During the Republic of China period, there were many talents and beautiful people, who were leaders in various fields in the process of China's integration into the world, and these people not only made a difference in the professional field, but also the period of affair they left behind is talked about today.
In the field of literature, a large number of literary masters have emerged, and they have a common teacher, that is, Ye Gongchao, among whom Qian Zhongshu, Ji Xianlin, and even Yang Zhenning and other well-known celebrities were once Ye Gongchao's students.
As a teacher of many masters, Ye Gongchao's life must be very brilliant, but he also has his own unspeakable secrets, in his old age to his death, Ye Gongchao always missed a person, this person is his ex-wife Yuan Yongxi.
Yuan Yongxi, a school flower at Yenching University at the time, fell in love with Ye Gongchao when she was young, but was verbally abused by her husband during their marriage.
Repeatedly forbearing but in exchange for her husband's cheating, Yuan Yongxi chose to take the child and leave forever, leaving the other party with regrets for a lifetime.
Talented people are the most compatible
At the beginning of the 20th century, Ye Gongchao was born in a family of eunuchs in Jiangxi, and his father was serving as the prefect of Jiujiang, Jiangxi, and the family had been an official for generations in the local area, with a long history, and was a famous scholar.
Growing up in such a family environment, Ye Gongchao was able to read poetry from an early age, he began to learn piano, chess, calligraphy and painting at the age of four, due to the supervision of his parents and his own talent, Ye Gongchao grew up very rapidly, which also made him develop a proud personality.
Ye Gongchao did not expect that this personality of his would make him do the most regrettable thing in his life.
After a little longer, his family sent him to Europe and the United States to study, Ye Gongchao has studied in the United States, Britain, France and other countries, which made him gradually learn through The Chinese and Western, at the age of 22, he got a doctorate, and when he returned to China, he got a teaching position in Tsinghua, Peking University and other schools.
At this time, although Ye Gongchao was a teacher on the school podium, he was not much older than the students in his audience, he was 2 to 4 years older than most of the students, and some of them were even older than his age.
In the classroom, Ye Gongchao always pays great attention to appearance, he always wears a suit, combs his fashionable back, and holds a pipe in his mouth.
Dressed like a gentleman he met when he was studying in England, Ye Gongchao often spoke fluent English, making the students feel as if the teacher was from London.
Such a teacher with a strong contrast between age and position suddenly became a prominent figure among the students, and the young Ye Gongchao was handsome in appearance, and became the object of many female students Huaichun.
Among them, Yuan Yongxi of Yenching University is one of Ye Gongchao's many "fans", and Yuan Yongxi is recognized as the school flower of Yenching University.
She was very serious about her studies, and naturally admired such a knowledgeable young teacher.
Yuan Yongxi is two years younger than Ye Gongchao, she also comes from a family of official eunuchs, receiving Chinese and Western education and growing up, but her father died of cerebral hemorrhage while she was in college.
Yuan Yongxi's family, which lost the top pillar, has since fallen into the family road, and in desperation, she and her siblings have to complete their studies by selling antique calligraphy and paintings.
The process of the two meeting and falling in love was very smooth, so that the story of talent and beauty never going out of fashion spread to the school in an instant, and for a time, their stories were circulating in Beijing, and people called them a model of teacher-student love.
In 1931, Yuan Yongxi did two things after graduation, one was to stay in school to teach, and the other was to marry Ye Gongchao, and the news of their marriage was envied by everyone.
Republic of China wedding
Their friends were all delighted by the couple's heaven-made fit, and everyone thought the couple would go on forever.
But marriage is the process of two people running into each other, especially for a couple whose lives are just beginning and whose thoughts are full of idealism.
It is undoubtedly a major test to walk hand in hand through a life full of chai rice, oil, salt and trivia, so this seemingly harmonious road of love is secretly full of twists and turns.
The lost path of love
In the beginning, the couple spent a sweet period of love, Ye Gongchao often praised Yuan Yongxi with verses in the poetry classic, praising the beauty of women: "Jingnu Qichang, Yi I Tong Guan, Tong Guan Youwei, Say Yi Female Beauty" praise Yuan Yongxi.
Yuan Yongxi is everyone's bridesmaid, and this poem perfectly expresses her quiet beauty.
A year later, when the two daughters were born, Ye Gongchao named his daughter after the word "Tong" in the poem, and 5 years later, when their son was born, he named him "Wei".
Children are the crystallization of the love of husband and wife, and Ye Gongchao named his children with verses praising his wife, which shows his love for his wife.
