She died at the age of 118, shaved her hair as a nun in her 50s, and spent the rest of her life in a temple in Taipei eating fasting Buddha, so what made her see through the red dust and return to tranquility?
The story takes place in the last century, during the Qing government.
The heroine of the story is Li Guoqin, her father is Li Jingfeng, Li Hongzhang's nephew, so naturally Li Guoqin at that time was a famous lady in Shanghai.
As Li Hongzhang's niece, Li Guoqin is naturally sought after by many people, and her family has also spoiled her since she was a child, and everything will follow her ideas.
But there is only one thing that Li Guoqin cannot decide by herself, and that is her marriage.
Although the society at that time was no longer as feudal as it was a long time ago, Li Jingfeng's thinking was still the same as before, and he believed that the door was more important.
And his own daughter, Li Guoqin, is still the daughter of a big family, how can he find such a man who has skills, knowledge, and status who can speak in the DPRK.
At that time, Zhang Fuyun was Li Jingfeng's first choice.
Zhang Fuyun was born in Yantai, Shandong, and his family was engaged in business, so he was particularly sensitive to these numbers since he was a child, and his family also attached great importance to Zhang Fuyun's education.
And Zhang Fuyun himself is also very ambitious, completely without the arrogance of Brother Gongzi, he studied steadfastly, and finally obtained a place to study abroad with his extremely high level of knowledge and ability.
At the age of 21, Zhang Fuyun became the last student in the Qing government to go to Harvard University for education, making him the first Chinese in history to study at Harvard Law School.
Zhang Fuyun still did not have any slack during his study at Harvard, although he is a rich child, logically speaking, he does not have to work so hard, and his family will also help him arrange his future path.
But Zhang Fuyun's heart is not only about himself, but also about the great motherland.
He studied international law during his time in school because at that time, when the Qing government was in power, some of our country's customs and customs sovereignty was in the hands of some Western countries.
In this regard, Zhang Fuyun feels that this is an act of losing autonomy.
So at that time, he set a goal to become a lawyer of international law one day, and would never allow any Western power to wantonly usurp the sovereignty of our country.
After his return, he also received an invitation from Peking University to become a professor of international law at Peking University and began his teaching career.
After his family found out, they were also happy for him, but at the same time they felt a little sorry, because Zhang Fuyun declined the invitation of foreign law firms, which meant that he gave up a large part of his good future.
In this regard, Zhang Fuyun himself will not think like this, studying abroad is to return to serve his motherland, even if the other party offers a high salary, Zhang Fuyun is not shaken at all, he has only one idea in his heart, that is, to come back.
He also attended the Washington Conference, where he and other members of the delegation made important speeches on Japan's issue in Qingdao, Shandong, and finally succeeded in recovering Qingdao's customs.
After that, he was appointed by the Beiyang government as the director of the maritime department of the Ministry of Communications, and continued to strive for tariff autonomy.
Zhang Fuyun is famous, many big families have heard of this person, and Li Jingfeng is no exception, he takes a fancy to Zhang Fuyun's status and background, and thinks that he is the best choice for his son-in-law.
Later, through the arrangement of an intermediary, Li Guoqin and Zhang Fuyun finally met.
At first, Li Guoqin was not interested in this young and promising man who returned from studying abroad, because long before meeting Zhang Fuyun, Li Guoqin had a mutual affection with a son in Tianjin.
It's just that he is separated from him by two places, and because of his family, he can't often see the people he likes, and in Shanghai at that time, a big family like Li Guoqin, no matter where he goes, there will be someone to secretly protect.
Since he was a child, Li Guoqin has been taught by his father that girls should not often show their heads outside and be virtuous, so Li Guoqin also received the most advanced education at that time.
It's just that the father has always been a feudal-minded person, and he always thinks that being in charge of the door is the greatest reliance on his daughter, and he doesn't care about Li Guoqin's thoughts at all.
The first time they met, Li Guoqin had no feeling for Zhang Fuyun, because the person in front of him was not his favorite person, no matter how good he was, it was useless, but Zhang Fuyun was different.
Zhang Fuyun's first impression of this woman was that her temperament was very gentle, her manners were decent, and she was also very knowledgeable.
This is very favorable to him, because Zhang Fuyun has always had high requirements for the people around him.
He thinks that if he can't find someone who can talk about the same topic as him, he will be willing to give up.
It's a difficult thing for him, and it's boring to be with someone who can't talk about his knowledge.
After meeting Li Guoqin at that time, Zhang Fuyunde rekindled hope in his heart, so Zhang Fuyun decided to have more contact with Li Guoqin at that time, which made Li Guoqinde's father happy.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Fuyun can really get together with his daughter, which can not only become his daughter's backer, but also help him talk in the dynasty.
Li Jinfeng directly decided to marry Li Guoqin to Zhang Fuyun at the moment, and Zhang Fuyun at that time was naturally willing, for him, as long as it was related to Li Guoqin, he could do anything.
