Once upon a time, the carriages and horses were very slow, and the mail was far away,
There is only enough to love one person in a lifetime.
Born into a poor family in Yangzhou, she lost her father at the age of 1, her sister died when she was 2, her mother, who was dependent on her, died at the age of 8, and she was sold to a brothel by her uncle at the age of 13. Now her paintings are worth nearly ten million, and the ups and downs of her life are all because of meeting the right person.
Author: South Lane
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When I first heard about Pan Yuliang, I thought she should be a woman with a unique style and bright colors. A woman who comes out of fireworks alley, can become a generation of Republic of China painters, should have considerable appearance and wisdom, and should also have superior courage and perseverance, in order to change fate and step out of the mud.
Gong Li played Pan Yuliang in "Painting the Soul"
It wasn't until I saw her picture that I found a little disappointed.
Ban Tamara Self-Portrait
The real her appearance and posture are ordinary, and there is a big gap between the famous ladies of the Republic of China that we often hear. But on the other hand, perhaps it is this kind of ordinary, to a certain extent, that makes her get rid of the influence of the absolutely patriarchal society on women, if she looks like a warbler and a swallow, is it inevitable to show people with shyness, will she be bound because she cherishes herself too much? If this is the case, where will there be Pan Yuliang who will go to a foreign country in the future to give it a go? Where else would there be Pan Yuliang, who strives to realize his own value for his own dignity?
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17 years old is the age of flowers. In order to please the guests in order to please the guests in the future, the old bustard of the brothel forced her to learn to sing the blackheads and flowers in the Peking Opera, forcing her to learn the sparkling light of the people in the drama.
She is a young girl in the flower season, but her singing voice is sad and sad.
He lost both parents in childhood, grew up a little, and was sold by his uncle to a brothel as a fire burner. With such a life, she could not force herself to smile. Moreover, her personality is strong and stubborn, and she can't do anything to please guests and old bustards.
In order to escape the reception, she ran away again and again, was caught again and again, and was beaten again and again. Finally, with nowhere to go, she jumped into the water, preferring to die rather than live.
Fate would have it, and this man had saved her. He is Panzanhua.
Panzanization
When she painfully asked him why he had saved her, Pan Zanhua remembered that the woman in front of him was the same woman who had once mourned in front of him. When he learned the truth about her life, he was deeply moved by her fierce behavior.
He saved her, and he saved her forever.
Pan Zanhua spent a lot of money to redeem her.
He was her salvation in this life.
The nightmare of the first half of my life finally woke up.
Love unconsciously knocked on the atrium of the two people's hearts.
She changed her name and surname to Pan Yuliang. In return for panzan's acquaintance.
In 1913, under the witness of Chen Duxiu, the two were married in Shanghai.
She became Pan Yuliang and became pan Zanhua's second wife at the age of eighteen.
When talking about the two people, they were very puzzled. I don't understand which point Pan Zanhua fell in love with Pan Yuliang. The most critical reason is that everyone gossips that Pan Yuliang does not have a unique face. I don't know what she attracted to this man, and let this man spoil her so much, completely respecting all her ideas and choices.
In fact, love sometimes really doesn't make sense. Especially the moment of love, when the love is the most intense, there is no need for any reason at all.
Fate or fate, love happened quietly.
In short, the two fell in love and got married. Then the man followed her in everything. Sometimes it even goes to the point of indulgence.
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Pan Yuliang followed Pan Zanhua to read and write, and then learned to paint with his neighbors. In order to further improve her, he even encouraged her to apply for the Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts. Of course, she did not live up to his wishes, and finally really got the best results.
But unexpectedly, the director of education at that time considered that a woman who had been born as a prostitute was not well influenced by society, and there was no name for her when the list was issued.
At that time, the social atmosphere was like this, a school did not dare to accept such a student, and a Wuhu customs supervisor was clearly marrying such a woman as a wife. How many people can do such a performance of love?
I would like to say that she really met a good man, even today, Pan Zanhua is a good man. Pan Yuliang's luck lies in the fact that she really met a good man. He was her last salvation in despair.
Believe that there will always be someone in the world who is your salvation, don't worry, he will come to you.
