Ma Ying-jeou was born in Hong Kong in 1950 and moved to Taiwan Province two years later. Ma Ying-jeou is now 73 years old.
Ma Yingjeou's ancestral home is in Hengshan County, Hunan Province. His father was Ma Heling, a government official during the Chiang Kai-shek and Chiang Ching-kuo periods. According to the relevant genealogy manager, the genealogy of Ma Yingjiu can be traced back to Ma Yuan, the founding father of the Eastern Han Dynasty. It is estimated that there are some difficulties in coming out with this evidence. Due to the long age, many genealogical materials have long been lost, and even if there are, it is estimated that most of them were added by later generations.
Calligraphy by Ma Ying-jeou
A special person needs to be mentioned here, that is, Ma Ying-jeou's mother, because this involves Ma Ying-jeou's achievements and character later.
Ma Yingjeou's mother, Qin Houxiu, was born in Changsha, Hunan Province in 1922. Qin Houxiu studied at a prestigious school, Zhounan Girls' High School, when he was in middle school (the famous writer Ding Ling also attended the school). Qin Houxiu's father was Qin Zhuo, who studied at Yuelu Academy in his youth and later served as the director of a division of the Kuomintang 11th Army. Qin Houxiu's grandfather was a man during the Manchu Qing dynasty.
Yuelu Academy
It can be seen from here that Ma Ying-jeou's mother is very difficult. Ma Ying-jeou's status and achievements are largely due to the presence of such a knowledgeable mother from a scholarly family.
Ma Yingjeou because of his mother's deep family background, coupled with Ma Yingjeou is the only son in the family, so Qin Houxiu and Ma Heling are very strict with their son Ma Yingjeou, and they also pour almost all their love into Ma Yingjeou, and also pin all their hopes. Qin Houxiu not only taught Ma Yingjeou ancient Chinese and calligraphy, but also cultivated Ma Yingjeou's talent in music, basketball, swimming and other aspects, and in this way, almost created an all-round Ma Yingjeou.
Ma Ying-jeou does the spoken English translation of Chiang Ching-kuo
Ma Ying-jeou graduated from National Taiwan University with the law department and is the same brother and sister as the current leader of Taiwan Province, Tsai Ing-wen. Ma Ying-jeou received his LL.M. from New York University in 1976 and his J.D. from Harvard University in 1981.
From Ma Yingjeou's family background and learning experience, it can be seen that Ma Ying-jeou has both a gentle traditional national style and a Western scholar-jurisprudence school style.
Here is a little introduction to one of Ma Ying-jeou's areas of study - law. We can glimpse one or two of the foundational and foundational works of jurisprudence (a compulsory major and an important basic course for law majors).
Domestic "Jurisprudence" course textbook
In "Jurisprudence", there is a saying that law is a study that has been applied by the world. Ma Ying-jeou has been cultivated in the field of law for more than ten years, and this period is also the time when his world outlook and values are formed, so many of Ma Ying-jeou's concepts and ideas are of a Western philosophical nature of thinking.
Excerpts from Jurisprudence
Then comes the other aspect. Because to talk about unification, we must understand another concept - "succession of government". The word, in international law, is defined as follows:
Excerpt from the law course "International Law"
Why do you say this? Why "government succession"?
This brings us to a fundamental issue — the question of Taiwan itself, that is, the question of the Government of the Republic of China. Like Ma Ying-jeou, who studied law, according to his logic of thinking, if the unified problem is to be solved, it needs to be solved according to "jurisprudence". In other words, Ma Ying-jeou fully agrees with the government of the Republic of China in his body. Ma Ying-jeou also identifies with the Chinese nation, and in his heart he believes that the government of the Republic of China inherits the Chinese nation. And in the current situation, if it is reunified, it is necessary to choose to remove the government of the Republic of China, which is impossible for people like Ma Yingjeou to bear this kind of result and thought. This is why Ma Ying-jeou has repeatedly mentioned the issue of the Republic of China on various occasions, because it is already part of his body. This is the crux of the matter, and this is Ma Ying-jeou's concern!
Off-topic:
When we talk about unification, of course, we need to mention external forces and influences.
What we tend to see is that the United States has always obstructed the mainland's reunification journey in all respects. In fact, there is another hidden force.
And the hidden center of power is Japan. Whether it is Chen Shui-bian, Lee Teng-hui, or Tsai Ing-wen, the power behind it is inseparable from Japan, which is the real black hand. Not only does Japan cultivate puppets in Taiwan, but it also often pushes us to fight the United States – the idiom "killing with a knife" is perfect for little Japan. Although Little Japan also wants to kill people - because he has always done this in the past, but he is just waiting for the moment. This is a matter for another article.
Even Ma Ying-jeou must not be forgotten, can we forget?
Summary:
Reunification is a historical necessity, but at the same time, it is also a big issue, which can by no means be solved with a single shot. This requires great wisdom!
May this day come true soon!
May the Motherland prosper! Guotai Minan!