A famous person once said such a classic saying: "Women who rely on men will eventually lose themselves; And women who rely on themselves will win the world in the end. ”
Sister Yu thought so.
Throughout Chinese history, most of the talented women who rely on men have had a bad fate and tragically disappeared into the dust of history; And the talented woman who controls her own destiny can shine in the long river of history.
Republic of China superstar Ruan Lingyu belongs to the former.
Ruan Lingyu's life was very tragic, lost her father at a young age, depended on her mother for life, and later went with her mother to work as a domestic servant, but in the 16-year-old flower season, she was occupied by the young owner, trapped by love all her life, and trapped in the fearful circle of people to struggle painfully, and finally was forced into a desperate situation, so that her life was forever frozen at the age of 25.
Ruan Lingyu is extremely talented in the performing arts, and her interpretation of various roles is vivid and at the pinnacle, representing the highest level of performing arts in the era of silent film in China.
However, it is such a genius superstar, but in the marriage is extremely unfortunate, the heart she wants to rely on and sustenance has nowhere to rest, and she can't escape the psychological stereotype of relying on men all her life.
In fact, only by being a strong woman can you have a strong destiny. Let's take a look at the tragic and thought-provoking life of Republic of China superstar Ruan Lingyu.
One: bloom in the dust
But all people with a tragic fate will not have a good background, and even have to bear the misfortune caused by the heavy native family for a lifetime, Ruan Lingyu is like this.
In 1910, Ruan Lingyu was born in Shanghai to a poor family of workers, originally named Ruan Fenggen, his mother was a housewife, and his father Ruan Yongrong was a worker in the Pudong Asia Thermal Oil Company.
Unfortunately, when she was 6 years old, her father died of illness, leaving her and her mother to fend for themselves. And as soon as the father died, the family lost its financial resources.
In order to survive, her mother had to take little Ruan Lingyu out to work to earn money. Ruan Lingyu, who is only 6 years old, has experienced all kinds of hardships in life since she was a child.
A few years later, the mother and daughter moved to a family surnamed Zhang to work as a maid, and their lives finally came to an end, but it also opened a new chapter in Ruan Lingyu's life and fell into the abyss of irreparable disaster.
Zhangjia was a family of officials in the declining Qing Dynasty, who engaged in business in Shanghai after the fall of the Qing Dynasty and was the trustee of Shanghai Chongde Girls' School. With this relationship, Ruan Lingyu entered school at the age of 9 and went to primary and middle school, which is also a blessing in misfortune.
In the plot of the movie, the daughter of a beautiful maid always seems to have some beautiful and indescribable stories with the young master of the owner, and Ruan Lingyu is the same.
Within a few years, Ruan Lingyu grew into a moving, lively and flexible girl. "Ruan Lingyu Memorial Number" once described her as follows: "The pavilion grows into a pavilion, Qiong Ba is gorgeous, and it is bright and bright, although the Jing cloth is not decorated but rhymes beautifully."
Natural beauty is an actor's strength. But the classmates said of her: "Neither beautiful nor modern, but the face is a little numb, very handsome, and the attitude is also a little more coquettish, her eyes are slippery and catching."
Such sour words, although it sounds exaggerated, but Ruan Lingyu's beautiful and charming image jumped on the paper. And such a beauty is inevitably coveted by the lecherous young master.
The Zhang family has four sons, and the youngest son, Zhang Damin, is Ruan Lingyu's lifelong nightmare. Ruan Lingyu was forcibly possessed by him when she was 16 years old, but she could only bear it silently and had no choice.
Although Zhang Damin has a personable appearance, he is a wild man and cannot be trusted for life, but Ruan Lingyu, who has just opened his love and is not deeply involved in the world, fell in love with him and interrupted his studies.
Soon, this master-servant love was discovered by Zhang Mu, who angrily swept Ruan Lingyu's mother and daughter out. The mother and daughter had to move to a house in Hongqing, and soon Zhang Damin moved out to live with her.
At this point, Ruan Lingyu did not realize the crisis, and was even full of yearning for the future life of the two. In 1926, 16-year-old Ruan Lingyu was admitted to Star Film Company and began her acting career.
