Wang Yuanhua, Zhang Ke
"How did you get out in a pair of Chaplin pants?"
This is the 19-year-old Zhang Ke, the first time to meet her future husband Wang Yuanhua, blurted out a joke.
A young man who grew up in Tsinghua Garden from a young age and grew up watching the back of Mr. Wang Guowei;
A talented girl who grew up in the Shuxiang Mendi and was able to translate the famous book "Early On" at the age of 18.
This is what Wang Yuanhua and Zhang Ke looked like at the beginning of their acquaintance.
The marriage lasted for 58 years, from acquaintance to life and death, and there was no one else in each other's hearts.
This marriage was on a par with Qian Zhongshu and Yang Dai, Lin Yutang and Liao Cuifeng, and was known as the three most immortal romances in the Republic of China.
Zhang Ke
However, the beginning of this immortal story is not so romantic.
Zhang Ke, who played the drama team at Jinan University as the heroine, often traveled all over the world to participate in performances.
One day, at the age of 19, she and the crew came to the Tsinghua Garden where Wang Yuanhua grew up, and Zhang Ke, who was beautiful and dignified, has since entered Wang Yuanhua's eyes.
Wang Yuanhua watched next to the drama team, and Zhang Ke also noticed this handsome teenager wearing a pair of Chinese and Western pants and strange leather shoes.
Zhang Ke smiled mischievously at Wang Yuanhua: "How did you wear a pair of Chaplin pants and come out?" ”
Wang Yuanhua listened to this ridicule and was funny and angry, did not hold out a word, and left breathlessly.
In fact, the seeds of love have been planted in the hearts of teenagers.
Wang Yuanhua
Years later, Wang Yuanhua clearly remembered the simple and clever girl who suddenly broke into his world that day.
"She is very simple, cutting a shoulder-length hair that is not long or short, wearing a cheongsam, and it is not a very elaborate fabric."
It is precisely this pure and special Zhang Ke that makes Wang Yuanhua more and more unforgettable.
As he became more and more in contact with their drama team, the buds of love in his heart grew stronger.
One day, he finally plucked up the courage to offer an invitation to a date to his admirer.
Zhang Ke readily agreed to his invitation, and on the day of the date, Wang Yuanhua, who forgot to bring money and let Zhang Ke help pay for the tickets to Fuxing Park, can be said to be choked by Zhang Ke, who loves literature and has sharp teeth, and cannot speak.
Zhang Ke constantly asked Wang Yuanhua questions about "the issue of men and women in western and traditional Chinese concepts", which made Wang Yuanhua overwhelmed and nervous, and could not answer anything.
Wang Yuanhua hurriedly left in embarrassment and shame.
In fact, Zhang Ke felt that this young man who invited him to the park but forgot to bring money was very cute.
But the aristocratic education she received from childhood made her grow into a reserved, maverick girl who hid her thoughts and opinions in her heart.
Therefore, in the face of Wang Yuanhua's pursuit, she never showed the same warm love and obvious joy.
And Wang Yuanhua's love at first sight was rare and lasting, since QinghuaYuan was surprised by a glimpse, his heart could not fit anyone else except for This kind joke about Zhang Ke he was wearing.
He had secretly decided that he would have to spend the rest of his life with her.
Wang Yuanhua was young
He loves Zhang Ke's dignified and stable appearance, the heart of a naughty little girl, loves Zhang Ke's extensive knowledge and full of talent, even her aggressive questioning of him, he feels that it is so special and cute.
Wang Yuanhua did everything in his power to find Zhang Ke's brother as his friend and help him investigate Zhang Ke's deep feelings for him.
In fact, in the face of Wang Yuanhua's persistent pursuit, Zhang Ke has long been moved, although she only said to her brother on the surface: "Wang Yuanhua is a very sincere person, which is very good." ”
In her heart, she has long been moved by this sincerity.
Smart she understands that love needs to be tested, and it can only be called true sincerity if she can persevere.
Only by passing the test of time can she determine that Wang Yuanhua is a person worthy of entrusting her life, and can she be sure that her heartbeat and affection will not be wrongly paid.
In this way, after ten years of testing and deliberation, she finally said Wang Yuanhua's name frankly in the question of other suitors "who do you really like".
After ten years, in 1948, Zhang Ke finally accepted Wang Yuanhua's love. The two held a wedding ceremony at a church in Shanghai.
The two people who have formed a good relationship are very sweet and close to each other.
