"Most men's love is based on the premise of not harming their own interests, and once they feel that their safety is threatened, the fire of his love fades." —— Li Xiaoyi, "Meng Xiaodong"
In this era, we can see the poor and miserable people, and at the same time we can feel the birth and collision of countless advanced ideas.
The elegant cheongsam of the Republic of China women has also left a deep impression on many people. Here we may wish to tell the story of Meng Xiaodong, a very famous Peking Opera actress at that time.
It is reported that she has been with two men, the first husband is the famous Mei Lanfang, and the second husband is Du Yuesheng, the commercial "tyrant" of Shanghai Beach at that time.
However, in Meng Xiaodong's view, his first husband was a hypocrite, and his second husband was a real "hooligan", what happened at that time?
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Meng Xiaodong was able to be with Mei Lanfang mainly because both were Peking Opera actors. It's just that because Mei Lanfang is from Beijing and Meng Xiaodong is from Shanghai, the two did not intersect at first.
It was not until 1925 that the "Winter Emperor" Meng Xiaodong came to Beijing to exercise his acting skills, and he met Mei Lanfang. Under the mediation of Mei Lanfang's ticket friend Feng Gengguang, the two secretly entered the marriage hall.
At that time, Mei Lanfang already had a wife, Fu Zhifang, although Meng Xiaodong was nominally equal to Fu Zhifang, in fact Meng Xiaodong could not raise his head at all in the Mei family.
And Mei Lanfang also asked Meng Xiaodong to give up the performance after getting married, and stay at home like Fu Zhifang. Originally, this made Meng Xiaodong very dissatisfied, plus Later Mei Lanfang's friend Zhang Hanju was mistakenly killed by Meng Xiaodong's crush.
Fu Zhifang has been abusing Meng Xiaodong with this matter, and Mei Lanfang just put up with it. Disheartened, Meng Xiaodong broke up with Mei Lanfang in 1931 and went to Tianjin to live alone.
In addition, she officially announced in 1933 that she had divorced Mei Lanfang. The reason why Meng Xiaodong would say that Mei Lanfang was a hypocrite was mainly because Mei Lanfang himself was a gentleman, but he had really failed himself too much.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > Meng Xiaodong and Du Yuesheng</h1>
After leaving Mei Lanfang, Meng Xiaodong still sang everywhere on stage. By chance, Meng Xiaodong met Du Yuesheng, who was keen to listen to the drama.
Although Du Yuesheng already had 4 aunts and wives at that time, when it comes to Du Yuesheng's favorite person, it must be Meng Xiaodong, who loves drama. He not only supported Meng Xiaodong's Peking Opera cause very much, but also took good care of Meng Xiaodong after he fell ill.
At that time, in order to cure Meng Xiaodong's illness, Du Yuesheng spent a lot of money to invite Kong Bohua, a famous doctor in china, and after she recovered, he spent 100,000 yuan to thank Kong Bohua.
After experiencing various events, Meng Xiaodong successfully married Du Yuesheng and settled in Hong Kong with Du Yuesheng afterwards. Meng Xiaodong always said that Du Yuesheng was a "real hooligan", but when she mentioned him, the happiness and satisfaction between her eyebrows could not be ignored.
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Finally, I would like to add a little bit about Meng Xiaodong. She returned to the stage after divorcing Mei Lanfang, and later studied under Yu Shuyan and performed "Shilang Visiting Mother" and "Wu Jia Po".
In September 1947, she completely bid farewell to Jutan after participating in the Shaanxi Flood Charity Performance and the performance of He Du Yuesheng's 60th birthday. On May 26, 1977, Meng Xiaodong died of emphysema and complications of heart disease at the age of 70.