmonious life will soon be over.
2. Marry someone else
It was the period of the National Revolution, and the whole country was at the climax of the revolution. And Li Zongren has always been Yunwen Yunwu, Wen Taowu is slightly rich, and he also wants to do something to turn the tide and make his own contribution to the country. Li Xiuwen was a female stream in society at that time, and she didn't have much to say and let her go with her husband. Li Zongren marched south to the north and soon organized his own armed forces.
Li Zongren was worthy of being called the best commanding general in the Republic of China, and Li Zongren, who returned home again, became the leader of the Gui warlords, and there was an extremely beautiful woman who returned with Li Zongren. The woman's name is Guo Dejie, from Guiping, Guangxi. Guo Dejie is really a beautiful woman, and she is the one who appears in the group photo of Li Zongren later.
At that time, the top level of the Gui clan was actually still very popular with the "equal wife system", but the system of three wives and four concubines was still the most mainstream. Guo Dejie is not only beautiful, but what makes Li Zongren most impressed is that Guo Dejie is also very eloquent outside, and the social communication is handy. Although Li Xiuwen also had heirs, he really couldn't take it if he went out.
Since it is the husband's will, Li Xiuwen is not easy to stop, after all, in that male-female inferior society, it is normal for a man to have three wives and four concubines, and Li Zongren is only looking for one. Li Zongren actually made an excuse long ago, Li Zongren told Li Xiuwen that marrying Guo Dejie again is a job demand, because you need to socialize, and Li Xiuwen you are more introverted, and do not like to go out to socialize.
Li Zongren also promised like Li Xiuwen that he would never treat their mother and son badly. In short, Li Xiuwen was still moved and acquiesced to the new woman. In the eyes of outsiders, Li Xiuwen is really kind, usually there are not many words, this time even if the husband takes her other person, Li Xiuwen has no complaints. In this way, Guo Dejie and Li Xiuwen came to a roof.
But gradually Li Xiuwen still found that something was wrong. I promised not to treat her badly, but not to treat her badly in material terms. Emotionally, Li Xiuwen has become an outsider, and there is no longer a husband and wife. Once Li Xiuwen finally couldn't bear it, and broke out at home once, Li Zongren directly sent her, Guo Dejie and her son back to her mother's house because of the busy military affairs at that time.
Later, because of the need for socializing, He took Guo Dejie back and asked her to calm down at home for a few more days. Only then did Li Xiuwen realize that he had already given Li Zongren a widow. Suddenly there was nowhere to dispel the desolation in my heart.
Third, the foreign country returns to the roots
Li Zongren went to the United States after the defeat of the Kuomintang. And Li Xiuwen remained on the mainland. The eldest son, Li Youlin, saw what his father had done to his mother, and he also knew his mother's bitterness and wanted to bring her to live in the United States. For this reason, Li Xiuwen went to Cuba and lived in Cuba for nearly five years before he came to the United States under the arrangement of his son Li Youlin.
After Li Xiuwen arrived in the United States, he has been living with his son Li Youlin, and his relationship with Li Zongren is also extinct in name only. Later, the object of Li Zongren's companionship was the glamorous Guo Dejie in the end, and even the woman who accompanied li Zongren in the first photo of li Zongren flying to the United States was Guo Dejie. This makes many people unaware of Li Xiuwen's existence.
But the husband is his husband after all, and Li Xiuwen still fulfills Li Zongren's last wish. In 1973, under the careful arrangements of the mainland, Li Xiuwen and her son returned to the motherland and finally returned home, but Li Zongren's last thoughts were resolved. After returning to the mainland, Li Xiuwen wrote the book "I and Li Zongren" through her dictation in her later years, revealing the unknown private life of this military wizard.
However, Li Xiuwen still hugged her son and cried bitterly on her 100th birthday, and her son Li Youlin said the reason. Her mother's life was funded by Li Zongren, but it was because of Li Zongren that she could be widowed for nearly seventy years! Who can really appreciate this loneliness? In 1992, Li Xiuwen died in his hometown of Guilin at the age of 100.
4. Summary
Li Xiuwen experienced three eras: the late Qing Dynasty, the Republic of China, and New China. In the vicissitudes of sangtian, her and Li Zongren's experience is also an important embodiment of the transformation of China's feudal society. The idea of free love and marriage in the modern new society has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and the guarantee of monogamy will no longer let the tragedy of Li Xiuwen's widowhood appear frequently in China.