The Book of Poetry, Shao Feng, drumming has a saying: "Death and life are broad, and the son is said." The hand of the son, and the son with the old age". This sentence was originally intended to appreciate the friendship between warriors, and was gradually extended to the unwavering love between men and women.
Throughout the ages, the story of unwavering love has always been popular with the people. Such as Jiao Zhongqing and Liu Lanzhi, Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai. And what we are telling today is a love story of the Republic of China, she and her husband were only married for two years, but they were widowed for life.
▲ Wang Yuling (right) old photo
Wang Yuling, born in 1928, was born in Changsha into a family of scholars, and some of her ancestors served as the Libu Shangshu during the Qing Dynasty. Therefore, his family has been quite proficient in business for many years, and by the time of Wang Yuling's generation, it was already a big family on the rich side. Wang Yuling, who has a well-off family, has lived a life of gold clothes and jade food since she was a child, and is a veritable rich family.
In that war-torn era, marrying an anti-Japanese hero was the dream of many girls. Therefore, when Wang Yuling met Zhang Lingfu, she immediately fell in love at first sight. Soon under the mediation of the matchmaker, this love was also a sensation at the time, and the combination of the two talents was rumored to be a good story.
▲ Zhang Lingfu and Wang Yuling wedding photos
Due to several failed marriages, Zhang Lingfu showed great cherishing for this young and beautiful wife. He once sighed: "Finally learn yourself, there are no regrets in life." After marriage, Zhang Lingfu and Wang Yuling also spent a sweet and happy life. But the good times did not last long, two years later, the liberation war began, and Wang Yuling, who was pregnant with Liujia, missed her husband and went to the battlefield many times to visit her husband.
Because Wang Yuling was young and beautiful at this time, many people advised her to remarry. But Wang Yuling resolutely disagreed, and with the help of her uncle, Wang Yuling got a passport to the United States and began to go to the United States to study alone, gritting her teeth and taking root in the local area. Wang Yuling earned money while studying, and finally with her own efforts, she also cultivated her children to be extremely good, and her life gradually improved.
▲ Wang Yuling's photo in her later years
In her later years, Wang Yuling, as a patriotic overseas Chinese, was invited to participate in the ceremony of returning to the motherland. Perhaps Wang Yuling's generation knows better that war is a disaster for everyone, so it is necessary to guard the hard-won peace.
In 2005, when a domestic director was filming the TV series "Red Sun", because the drama told the story of Wang Yuling's husband Zhang Lingfu and others, he invited Zhao Wei to play the role of Wang Yuling. The director at that time immediately decided to replace Zhao Wei and invited the actor Shi Lanya to play, which is also a kind of respect for her.
▲ Shi LanYa photo
Because today's love is mostly fast-food love, it is difficult for young people to understand the deep and introverted feelings of their fathers, similar to the single-minded emotional concept of "holding the hand of the son and growing old with the son". We can't imagine Wang Yuling, a person in the United States to raise children alone and raise up, the hardships of supporting the whole family. Her marriage lasted only two years, but she waited for her life without complaint or regret.
Perhaps it is precisely because of this that Wang Yuling's thoughts and emotional sustenance for her husband are reflected in the names of her descendants, such as her son's breast name is "Xiao Ling" and her grandson's name is Zhang Zhengfu.
▲Old photo of Wang Yuling
The "Upper Evil" once said: "I want to know the king, and I will live a long life without end." The ancient people's concept of love is like this, from the beginning to the end, unswerving. In today's general perception, love is the product of selfishness, and they are more willing to have multiple love experiences. Therefore, Wang Yuling's love is particularly valuable in this era.
Resources:
"The Evil One"
"Poetry Sutra, Shao Feng, Drumming"