In 1921, Pan Yuliang graduated with honors from the Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts. Mentor Liu Haili always thought that she had a strong artistic talent and suggested that she continue her studies in France.
Xu Beihong praised Pan Yuliang in the Central Daily as "a painter unmatched in three hundred years"
With the support and help of Pan Zanhua, she obtained a place to study abroad.
He understood her thirst for art, her desire to break through the shackles and change her destiny, and although he did not give up, he still sent her away.
On the track of this relationship, Pan Zanhua not only rescued her from the inhuman sea of suffering, but also gave her a name, sent her to study, and finally let her go. His love is selfless. Compared with the love that many people love to die and live, but narrow self-love, Panzanhua's love is more selfless.
During this period of studying in France, Panzanhua continued to send rice paper from China to her. This allows her to no longer worry about buying paper in the hard life of studying abroad.
Photo of Pan Yuliang when he was admitted to the Sino-French University of Lyon
Unexpectedly, after the outbreak of World War II, the situation in France became very tense. The domestic political situation was also unstable, and Pan Zanhua lost his position as customs supervisor. At this time, the money could not be sent over, but Pan Zanhua did not want her to worry about money all day, even if she was in such a predicament, she did not forget to send money to Pan Yuliang.
Pan Zanhua's love for Pan Yuliang never puts pressure on her, only gives her endless support, never ties her, and lets her fly to where she wants to go. It is precisely because of this love, like a line, that tightly ties Pan Yuliang's heart.
Insist on doing one thing with your heart, time can be seen, and time will never fail people with hearts.
In 1927, Pan Yuliang's work won a gold medal and a prize of 5,000 lira.
Life is sometimes such a coincidence, in 1929, she was worried about where to go after graduation, and Liu Haili, the principal of her alma mater who traveled in Europe, met unexpectedly, and she knew that she had tears in her eyes and could not say a word. Liu Haili hired her as the director and tutor of the Painting Research Office of Shanghai Meizhan University.
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After nine years of wandering and studying, she has gone through all the hardships, and now she can finally return to China. From the beginning of the fire in Wuhu, Anhui Province, to the prostitute who suffered a hard life, to the students who studied painting, to the teacher who is now a teacher, how proud and joyful she is in her heart, of course, what makes her even more excited is that she can finally see her husband.
She was finally able to return home.
A few years ago, she sent Pan Zanhua a small poem:
It is difficult to think of the road, and the sound of geese in a foreign land.
Dew from tonight white, the moon is the hometown of Ming.
In the bustling world, the heart is full of national conditions.
When he flies in his hometown, he will not be a fence bearer.
Pan Yuliang's paintings are mainly women, and she can capture the unique resentment of women from her subtle expressions
Think of her looking out the window at the full moon in her crowded studio, but not being able to share it with the people she loves dearly. And the past experience is vividly remembered, thinking about the man who saved her from the depths of the water, thinking about him despite the prejudices of others to support himself to learn painting and send himself abroad. And what can I give him?
This man blindly gave to himself, but never asked for anything in return. Such a good person, but God's favor, let himself meet. She eagerly looked forward to returning home.
However, the French authorities did not allow her to bring her own works back to China, and just when she was eager to abandon all the honors of France and return home, she received a letter from Panzanhua.
"Liu Haili is a rightist, and even if the rightists are enemies, you and I should draw a clear line between the enemy and ourselves..."
Reading this, she understood, she understood everything, it is not appropriate to return to China now, this is the core of the letter, but also the connotation that Pan Zanhua is eager to express but inconvenient to express.
Self-portrait by the window
In 1960, Pan Zanhua died of illness in Anhui, hearing this news, Pan Yuliang looked out of the window all day, and finally became depressed, in her heart, Pan Zanhua was heavier than Taishan, and she also never married, everything was over before it was too late.
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Life makes them scarred, but love makes them no longer afraid of the distance, and their love story may last forever in their sleeping dreams.
His love for her was selfless and free, and his love for her was like giving her a pair of wings that allowed her to fly freely into the distance.
There are too many loves in this world that we envy and marvel at, they may be vigorous, maybe plain, or red bean acacia, but in the end one belongs to you.
"Take your time, believe that there is always an encounter, it is to like each other, to appreciate each other, to grow together, to come across the vast sea of people, with tenderness." 」