Zhang Xueliang's hometown is the Northeast, his father was the famous Northeast King at that time, after Zhang Zuolin's death, with the help of Zhang Zuolin's brother Zhang Zuoxiang, Zhang Xueliang sat firmly in the position of the Northeast King, the good times did not last long, under the coercion of the Japanese, Zhang Xueliang was forced to change the flag, defected to the national government, the Japanese were annoyed and angry, launched the 918 Incident, Zhang Xueliang withdrew to the Guannei, and the Northeast gave up.
At that time, Zhang Xueliang had 300,000 Northeast Army under his hands, and there were heavy weapons such as aircraft and artillery, and the Japanese only had less than 30,000 Kwantung Army, this incident was difficult to accept, Zhang Xueliang was therefore detained as a non-resistance general, although Zhang Xueliang came forward to explain many times, but few people were willing to believe it, which also became a stain on Zhang Xueliang's life.
Zhang Xueliang in order to clear his charges, forced Chiang Kai-shek to unite against Japan, launched a military admonition, put Chiang Kai-shek under house arrest, under the repeated representations of Song Meiling and others, Zhang Xueliang let go of Chiang Kai-shek, Chiang Kai-shek signed a joint anti-Japanese statement, Chiang Kai-shek came out of the first thing was to put Zhang Xueliang under house arrest, Chiang Kai-shek and Chiang Ching-kuo father and son died, Zhang Xueliang regained his freedom.
After Zhang Xueliang was free, he immediately left Taiwan and went to Hawaii in the United States to settle down, at this time Zhang Xueliang was old, so he wanted to donate his relics, these relics include: "The Three Eastern Provinces Lecture Wutang Instructor Special Graphic Version Tutorial", "Generalissimo Zhang Mourning Record", "The Three Eastern Provinces Guanyin Economic Monthly", "Republic of China Drama Newspaper", Northeast Navy Ship Target Positioning Telescope, etc., are of great historical significance.
Zhang Xueliang's first thought was to hand it over to the Taiwan Museum, although Zhang Xueliang was about to end his detention for many years, but he has always been a member of the Kuomintang, has fought with the Kuomintang, and has also lived in Taiwan for decades, but what Zhang Xueliang did not expect was that he found that some donated relics were sold to the country without permission, which made Zhang Xueliang very sad, so he gave up the idea of donating to the Taiwan Museum.
The second idea is to donate to the Northeast Museum, Zhang Xueliang's father is from the Northeast, Zhang Xueliang has always been obsessed with the Northeast, there is also Zhang Xueliang's home, it is reasonable to donate the relics there, Zhang Xueliang strengthened his thoughts, and discussed with Zhao Yidi, but he didn't expect Zhao Yidi to dispel his thoughts in a word: pride and security? Zhang Xueliang immediately woke up, there was no involvement, why force it.
In the end, Zhang Xueliang chose to donate his relics to the library of Columbia University in the United States for preservation, Columbia University heard of Zhang Xueliang's intentions, immediately sent someone to contact him, and set up a warehouse, sent a special person for safekeeping, Zhang Xueliang died in Hawaii at the age of 101, according to the agreement, his relics were donated to the library of Columbia University in the United States.