Zhang Ke finally identified the lover in front of him, showed the tenderness in his heart, and rushed inside and out for this hard-won family.
In the face of heartbeat, Zhang Ke did not rush into it, but controlled his emotions and tried to treat this feeling with a peaceful and calm heart.
Such precipitated feelings are more able to withstand the washing of time than the sudden combustion.
The life of the two after marriage, although plain and simple, is a long stream of water and is moving.
Zhang Ke, who grew up with servants and never cooked, began to learn to wash her hands and make soup for her husband, and mastered the skill of cooking with one hand over time.
She managed the family's finances, distributed the salaries of the two men, and kept the common home in good order and order.
She decorated the living room with moving flowers, placed fragrant incense for the wardrobe, and laid a pure white tablecloth on the dining table, decorating the common life of the two people with elegance and romance, so that Wang Yuanhua was comfortable and comfortable.
After getting married, Wang Yuanhua never brought money with him, and once he was paid, he would immediately and voluntarily hand over to Zhang Ke to let her manage, and then look for Zhang Ke when needed.
Zhang Ke would sometimes give him money, and said to him with a bad smile: "This money is not allowed to invite other women to visit the park." ”
Her witty words made Wang Yuanhua can't help but laugh and touch his beloved wife's hair dotingly.
In fact, both of them knew very well that except for Zhang Ke, Wang Yuanhua's heart could not fit anyone else.
Sometimes, Wang Yuanhua, who grew up pampered and talented as a leader, could not help but be impatient at home and would complain from time to time.
And Zhang Ke was never in a hurry, gentle as water, and every time he calmly resolved all of Wang Yuanhua's anxiety and impatience.
In the face of Wang Yuanhua's sometimes complacent complacency, Zhang Kefeng gave a light thumbs up and said to her husband: "You are always me and me, you are the best, you can't get it." ”
Wang Yuanhua looked at his wife who was sneering at him, and the naughty appearance of Zhang Ke when he first met him came to mind again, and all the irritability and anxiety disappeared.
After a year of marriage, Zhang Ke also gave birth to a smart and lovely son for the two, and the life of the two was more fulfilling and interesting, and they were well-known under the common management of the husband and wife.
However, this sweet and carefree life did not last long, and one day in 1955, several searchers broke into their home, breaking the quiet life of the two.
Wang Yuanhua, who was sorting out books in front of the bookshelf at home, was suddenly forcibly arrested by them, implicated in Hu Feng's case, thrown into prison, and forced to isolate himself from his family.
Zhang Ke, who learned the news after returning home, was so anxious that she rushed to the secret room where Wang Yuanhua was imprisoned with her son, hoping to reassure her husband.
Who knows, the child who climbed up the wall and shook and shouted "Daddy" to Wang Yuanhua made Wang Yuanhua, who was already under great mental pressure in prison, doubly nervous and afraid.
Although he knew that his wife was reporting peace to him, he felt even more sad and miserable in prison, and it was difficult to let go.
Left One Wang Yuanhua
Wang Yuanhua's body and mind were invaded by boundless fear, "What I believed to be beautiful and even sacred for a long time in the past was destroyed in an instant. I felt fear, as if I had been abandoned into the endless wilderness. ”
While her wife was also living a miserable life, police officers surrounded Zhang Ke and forced her to confess evidence of Wang Yuanhua's crimes.
Her husband was wronged when he went to prison, so how could Zhang Ke, who was obsessed with Wang Yuanhua, bow to the confessors?
Her silent silence infuriated them, and one of the confessors directly picked up the heavy book in his hand and smashed it into the face of Zhang Ke, who had grown up in the fragrance of books.
Zhang Ke suddenly felt the smell of blood in her mouth, and the intense pain made her dizzy, but she still clenched her teeth and did not say a word, she knew that this was the greatest protection she could do for the family at this time.
Years later, she still remembers that the book that was smashed at her was Zhuangzi's.
She silently swallowed this humiliation and unwillingness, unwilling to let her husband in prison know what he had suffered, and thus suffered even more.
But unfortunately, Wang Yuanhua still learned of this news, and he was already in great pain and isolation, and he was even more worried about his wife and children.
Slowly, he developed mental illness, insomnia and hallucinations gradually eroded him, and he could only rely on repeated reading of books and studying literature to alleviate his inner pain slightly.
The husband and wife were separated from each other in their own homes for two years.
In 1957, Wang Yuanhua was finally acquitted.
