In November 1924, the "Republic of China Times" published three revelations that caused a sensation throughout Shanghai, namely: Shen Jianlong and Yang Zhihua dissolved their marriage, Qu Qiubai and Yang Zhihua confirmed their relationship, Qu Qiubai and Shen Jianlong became friends, the divine operation of the three of them, even in modern society, is shocking, I have to say that the Republic of China is indeed a legendary era!
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In 1901, Yang Zhihua was born in a gentleman's family in Kanshan Town, Xiaoshan, Zhejiang, and his father Yang Xiangmei was in the silk business, traveling between Hangzhou and Shanghai all year round, and was a well-informed and enlightened person, but when Yang Zhihua was very young, his father set her a doll family, the other party was Shen Jianlong, the son of the famous enlightened gentleman Shen Xuanlu in Zhejiang.
Because the two have a good relationship, the children have also played and studied together since they were young, Yang Zhihua's brother is still Shen Jianlong's classmate, Yang Zhihua and Shen Jianlong are also childhood sweethearts who grew up, in the eyes of outsiders, the two are a pair of talented women and heaven and earth, Shen Jianlong is a rich son who is amorous and knowledgeable, and Yang Zhihua is a beautiful lady with both talents and appearances.
At the age of 15, Yang Zhihua entered the Hangzhou Women's Normal School, and at the age of 18, under the influence of the New Culture Movement, she took the lead in cutting her hair short, and also walked out of school with her classmates, demonstrating and giving speeches.
These actions of her fell into the eyes of her future father-in-law Shen Xuanlu, who founded the "Weekly Review" in Shanghai at that time, and has been propagating socialism and has a far-reaching influence on the progressive youth of the whole country, so he praised his future daughter-in-law for such awareness and action, and arranged for her to work in the magazine "Weekly Review".
Later, because of its great influence and participation in the labor movement, the Weekly Review was forced to stop publishing, and Yang Zhihua could only hide from teaching at a church girls' school to avoid the limelight.
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When Yang Zhihua was 20 years old, he returned to his hometown Xiaoshan, founded a "rural school" with his father-in-law Shen Xuanlu, and married his fiancé Shen Jianlong in the same year, Shen and Yang are both families with heads and faces in Xiaoshan, and their marriage should have been held very grandly, but Yang Zhihua chose to marry everything from simplicity and civilization, and her idea was approved by her father-in-law Shen Xuanlu, so Yang Zhihua and Shen Jianlong only held a simple wedding, even if the marriage was consummated.
Not long after marriage, Yang Zhihua gave birth to his daughter Shen Xiaoguang, and later the couple went to Shanghai to study together, originally Shen Jianlong was influenced by his father and was also a positive talent, but after arriving in Shanghai, when Yang Zhihua was busy participating in women's sports, Shen Jianlong was obsessed with the life of the ten miles of ocean field and drunken gold fans in Shanghai.
This was completely unacceptable to Yang Zhihua, and she found that although she and her husband had played from childhood to adulthood and had a deep relationship, the ideological differences between the two were getting bigger and bigger, and she was so angry that she changed her daughter's name to "Shen Duyi", saying that she would not give her husband a second child.
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At that time, Yang Zhihua was still studying in school and often participated in revolutionary work, when Qu Qiubai was the head of the school, Yang Zhihua had read his articles before and heard a lot about his deeds, so she could not wait to meet this progressive and knowledgeable teacher.
In the classroom, Qu Qiubai, dressed in a suit and gentle and elegant, stood on the podium, his words were sharp and passionate, but his thin body contained boundless energy, infecting the emotions of every student in the classroom, awakening the patriotic heart of the students, Yang Zhihua could not help but be captivated by his patriotism and personality charm.
As the two people came into contact more, Qu Qiubai also learned that under Yang Zhihua's beautiful and gentle appearance, there was a tough and brave heart.
It's just that at this time, two people, one has become a wife and mother, and the other has become a husband, so their interaction is limited to the exchange between study and work.