After the two got married, students and friends often came to visit the house, and they saw that the couple's slightly simple hut was spotless.
Yuan Yongxi, who does not apply powder, but has an outstanding temperament, often lies on the case and quietly reads and writes, and the beautiful woman complements the quiet environment.
Later, due to the war, the university where the couple worked moved south to Kunming to merge with the Southwest United University, and Ye Gongchao and his wife also moved with teachers and students, and the conditions of their housing were more shabby than when they were in Beijing.
And the lack of materials here made Ye Gongchao, who had never felt hungry, feel very dissatisfied, Ye Gongchao was not only proud, but also very macho.
In such an environment, his shortcomings were gradually revealed in the process of the couple's life.
At that time, the master of traditional Chinese studies, Wu Mi and Ye Gongchao's family helped each other to live a life, and he often went to Ye Gongchao's home to rub rice, Ye Gongchao planted vegetables in his own vegetable garden, and did not hesitate to drive his delicate wife and children to work together.
Once Wu Mi saw Yuan Yongxi sick from working all day, but did not rest for a moment, he was very distressed to see the situation, and felt that his friend's approach was very selfish and unkind.
Although Yuan Yongxi was born rich and had never done farm work, she worked tirelessly to help her husband grow vegetables, and every time Wu Mi went to Ye Gongchao's house to eat, the hostess of the family always warmly received him, and the watermelon he always ate was planted by Yuan Yongxi.
Before graduating from school, Yuan Yongxi was a woman with ten fingers that did not touch the spring water of the yang, but after marrying Ye Gongchao, she continued to work in the field and took care of all the housework.
She always cooks and entertains guests herself, which makes Wu Mi sincerely feel that she is a beautiful and capable perfect wife.
To this end, Wu Mi often mentioned Yuan Yongxi in her diary, calling her an otherworldly woman, and even compared her with Mao Yanwen, the object of her life' love, and the words were full of respect for her sister-in-law, which showed how excellent Yuan Yongxi was as a wife.
But Yuan Yongxi's actions did not exchange Ye Gongchao's double care for her, and Ye Gongchao's personality began to become more obedient.
Once Wu Mi came to her home as usual, Yuan Yongxi, as usual, did her best to prepare a rich meal for them in the absence of supplies, and After Wu Mi ate it, her cooking skills were full of praise.
At this time, Ye Gongchao had an inexplicable temper, he just took a bite of the dish into his mouth, he immediately spit out the dish, and slapped the chopsticks on the table heavily, Wu Mi and Yuan Yongxi felt inexplicable about Ye Gongchao's move, and looked at each other with solemn eyes.
Only to see Ye Gongchao blurt out that the food was not to his liking, and began to accuse Yuan Yongxi of being not good at cooking.
Ye Gongchao counted his wife down in front of his friends around this point, and his words were full of insults, Yuan Yongxi was very shocked, and Wu Mi was also shocked and unable to speak for a while.
After a long time, Yuan Yongxi slowly retorted that if it was really a dish that did not meet her appetite, then this must be her problem, but it would not be a big tantrum in front of the guests.
At this time, Wu Mi also stood up and hit the round field, but when he saw that Ye Gongchao's face had not eased up, he had to say hello and flee the scene knowingly.
Since then, Ye Gongchao's attitude towards Yuan Yongxi has intensified, and he has made it difficult for Yuan Yongxi everywhere in the trivial and trivial matters in life, and has constantly scolded her in public.
Yuan Yongxi herself also has the dignity of being a teacher and a woman, and naturally cannot bear her husband's insults and demeaning to herself, but she still loves her husband in her heart and can only endure silently.
Ye Gongchao is not only like this to his wife, but also to his friends, he is moody, so that his former colleague Zhu Ziqing can't help but sigh: Getting along with Ye Gongchao is like drinking a glass of alcohol and then eating a plate of peppers.
Rao is a man who cannot stand Ye Gongchao's personality, as a wife Yuan Yongxi can not bear it even more, and the husband and wife get along all day, Yuan Yongxi always has to face Ye Gongchao's sudden anger.
In order to maintain the superficial harmony of the family and the healthy growth of the children, Yuan Yongxi had to give up her dignity.
But Yuan Yongxi also has her own bottom line, at first when she heard the news that her husband was out of the house, she just ignored it, but over time, more and more such news reached her ears.
It was not until he learned the exact news of her husband's cheating cousin Ye Chongfan that Yuan Yongxi, who had been backlogged for a long time, finally broke out.