In the same year, Ruan Lingyu starred in 5 movies such as "The Nominal Couple", which immediately caused a big sensation.
When director Bu Wancang saw Ruan Lingyu for the first time, he was stunned, saying that she "will never express endless sadness, arouse people's love, and will definitely be a promising tragic actor." So a lot of tragic roles were tailored for her, allowing her to perform to her heart's content.
As everyone knows, there is no coincidence, drama is like life, life is like drama!
Ruan Lingyu's first play "The Nominal Couple" is like her life with Zhang Damin, and the tragic roles she plays are all the true colors of the people at the bottom, and the tragic character endings seem to be doomed to her tragic life.
This is really a strange and paradoxical paradox, there is always something in life that makes you, but it also seems to take her to a point of no return.
Two: Drama is like life
Just like Chen Xiaoxu can never walk out of Lin Daiyu's tragedy, Ruan Lingyu can't walk out of the tragedy of her role.
She has made 29 movies in her life, playing many low-level tragic roles, such as maids, country girls, singers, dancers, etc., and her fate is like the fate of these characters, unable to escape the tragic end of reality.
Zhang Damin is a loitering, eating and drinking gambler, and after he quickly squandered his father's inheritance, he repeatedly reached out to Ruan Lingyu for money, and Ruan Lingyu became his cash cow.
After Zhang Damin reached out again and again for money and soft grinding hard bubbles, Ruan Lingyu was lost, she thought that she could touch him with love, hoping that one day the prodigal son would turn back, but she was disappointed again and again.
At this time, Ruan Lingyu's star company had the addition of the more famous movie star Hu Die, and the limelight was stolen away, making Ruan Lingyu's acting career enter a trough.
In desperation, Ruan Lingyu had to transfer to the Greater China Company and starred in several excellent movies such as "The Flower of the Screen", and her economic situation has also improved, but the competition is still fierce, which makes Ruan Lingyu feel worse and worse.
At this time, Zhang Damin was still demanding excessively, gambling on B, and forcing Ruan Lingyu to pay back every time he owed a gambling debt, which made Ruan Lingyu miserable, so he had suicidal thoughts for the first time, but fortunately he was discovered by his mother and saved a life in time.
Ruan Lingyu, who had walked through the ghost gate pass, finally compromised, no longer questioned Zhang Damin's gambling habits, and her inner emotional support collapsed.
In 1929, Ruan Lingyu's contract with Greater China expired, and she resolutely left the contract with Lianhua Company, began to transform her acting style, starred in films such as "Spring Dream of the Former Capital" and "A Cut of Plum", and became famous since then, this year she was 19 years old.
Although her career is booming, emotionally, Ruan Lingyu is still very painful, and she often nags on her mouth: "Being a woman is too hard, a woman living past the age of 30 is not interesting." ”
Since then, Lianhua Company has risen due to the support of Ruan Lingyu and has become a three-pronged situation with stars and Tianyi. And Ruan Lingyu's outstanding performance reached the peak of the artists of that era.
When the September 18 Incident broke out in 1931, Ruan Lingyu and Zhang Damin went to Hong Kong to avoid the war.
The following year, he returned to Shanghai and participated in the film "Three Modern Eras" based on the perspective of women, which immediately aroused strong repercussions and became a superstar in the limelight. Since then, his acting skills have become more and more perfect, and in 1934, he filmed the pinnacle "Goddess", representing the highest level of the silent film era.
Director Sun Yu once commented on her: "Her life is a page of historical facts struggling upward. Her outstanding acting skills have occupied the first place in the Chinese film industry for more than a decade; Her genius acting skills are the pride of the silent film era of Chinese films."
However, just when she finished making 29 films, her life's acting career came to an abrupt end, which also quietly brought an end to the "Ruan Lingyu era" in Chinese film history.
Years of forbearance and torture have exhausted Ruan Lingyu, and Zhang Damin's constant harassment and wanton demand have made Ruan Lingyu frustrated and unbearable, and has repeatedly introduced him to work but to no avail.
So he decided to sign a disengagement agreement with him in 1933, promising to pay him 100 yuan a month for two years, and the matter was over.
