In 1935, Shanghai began the "New Life" movement, and issued the "Shanghai New Life Collective Marriage Measures Draft", which advocated changing customs and customs, simplicity and economy. On April 25, 1936, the big stars Zhao Dan and Ye Lucy also followed the trend and held a group wedding in Hangzhou, and together with two other star couples, Donner, Lan Ping, Gu Ji and Du Xiaojuan took a sensational group photo in Hangzhou.
Zhao Dan was very happy about this, and proudly announced to his friends: "I have become a happy prince, because I have the most beautiful and beautiful woman in the world." ”
In 1937, the Outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, although Ye Lucy and Zhao Dan were a loving couple with deep love and righteousness, they were forced to be separated in the war, and finally failed to break the mirror and reunite.
Ye Lucy later married the writer Du Xuan (formerly known as Gui Cangling) and had 9 children before and after, plus Du Xuan's former wife and daughter, and personally raised 11 children.
She was diligent and kind all her life, experienced the turmoil of war, cultivated all her children into talents, and received endless remembrance from her children after her death, until the centenary of her birth, her children continued to write articles to express their thoughts.
Once the Shanghai Beach Rose, full of vicissitudes, does not change the tenderness in the heart, its stoicism and gentleness, people are admirable.
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Born in 1917 in Nanxiong, Guangdong Province, Ye Lucy was two years younger than Zhao Dan, and in 1934, when she was studying at the Nanyang Senior Commercial School in Shanghai, she was praised by her teachers for her very standard English pronunciation, and also gave her the English name "Rose", so she changed her name to the English transliteration of Rose (Rose).
Lucy Ye
Ye Lucy is from a family of scholars, younger brother Ye Chunzhi, nephew Ye Xiaogang are composers, Ye Xiaogang is better than blue, is the chairman of the National Music Association, known as "the first person in Chinese soundtrack", perhaps family genetics, Ye Lucy also has a deep artistic talent, a wide range of interests, not only skiing and basketball masters, but also love to perform, joined the amateur theater troupe in the business school.
When Zhao Dan came to the amateur theater troupe of the business school to direct the rehearsal, he met Ye Lucy and fell in love with her at first sight, inviting her to join the "Left Wing Drama Association" in Shanghai.
Zhao Dan
Under zhao dan's point, Ye Lucy soon became the main actor, performing many dramas such as "The Great Thunderstorm".
Zhao Dan was already a nationally renowned movie star at that time, with outstanding temperament, kindness and humor, and Ye Lucy was also deeply attracted to this movie star who had always been in love with her, and the two soon fell in love.
After marriage, Ye Lucy became pregnant, while Zhao Dan was busy shooting classic movies such as "Cross Street" and "Road Angel", in order to support Zhao Dan's career, Ye Lucy willingly retreated to the background and gave up her acting career.
Zhao Dan, Ye Lucy and the eldest daughter Zhao Qing
She gave birth to a son and a daughter for Zhao Dan, the eldest daughter Zhao Qing was only a few months old, the Outbreak of the War of Resistance, Ye Luxi entrusted her daughter to her mother who stayed in Shanghai, she followed Zhao Dan to join the "Shanghai Film and Drama Circle Salvation Drama Third Team" led by the party, went to the interior, set off from Shanghai, and performed everywhere in the cities along the Yangtze River to save the dead, on the way, they gave birth to their son Zhao Spear.
In June 1939, Zhao Dan mistakenly believed that the Xinjiang warlord Sheng Shi was a pro-Communist progressive, and traveled to Xinjiang with three other actors and couples to seek the opportunity to go to Moscow to learn Stanislavsky's performance system, and Ye Lucy accompanied her son, who was a few months old. When carrying out anti-Japanese propaganda in Xinjiang, Sheng Shicai believed that the traitors and traitors in Zhao Dan's plays were aimed at his satirical criticism, so he arrested and imprisoned Zhao Dan and other progressive actors on suspicion of the "Du Chongyuan Conspiracy riot case", and were tortured and strictly interrogated.
Ye Lucy got the news and tried to rescue her husband everywhere, but a year later, Sheng Shicai sent a car to forcibly send the wives of the four prisoners to the interior and did not enter Xinjiang. In 1943, news came from Xinjiang that Zhao Dan and others had been shot and killed by Sheng Shicai, and Ye Luxi was in pain and planned to be martyred, but was dissuaded by friends.
In order to raise her young son, Ye Lucy, who struggled to make a living in Chongqing, married Du Xuan, an old acquaintance and writer of the Left-Wing Drama Association, and in 1945, after Sheng Shicai stepped down, Zhao Dan was released from prison and returned to Chongqing to look for Ye Lucy.
Ye Lucy saw the news of Zhao Dan's return in the newspaper, she couldn't sleep for many days in a row, she washed her face with tears every day, she still loved Zhao Dan deeply, but now that she was pregnant with Du Xuan's child, a heart could not be torn in half, and reality made her very embarrassed.
A few days later, Zhao Dan came to her house, looked at his wife who had been separated for 5 years, and couldn't help but burst into tears, repeatedly calling "Xiaoye", hugging Ye Lucy tightly, and asking her to leave with him.
Later, Zhao Dan recalled the scene to his daughter Zhao Qing, saying: "As soon as I saw your mommy, I was eager to hug her, and I missed my lover day and night!" But your mother is so calm. As soon as I saw that she was pregnant, I immediately realized that she was someone else's wife. My heart was like a knife, and my internal organs were torn apart. I couldn't help but get down on my knees and cry and plead with her: 'Beat the child in your belly and come back with me...' But your mommy answered me desperately: 'One family has been destroyed, and I can't destroy a second family.' ’”
In this way, the loving couple was completely separated by the war, and they could no longer break the mirror and reunite.