A statue of ruined love
Ye Chongfan is the adopted daughter of Ye Gongchao's uncle Ye Gongchao, so she has no actual blood relationship with Ye Gongchao, and once Ye Gongchao fled Hong Kong for refuge, he did not take away Mao Gongding, who was difficult to transfer secretly because the target was too large.
Mao Gongding
Mao Gongding is a national treasure, one of the three treasures of the National Palace Museum in Taipei, Taiwan Province, which Was bought by Ye Gongqi at great expense to the Russians and has been hidden in his home in Shanghai ever since.
He bought this statue to help the country and the nation preserve the treasure, and the importance of this treasure can be seen, so Ye Gongqiu hurriedly contacted Ye Gongchao to help hide the treasure and return it to the country after the situation stabilized, so as not to fall into the hands of other countries again.
Ye Gongchao rushed to Shanghai after learning the news, but was informed to the Japanese by Ye Gongqiu's concubine, and he was arrested and imprisoned.
But Ye Gongchao was very arrogant, he refused to communicate well with the interrogators, the Japanese tortured him, and the professor who was bitter in Kunming had to survive and did not reveal half a message to the enemy.
After being tortured in prison for 49 consecutive days, Ye Gongchao was finally released on bail by his brother and successfully saved Mao Gongding, during which time Ye Gongchao passed on messages to the outside world by writing notes into cigarettes, and the person who helped him bring out the notes was Ye Chongfan.
At this time, Ye Chongfan was already the wife of Wang Yibiao, a professor at Southwest United University, but he and Ye Gongchao had feelings in Shanghai because of hardships, and the news of their derailment soon spread to Kunming, a move that hurt both families at the same time.
At this time, the two are like young lovers who have fallen in love, they seem to have forgotten their families in Kunming, and they first went to Chongqing to live for a while, and then went to Hong Kong for a long time.
After hearing the news of her husband's cheating, Yuan Yongxi felt that the sky was thundering, and she could not accept the strange eyes of the teachers and students living together, so she took the initiative to take her children to Hong Kong to confront Ye Gongchao, but in exchange for her husband's disregard for him.
Still
In desperation, Yuan Yongxi and his children returned to the mainland and spent 5 years of difficult time in Guizhou, during which they survived by relying on the help of Wu Mi and others.
In the end, Yuan Yongxi, who was heartbroken, took his children to the United States and never returned to the sad place.
Because Yuan Yongxi decided not to contact Ye Gongchao again, the two have not registered for divorce, but everyone knows that the love between the two has survived in name only.
Yuan Yongxi majored in physics in college, so after coming to the United States, she has been engaged in physics research at the University of California, and the family's life is still quite passable.
Ye Gongchao diplomacy
Her husband's actions for her had broken her heart, and she spent all day facing the cold instruments and experimental data in the laboratory, and the only consolation when she returned home was her slowly growing child.
After Yuan Yongxi left, Ye Gongchao finally began to reflect on himself, ending his 14-year career in Xingtan, after the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, during which he showed super diplomatic skills.
Because he studied abroad for many years in his early years, his English proficiency was very high, and when facing questions from overseas reporters on behalf of the Kuomintang, Ye Gongchao was always able to paint and vividly describe in English the heroic battle scenes of the Chinese military and people when they resisted Japan, and his confidence in defeating the Japanese was overflowing with words.
Ye Gongchao thus gained favors from the Kuomintang, and after the founding of New China, he followed Chiang Kai-shek to Taiwan to establish an illegal government and served as the "foreign minister" of the illegal government.
When he went abroad to give speeches, even the foreign media praised his English proficiency, calling him one of the two great speech geniuses alongside Churchill.
After that, Ye Gongchao often went to the United States for official business, Yuan Yongxi had to attend events with him as his wife because he was still a legal husband and wife, and in public, the couple was like actors, smiling at all times in front of the camera.
Ye Gongchao hoped that his wife's smile was from the heart, but he knew that this was an impossible thing, everything was difficult to recover, and his wife could never return to his side, and such regrets had been with him until death.
The love between husband and wife is like a small boat floating on the water, this small boat will always be in danger of encountering wind and waves, if either party as a rower does not try to maintain the balance of the boat, the boat will be prone to overturning.
In the face of the true lovers encountered in life, people should boldly love, to care for and maintain this love, rather than being fearless and hurting each other under the protection of love, such a result can only turn love into hate, and eventually this love will become an eternal regret.