Li Guoqin knew that "the order of his parents, the covenant of a matchmaker" could not be violated, so he parted painfully with his favorite person.
Soon after, the two got married, and after marriage, Li Guoqin could not accept Zhang Fuyun for a long time.
She is very angry with Zhang Fuyun, and her home does not look like a newlyweds at all, but when she needs to attend any occasion, she will be very close.
She herself feels sad, her marriage is a big matter, but she can't make her own decisions.
Zhang Fuyun also knew that Li Guoqin had a favorite person after marriage, so he was very guilty, and after marriage, he was obedient to Li Guoqin, even if Li Guoqin snubbed himself, he did not have any complaints.
What's more, Li Guoqin was thirteen years younger than herself at that time, and she was young and beautiful and married to a man thirteen years older than herself, and she didn't know each other very well, so thinking about it, she really took advantage.
Zhang Fuyun cared about Li Guoqin very much after marriage and loved her very much, and Li Guoqin also began to be slowly influenced by Zhang Fuyun and began to accept Zhang Fuyun's goodness.
When Zhang Fuyun was busy with work, Li Guoqin was cooking at home and waiting for him to return, and Zhang Fuyun would also help when he saw Li Guoqin cooking.
Such a pair of knowledgeable and cultivated people together, day by day, lived very peacefully, until later the addition of a person, did not disrupt this originally peaceful atmosphere, Zhang Fuyun and Li Guoqin.
In the two years since they were together, they have not conceived a child.
Li Guoqin was also very anxious, she wanted to have a child with Zhang Fuyun, but the doctor told her a thunderbolt news: "That is, Li Guoqin's body is not very good, so the chance of pregnancy will be very small, and it may even be impossible to conceive."
After hearing this, Li Guoqin was also very worried that although he was educated by the state, he was also a woman, and the fact that a woman was told that she would not be able to have children was undoubtedly a major blow to them.
Zhang Fuyun knew that Li Guoqin was very worried about the child, so he proposed to adopt one, and Li Guoqin could only agree at that time, after all, he couldn't give birth, and finally the two decided to adopt a girl.
With the addition of children, the home is more lively and warm.
Li Guoqin and Zhang Fuyun treated her like a biological daughter, without any mustard, this girl grew up in such a family with favorable conditions, only the longer and better-looking, the longer and more temperamental, just like the family that Li Guoqin was born into.
As time passed, the daughter also slowly grew up, and the adopted daughter after adulthood not only looked very good-looking, but even cultivated knowledge was not inferior to Zhang Fuyun and Li Guoqin.
Zhang Fuyun watched his daughter grow up day by day, looking at her beautiful appearance, as a man, it was difficult not to look at it a few times.
Moreover, her daughter is also very good at talking with herself, and she also has her own opinions on some issues, which attracts Zhang Fuyun even more.
Zhang Fuyun often reminds himself that he must not cross the dividing line between them, and that doing so is immoral.
But no matter how much he hinted at himself, it was useless, and in the end, he still stepped out of that dividing line and did something sorry for Li Guoqin.
The adopted daughter Ye Yihua knew that she was sorry for her adoptive mother Li Guoqin, and finally confessed this matter to her, she told Li Guoqin that she had an ulterior relationship with Zhang Fuyun, and now that she was pregnant, Li Guoqin hated the two very much after he found out.
I didn't expect that the child he had held since childhood had such an unscrupulous thing with his husband, which was simply against heaven, such a deformed love, Li Guoqin did not understand very much.
She couldn't accept her adopted daughter as her sister, nor could she accept that her husband would have to face both women at the same time in the future, so she decided to leave Zhang Fuyun, who knew that Li Guoqin was leaving, and begged her not to leave her.
also said that he will not have any contact with his adopted daughter in the future, in fact, Zhang Fuyun's heart is still reluctant to Li Guoqinde, after all, it has been a husband and wife for so many years, but Li Guoqin feels that this time it is not a matter of emotional morality, but about human reason.
She didn't want to face such a thing, so she decisively gave up the good life she originally had, came to a temple in Taipei alone, and started a new life of her own.
There are too many uncontrollable things in this world, and she is already tired, and she doesn't want to care about this name, nor does she want to fight over who is right and who is wrong.
Li Guoqin settled in Taipei and accompanied the Tsing Yi Ancient Buddha all year round, chanting gold all his life, and burying the past in his heart.
Her own actions proved that women do not need to rely on men, and in the face of men's betrayal, they will break what is right, never look back, let alone forgive, this is a matter of principle.
Later, after Zhang Fuyun died, Li Guoqin received his letter, and Li Guoqin's eyes did not show any emotion after he looked at it.
You don't need to think about it, there must be an apology written in it, but at that time, Li Guoqin had already let go, and his affairs no longer had anything to do with her.