Until Qu Qiubai's wife Wang Jianhong died of lung disease, Qu Qiubai could not walk out of the grief of losing his wife for a long time, during that time, Yang Zhihua gave him a lot of comfort and care, and when Qu Qiubai gradually came out of his emotions, he found that he had feelings for Yang Zhihua.
At that time, Yang Zhihua's husband had returned to Xiaoshan's hometown, and I heard that he also had an affair with other women, Yang Zhihua wrote a lot of letters to him, all of them were lost in the sea, she understood that she couldn't wake up a person who pretended to sleep, and the marriage between the two also existed in name only, but in the face of Qu Qiubai's feelings, she was still cowardly, morality and children were all shackles tied to her, and she must not do anything out of character.
So she decided to go back to her hometown Xiaoshan for a while, wanting to let her feelings about Qu Qiubai and her desire for love completely cool down. But Qu Qiubai didn't want to give up this relationship, he made a bold decision, even if he was notorious for it, he had to pursue it hard, so he went directly to Xiaoshan Yang Zhihua's home.
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When Shen Jianlong saw Qu Qiubai, it was not a love rival who was blushing and fighting, but he treated him warmly, because he had heard about Qu Qiubai's deeds and admired him very much. As a result, they also found Yang Zhihua's brother, and the four of them chatted calmly together, talking about marriage, society, ideals...
During the entire chat, Shen Jianlong not only did not make a conflict, but appreciated Qu Qiubai's personality and knowledge more and more, and also decided to divorce Yang Zhihua peacefully and form a lifelong friend with Qu Qiubai. Unexpectedly, Qu Qiubai's charm not only conquered Yang Zhihua, but also conquered Shen Jianlong, making him completely ignore the hatred of taking his wife, and even felt in his heart that a talent like Qu Qiubai was suitable for Yang Zhihua.
Not long after, the three of them went to the "Republic of China Times" together to publish the three sensational revelations on the beach.
Qu Qiubai and Yang Zhihua soon held a wedding, and her ex-husband Shen Jianlong also sent his blessings, Qu Qiubai gave Yang Zhihua a ring engraved with the four characters "Autumn Zhibaihua" by hand, symbolizing the two of them, you have me, I have you, never separate.
The life of the two after marriage is also very sweet, they support each other in revolutionary work, accompany each other in life, and take care of each other.
Qu Qiubai knew that Yang Zhihua originally named his daughter "Duyi", which means that he only gave birth to one daughter in his life, and since then he has devoted himself to pursuing career independence and personality integrity. So he also showed his intentions that he would not have children for the rest of his life, and Yang Zhihua's "Duyi" was also his only, and Yang Zhihua also renamed his daughter "Qu Duyi".
Qu Qiubai treats Duyi as his own, and Duyi also regards Qu Qiubai as his real father, and the relationship between father and daughter is also very deep, and the family of three spent the happiest ten years of their lives.
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Until 1935, Qu Qiubai was captured by the enemy in Fujian, he was indifferent to the enemy's coercion and inducement, vowed to die, and finally heroically became righteous. After his death, Yang Zhihua continued his unfinished revolutionary cause and never remarried again.
In June 1941, Yang Zhihua was also arrested by the enemy, and in prison she was as unyielding as her late husband Qu Qiubai, and she also mobilized everyone to persist in the struggle until after the victory of the War of Resistance, and was rescued.
In 1955, Yang Zhihua finally found Qu Qiubai's bones in Fujian, on the day Qu Qiubai was killed, he was wearing the clothes that Yang Zhihua personally sew, when the bones were dug out of the soil, Yang Zhihua recognized the button on his own hand at a glance, 20 years later, she finally found him!
"Autumn Baihua, Autumn Baihua", this is the legendary love of Qu Qiubai and Yang Zhihua in the troubled years, their love has each other, but also the family and the world, although they have only been together for a short 10 years, but Yang Zhihua has extended their common patriotic feelings to the end of his life, and his daughter Qu Duyi has also inherited their patriotic feelings and passed them on.
Their legendary love is also inseparable from the ex-husband Shen Jianlong's letting go, the shocking behavior of the three people back then, not only made people at that time incomprehensible, but also surprised people from the perspective of today's society, I have to say that the Republic of China is really a legendary era.