Just when Ruan Lingyu was looking forward to her second love, she met the tea king Tang Jishan on a social occasion.
But what I didn't expect was that I just came out of the wolf's den and entered the tiger's den.
Tang Jishan is a tea shop tycoon, but also a veteran of the love scene, throwing flowers and grass outside, and there are constant scandals, such as communicating with his original wife, and seducing the movie star Zhang Zhiyun at the time to live together.
After Zhang Zhiyun found out, he condemned Tang Jishan in the newspaper for being ruthless, but Ruan Lingyu still accepted him, even if his reputation was damaged, he wanted to live with him, and moved into Tang Jishan's bungalow.
Zhang Damin learned that after asking Ruan Lingyu for money without success, he took her to court with a complaint, framed Ruan Lingyu for stealing the property of the Zhang family, and sued the two for bigamy and J. Ruan Lingyu had to publish an independent property announcement to prove Tang Jishan's innocence.
Sadly, at this time, she found out that Tang Jishan had betrayed her, and she had a new lover Liang Saizhen outside.
Not only that, but he also did not allow Ruan Lingyu to show her face outside, and even spoke ill of her, accusing and scolding, which made her mood fall to the freezing point...
Three: red face and thin life
In her last film "New Woman", Ruan Lingyu interpreted Ai Xia, a woman who was tortured by life to live better than death and committed suicide by taking medicine, and everyone present burst into tears. And she seems to find a way out of it.
Who knew that as soon as "New Woman" came out, Ruan Lingyu fell into unprecedented public opinion and attacks, followed by all kinds of negative news: chaotic private life, dynasty, love for vanity, etc., which overwhelmed her.
To this end, she found the last straw in her life - director Cai Chusheng, the two are artists who love each other and cherish each other, she hopes that he can take her away, away from the land of right and wrong, but the other party politely rejected her because of fear of people's words.
The three men in her life, Zhang Damin when she is a cash cow, Tang Jishan when she is a trophy, Cai Chusheng when she is a good actor; A scoundrel, an abusive, a cowardly, wandering in her feelings, she finally lost hope of life.
Perhaps only death can wash away the fearful insults of people.
On the evening of March 8, 1935, she and Tang Jishan attended a party, where she drank a lot of wine, danced a lot, talked a lot with friends, smiled like a flower, and seemed to say goodbye to the world.
When she got home late at night, she swallowed 3 bottles of A sleeping pills. After Tang Jishan found out, she ignored the big hospital next to her and sent her to a Japanese-run hospital in the suburbs for rescue.
In the end, due to the delay in the best rescue time, Xiang Yu died, so that Ruan Lingyu's 25-year-old young life ended in Tang Jishan's ruthlessness.
Tang Jishan also forged a fake suicide note, attributing Ruan Lingyu's death to "fearful words" and Zhang Damin's harassment and entanglement, and kept herself out of the matter.
Unexpectedly, sister Liang Saizhen soon provided two real suicide notes in the newspaper, full of accusations against Zhang Damin and condemnation of Tang Jishan's play with N women and domestic violence.
After Ruan Lingyu committed suicide, more than 10 fans took medicine and followed her that day, leaving similar suicide notes: "Ruan Lingyu is dead, what is the meaning of our life?" ”
On the day of the funeral, 300,000 fans came to send the funeral, and everywhere the hearse went, thousands of people were empty. At the time, The New York Times reported: "This is the greatest funeral in the world! ”
Ruan Lingyu's life was short and tragic, she was a victim of the patriarchal society, trapped by love all her life, and finally died tragically, showing a kind of good resistance to the world with self-cutting.
The tragedy of her life began with love and ended with fearful words. She is a generation of superstars in the Republic of China, but she lacks a strong inner and independent personality, so she loses and loses herself.
As Lu Xun said: "Her suicide, related to news notes, is also true... However, no fist and no courage are like Ruan Lingyu, but she is making hard materials, and she is additionally painted with a face, which cannot be washed. ”
But no matter what, Ruan Lingyu has always been an eternal and beautiful scenery in the history of Chinese films, but it is red and fateful, which makes people sigh!
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