Paintings by Zhao Dan
In 1962, when Zhao Qing went to Shanghai to recuperate, Zhao Dan comforted her daughter and said that she had two families that cared about her, and Zhao Qing, who had been fostered abroad since childhood, cried and said: "These two families are not mine, I have never had my own home..." Zhao Dan cried sadly: "Ah Yuan, what do you say you want, or I will divorce Huang Zongying immediately and remarry with your mother, okay!" Daddy listens to you, you just have one word, I will act immediately. Zhao Qing was very sad and never mentioned this matter again.
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Zhao Dan and Ye Lucy parted hands in helplessness, and Zhao Dan was depressed for a long time, but he did not complain about his ex-wife, but only said one sentence: "A rumor has caused my wife to be separated." ”
Zhao Dan later married actor Huang Zongying and gave birth to three children.
Zhao Dan and Huang Zongying
After Ye Luxi married Du Xuan, she had a total of seven children, named Gui Weiming, Gui Weishu, Gui Weigu, Gui Weirou, Gui Weiduo, Gui Duomu, Gui Weizhuo, plus two children born to Du Xuan's ex-wife, a total of nine children to raise, but under the pressure of life, she still pursued progress, prepared to establish the Hong Kong-Kowloon Women's Association in Hong Kong, and secretly joined the party under the introduction of Pan Hannian and Du Xuan.
Du Xuan and Ye Lucy
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Du Xuan became the chairman of the Shanghai Drama Association and the vice chairman of the Literary Association, and Ye Luxi was later responsible for the preparation of the directing department of the Shanghai Theater Academy, and the work was very outstanding.
Ye Lucy's second daughter Gui Weiming recalled: "My mother was a happy, exquisite, and loving person. She loves every child. Not to mention the third generation, not to mention the cousins and cousins, among my brothers and sisters, there are half-siblings, half-siblings, all brothers and sisters add up to eleven people. In the decades of getting along, everyone can achieve equal love and mutual love, regardless of each other, all of which are condensed by mothers with love. ”
As long as she has time, Ye Lucy and Du Xuan cook together, taking a large group of children out to the park, playing ball, and playing games, leaving them with a good childhood impression.
Du Xuan, Ye Lucy and their children
For the eldest daughter Zhao Qing and the eldest son Zhao Mao, who have not been around for a long time, Ye Lucy is full of guilt and deep love.
Zhao Qing recalled that in 1962, she returned to Shanghai to recuperate due to a leg injury, and there was no place to live with her husband, Zhao Dan's family had three children born with Huang Zongying, and two adopted Zhou Xuan children, there was no place to even build a bed, Ye Luxi quickly took Zhao Qing to her home, vacated the next room to Du Xuan's study for Zhao Qing to live, and warmly welcomed the arrival of the big sister with the whole family.
Zhao Qing
At that time, it was a three-year difficult period, rations and nutritional products were all supplied by ticket, Ye Lucy made a few pounds of fish and eggs for the whole family every month into a dish, put it on the table for Zhao Qing to enjoy alone, Zhao Qing said: "The brothers and sisters on the side looked at no one squeaking, and the younger sisters were also obediently polite on weekdays, not noisy, never disturbing me." My mother and Uncle Gui educated my brothers and sisters so well, which made me so moved! ”
At this time, Zhao Qing's husband suffered from a blood disease, and it was Ye Lucy and Zhao Qing's grandmother who went to Zhongshan Hospital every day to take care of her.
Zhao Qing stills
In addition to life care, ye Lucy poured more into her children in her career, and later became a famous dancer Zhao Qing recalled, during the period of shanghai recuperation, she was discouraged by her dance career due to illness, the erudite Du Xuan and Zhao Qing talked about ancient and modern masterpieces and dramas, Ye Lucy let her brother Ye Chunzhi contact "Liang Zhu" composer Chen Gang for Zhao Qing to meet and talk about creation, and let students help her daughter with stage design, which contributed to Zhao Qing's quick creation of the dance drama "Liang Zhu", and then shined in the national dance show and was praised at home and abroad.
Zhao Mao grew up to become a film director, and Gui Weishu, Gui Weimu and others also mostly engaged in literary and artistic work and became experts in their own fields.
Gui Weiming recalled: "Among so many children, there are naturally many troubles, but most of them are outstanding in their professions, which is not easy for a big family! If you ask, it's because we grew up with our mother's heart. ”
Bow to the children, for the community, Ye Lucy also do her duty.
Zhao Qing's painting "Milk"
Before the Cultural Revolution, Ye Lucy, as an "old revolutionary", had been engaged in grass-roots literary and artistic work until 1961, when she went to the Shanghai Theater Academy to participate in the preparatory work, never competing for power and fame. During the Cultural Revolution, Ye Lucy became the key target of criticism of the play, idle for many years, after the Cultural Revolution she strongly demanded work, so she gladly became the director of the nursery school for the play, and the nursery was run in an orderly manner, until the director department resumed the establishment and returned to the leadership position.
In 1992, Ye Lucy died of illness at the age of 75; in 2004, Du Xuan, 90, died and the couple was buried together in the Shanghai Soong Ching Ling Cemetery.
When she was young, she was a beautiful Shanghai rose, and in her old age, she washed away the lead for the family and became a gentle and good mother.
Ye Lucy, who walked through the turmoil of war, with her unique stoicism and gentleness of Chinese women, in the ever-changing era, worked hard and complained, cultivated many children to become talents, and was a rare and excellent woman, worthy of Zhao Dan's special appreciation and pursuit of her.