Although he painstakingly studied literature in prison, although he gained inner understanding and breakthrough in academics, his mental illness was already very serious.
Zhang saw that he had a husband who had been sentenced to two people and had twisted his facial features, and he forcibly suppressed tears.
Knowing that her husband had been diagnosed with psychotic schizophrenia, she worked day and night thinking about how to help Wang Yuanhua get through this difficult situation.
Look at Wang Yuanhua, who often talks to people who don't exist because he is in a hallucination. Zhang Ke had no fear, no wandering.
She remembered the sentences of the Bible that she had read every day in church when her husband was in prison, encouraging herself to raise her spirits and bring strength to her husband.
"If you are timid on the day of affliction, your strength is small."
She hugged Wang Yuanhua, who was afraid to learn that those people were only hallucinating themselves, not real existence, and gently comforted him: "Don't be afraid, in the future, when you see everyone, ask me if I can see it, and then take care of them?" ”
Wang Yuanhua Zhang Ke Wang Yuanhua and Zhang Ke
After constantly consulting and thinking about the materials, Zhang Ke finally found a way to help her husband get better, and she enlightened her husband with the attitude of trying it out.
That is the bond that connects the two people's feelings in the first place: literature.
She thought that if Wang Yuanhua, who was devoted to studying literature, could continue to devote himself to the cause he loved, it might reduce his anxiety and uneasiness a lot, and his spirit would inevitably improve.
The most needed recipe for a disciple is spiritual sustenance.
Therefore, she prepared many masterpieces of Shakespeare, preparing to use literature as a medicine to cure her husband's heart disease.
Early one morning, Zhang Ke held a large stack of Shakespeare's tome and passed by her husband's side without incident.
Wang Yuanhua, who was obsessed with books, was immediately attracted to the past.
While taking the book in Zhang Ke's hand and starting to read it, he said: "Shakespeare's works are not good in many places, and if you look at this book, the unbridled majesty he describes is obviously out of harmony with the theme!" ”
Zhang Ke saw the situation and knew that his method was beginning to work.
She smiled and began to study and translate Shakespeare's literary works with her husband every day, and discussed and exchanged literary techniques and cultural values with her husband.
Wang Yuanhua's spirit has indeed improved day by day, and his facial features, which were originally distorted by illness, have gradually recovered.
One day, the two saw the fourth act of "Othello" together, and Zhang Ke suddenly raised his head and said to her husband:
"If God's will, if he wants me to suffer all kinds of torments, if he uses all kinds of pain and shame on my defenseless head, submerges me in the mud of poverty, and deprives me of all freedom and hope, I can also find a drop of patience in a corner of my soul." 」
Qian Zhongshu wrote a letter to Wang Yuanhua
Wang Yuanhua was like an empowerment, full of tears. Remembering all the torments he had suffered, he felt a lot of empathy.
At this moment, he finally found the manna that could be saved in his soul, that is, the spiritual salvation that his wife found for him - literature.
Since then, he began to write books, and only then did he think of Wang Yuanhua, who was gushing like a fountain, writing countless manuscripts every day, and producing many fine works.
Zhang Ke saw her husband who had finally cheered up, was deeply relieved, sat next to her husband, and transcribed a draft for him with a beautiful and exquisite small kai.
In this way, Wang Yuanhua Zhang Ke and his wife created and sorted out hundreds of thousands of words of book manuscripts.
Zhang can bind them on beautiful covers one by one, and the two have jointly completed one literary masterpiece after another.
Wang Yuanhua calligraphy
Literature, which finally saved Wang Yuanhua, who had been mad for 22 years, became his best medicine and let him see the light again.
If literature is Wang Yuanhua's medicinal introduction, Zhang Ke is the most precious and valuable doctor in his life.
With her indifferent state of mind, peaceful attitude, and calm thoughts, she took Wang Yuanhua out of the terrible nightmare little by little, allowing him to regain a new life not only in his literary career, but also on the road of life.
In fact, what really saved Wang Yuanhua was his wife's unswerving and wise love.
Wang Yuanhua himself once said: "Translating and introducing Shakespeare is completely Zhang Ke's desire to let me come out of the shadows, I have achieved Shakespeare's status in China, but she has achieved me." ”
Zhang Ke made him and saved him, like a beam of cold and gentle moonlight, shining on his already broken atrium, making him calm, healing him, and making him a new life.
The second king on the left is Yuanhua
However, the dark clouds of fate finally obscured the light of the night moon, and in the summer of 1979, Zhang Ke suddenly fell into a cerebral thrombosis coma, and after seven days and seven nights of rescue, he barely saved his life.
