"Only from self-shrewdness and self-exaltation, born in the last days of bad luck." ——Cao Xueqin
A brief look at the history of the early years of the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, I always feel that under the bloody storms of the time, there lived one tragic and wonderful soul after another, and among these souls was a "Li Qingzhao" of the Republic of China - Lü Bicheng.
Proud and talented women who fight for women's liberation
"The twelve curves of the bicheng are dry, and the rhinoceros is clear of dust and jade to ward off the cold." Lü Bicheng is like the round of bright moon in Bixia City, in the dark sky of the Republic of China, for women bound by the three principles and five constants to compete for the light of women's independence and liberation, yes, Lü Bicheng is a real feminist activist.
Because I have been drenched in rain, I always think of making umbrellas for others.
Born in a family of scholars, Lü Bicheng died prematurely when she was young, and the Lü family even instigated gangsters to kidnap her mother and sisters in order to compete for inheritance.
In order to preserve the family property, Lü Bicheng did not hesitate to ask for help everywhere, and finally saved his father's inheritance under his own efforts, and was not plundered by the vicious relatives.
The ability that Lü Bicheng showed at a young age actually became a symbol of "bad discipline" in the eyes of her fiancé Wang family!
Therefore, without considering that the withdrawal of marriage was extremely insulting to the woman at that time, the marriage contract between Lü Bicheng and the Wang family was dissolved.
After being divorced, Lü Bicheng followed her mother to her uncle's house in Tianjin, and in the eyes of her conservative uncle, Lü Bicheng, who was divorced, was rebellious, and when Lü Bicheng proposed to visit the girls' school, she even scolded her for "not keeping the way of women"!
Lü Bicheng forgot her uncle's scolding, and she knew that if she had been living in a world full of feudal dogma, she would never emerge.
So the next day, she boarded the train to Tianjin City overnight, and the rich family qianjin bravely broke into Tianjin City alone without a penny of silver and silver, which was absolutely shocking at that time, but this was just a small wave in Lü Bicheng's different life, and it was also the first step she took to run to "women's freedom".
Lü Bicheng, who had no silver on his body, was unaccompanied in tianjin, but fortunately was taken in by the lady of the restaurant, who wrote a letter to the wife of the secretary under her uncle's hand for help, perhaps by fate, and this letter happened to be seen by the general manager of the Ta Kung Pao.
Ying Zhizhi read the letter carefully, and could not help but be impressed by the author's talent and writing, so he visited Lü Bicheng.
In the conversation with Lü Bicheng, Ying Huozhi found that this girl's opinions and views on many things were very similar to her own, and it seemed that she had the feeling of meeting her children, and the mountain knew the flowing water, and appreciated Lü Bicheng's talent from the bottom of her heart.
It was also at the behest of Yingzhi that Lü Bicheng became the first female editor of the Ta Kung Pao and the first female editor in the history of Chinese journalism.
Under the promotion of Yingzhi, Lü Bicheng finally had a world to show his talents in front of the world.
She published many articles and remarks in the Ta Kung Pao in support of women's liberation and encouragement of women's education, all of which were discussed in all walks of life.
In the Republic of China period when old and new ideas were intertwined, these concepts of emancipating women and equality between men and women struck a blow at the old concept of male superiority and female inferiority, and let women who were bound by feudal etiquette see a glimmer of hope for freedom.
Behind the short sentence of "a man's foolishness and weakness to his daughter, that is, to weaken his family", behind the short sentence is the anger she was insulted by the Wang family when she was divorced, and also hidden in the unwillingness when she was scolded by her uncle for "not keeping the way of women" in order to pursue women's independence and freedom.
She vowed to use a pen to bring the female wisdom of feudal ignorance for a thousand years to the light, and no longer bend over backwards to live in front of a group of foolish men.
She told the women of a hundred years ago in the most authentic way that women, who have never been appendages of men, can also live their own wonderful and extraordinary.
Not marrying a high-ranking official loves freedom
With his wisdom and courage, Lü Bicheng, who was famous in the literary circles at that time, also used this to get acquainted with many high-ranking officials and nobles, including Yuan Hanyun, the son of Yuan Shikai, and the son of Li Hongzhang.
At the party, Lü Bicheng talked and laughed with these high-ranking officials, rich businessmen or talents who were also in the literary world, and the unique charm she exuded between her hands and feet was also fascinated by many people.
But every time these people expressed their admiration for her, they would always be politely rejected by Lü Bicheng, and she was like a beautiful jade, not to be played but attracted to people's eyes.
In fact, Lü Bicheng's heart is not without a secret Heart, she has also admired Liang Qichao and Wang Jingwei, but unfortunately these two have long been married, and she can only let go silently.
Lü Bicheng has high ambitions, she pursues female independence, naturally pursues emotional independence, she will not waste her emotions in order to solve lifelong events, nor will she become a third party to intervene in other people's marriages in order to indulge her emotions.
She also once frankly expressed her mate selection criteria: she did not pay attention to the family door, but only wanted to be able to achieve literary conformity.
Along the way, she has seen too many people flattering herself, and she has heard too much appreciation for herself, she lives in these praises, but she can never find a person who really communicates with her soul, and in the end she finds that the only thing that really understands herself is literature.
This "arrogance" in the eyes of others is precisely her indifference to the ordinary, around her, surrounded by high-ranking officials, but none of them are their own good people, will be ordinary, return to the family, just lock themselves in the cage of the family.
Like many independent women today, Lü Bicheng has been moving in the right direction as they see it.
When Qiu Jin was righteous, it was she who risked death to collect the body of the martyr Qiu Jin under the condition that those eight-foot men did not dare to collect the body for him, and it was also she who sang about feminism, opening up a bright future for Chinese women in education and ideology.
In her dictionary of life, men and women are always equal, and the mission on her shoulders is to let Chinese women live in independence and freedom forever.
brief summary
The term "leftover woman" seems to many people to have a pejorative meaning, but in Lü Bicheng's body, these two words have never been discrimination.
She proved with facts that women do not need to rely on marriage, they can still live well and be happy, and this happiness can only be experienced when she looks at the happy smiles on the faces of children when she is the principal of the middle school.
This happiness was something she could only experience when she was swimming in the ocean of knowledge at Columbia University in her later years, and this happiness was something she could only experience when she watched generations of Chinese women bravely be herself.
Marriage is not a necessity for everyone, life can have many ways to live, and freedom and happiness are the best answers to life.