Her intellect and physical strength were severely impaired, and she could not only no longer read and write, but also could not take care of herself in basic daily life, and could only be paralyzed in bed and express simple language.
Wang Yuanhua, who had been living under Zhang Ke's day and night care, collapsed for a time, and the world said that Zhang Ke took care of him like another of his mothers.
And now, Zhang Ke's fall made him feel heart-wrenchingly painful and lonely.
Seeing Zhang Ke's weak appearance, in his later years, he cried helplessly in the hospital for a long time.
He cried out to heaven in anguish, "Oh my God, she can do simultaneous interpretation in French and English!" Her pen is 'Female Yan Zhenqing'! You've now taken her all that way!" ”
Zhang Kewang Yuanhua
The female middle school Yan Zhenqing was lost, and the light of the moon dimmed, but fortunately, Zhang Ke's life continued!
Wang Yuanhua, who had been crying bitterly for two days and two nights, finally made up his mind that he would take on the burden of the family and use all his strength for the rest of his life to light up the faint light that remained in his wife's life.
Wang Yuanhua, who once relied on his wife for everything, began to take on all responsibilities, accompanied and cared for his wife, and handled all the affairs of life for her.
He fed and washed his wife, pushed her wheelchair for a walk with her, and wherever he went, he pushed her wherever he went, never leaving for a moment, carefully guarding.
Zhang Ke once cared for him, he now doubled his care back, she has guarded and illuminated him for half a life, and now, he must do his best to protect her and keep her.
He knew that Zhang was cute and clean, and she who had always been pure and elegant could not be sloppy at the moment, he washed and ironed clothes for her every day, put on the incense-scented clothes for his wife, and combed Zhang Ke's silver wire meticulously.
He knew that Zhang Ke liked to eat hoofs, but because this food was too greasy for her current poor physical condition.
He then divided the hooves into small pieces and fed them to Zhang Ke every few hours, so that her appetite could be slightly satisfied.
Watching Zhang Ke eat good food, put on scented clothes, and have a childlike satisfied smile when he was accompanied, he felt that it was all so worthwhile.
Zhang Ke's former student heard that the teacher was seriously ill and went to visit her. The students were shocked to see the teacher's rosy cheeks and refreshing spirit, although he was seriously ill.
The students were deeply touched by Wang Yuanhua's meticulous care for the teacher, if there was no Wang Yuanhua, Zhang Ke would have died in pain long ago.
It turned out that the light of the moon had not faded, and Zhang Ke's years of companionship with Wang Yuanhua had been deeply integrated into his life.
Her gentleness and elegance, her grace and bones, her composure and calmness, and her eternal companionship have flowed in her husband's blood and turned into the eternal gentle moonlight in his heart.
Wang Yuanhua relied on the power of this moonlight in his heart, taking his wife's life as the support of his own life, and caring for Zhang Ke every day.
Under such intimate care, Zhang Ke miraculously lived to the age of 87.
In 2006, she passed away decently and gracefully in the midst of her husband's unwavering love.
Wang Yuanhua single-handedly continued the life of his paralyzed wife for 27 years with unswerving care.
Tomb of Wang Yuanhua Zhang Ke
Immediately, Wang Yuanhua, who had lost Zhang Ke, was like a body detached from his soul and fell ill in great grief.
And now that he is facing life and death again, he has learned the calmness and indifference of his wife in dealing with the world.
Wang Yuanhua, who was admitted to the hospital, was unwilling to cooperate with the doctor's treatment, and he calmly told his family not to rescue him if he fell into a coma.
Shrouded in the shadow of death, he said calmly: "I can't wait, my last expectation is to go there to see her (Zhang Ke)." ”
Every morning, he freshened up and dressed up, serenely waiting for death to come, for his reunion in heaven with his wife.
He smiled at the students and said, "Zhang Ke has been in the world two years before me, and she has always been worried about it, so I will leave two years later than her, so when I go to her, I am the same age as her." ”
The moonlight had returned to the sky, and he looked forward to it night and night, hoping to find the indispensable companion of life as soon as possible.
As he wished, two years after Zhang Ke left, he died peacefully in his dream.
The moving love they wrote with their entire lives, the immortal poems carved with flesh and blood souls, can continue in another world.
A glimpse of Tsinghua Garden, unforgettable, until death.
Now, the moonlight is full of people, looking at each other hand in hand.