The Story of Soong Ching Ling Soong Ching Ling is not surnamed Song
Wenchang County, Hainan Island is backed by Mount Li and is on the edge of the ocean, with beautiful mountains and clear waters, and a beautiful tropical scenery. Mr. Feng Shui once predicted that this place has support and a broad way out, and it is a treasure land that can produce great people. The famous "Song Dynasty" in modern Chinese history originated here.
In 1866, Song Qingling’s father, Charlie Song, was born here. However, the newborn Charlie Song was neither named Song nor Charlie. Charlie Song's real name is Han Jiaozhun, and his father Han Hongyi is a local businessman with a prosperous family. When Han Jiaozhun was born, he encountered a tiger from Lishan coming to drink water from the Wenchang River. His father gave him the nickname Ahu. The plague was prevalent in Wenchang that year, and soon his father also contracted a chronic disease. The business could not operate normally, and he had to spend money on medicine every day. The family began to decline. The young teacher was not willing to suffer in poverty all his life. He began to seize opportunities that could change his and his family's destiny.
In 1875, Jiao Zhun’s second uncle, who was actually a brother of his aunt’s Song family, was an overseas Chinese businessman operating Chinese tea silk in Boston, USA. In order to expand his business, he returned to his hometown to recruit troops. He was sure that Jiao Zhun was a good piece of work and would be very promising in the future, so he proposed to take Jiao Zhun away with him and adopt Jiao Zhun as his son. From then on, Han Jiaozhun changed his surname to Song and called him Song Jiashu.
Twelve-year-old Jiashu has been thinking more and more about his own path. He asked his uncle to study. His uncle disagreed and just asked him to learn how to do business. By chance, Jiashu met two foreign students sent to the United States by the Qing government, one named Wen Bingzhong and the other Niu Shangzhou. They quickly became good friends and gathered together to discuss their personal destiny and the future of the country whenever they had the opportunity. In the midsummer of 1878, Jiashu sneaked onto an anti-smuggling boat called the "Colfax". After being discovered by sailors, he was brought to Captain Charles Jones. He told the story of his reasons for escaping from his uncle's shop and his plan to study and save the country in a neither humble nor condescending manner. Captain Charles Jones was shocked and decided to take Jiashu in and help him realize his ideal. In January 1879, Charles Jones registered Jiashu under the name "Charles Shen" and falsely reported his age as 16 years old. From then on, Jiashu became an official salary earner in the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Taxation Bureau. crew. Jiashu was not very satisfied with the name. Later, he spelled the "SUN" (Shen) used at the time as SOON (pine), and after returning to China, he spelled it as "SONG" (Song). Later, in order to express his gratitude to Captain Charles Jones, he simply changed his name to Charlie, but his Chinese surname was not willing to change.
My mother is a famous lady
Charlie Song reunited with Niu Shangzhou and Wen Bingzhong in Shanghai. From the moment they met Charlie Song, the two planned to introduce their sister-in-law to him. In this way, the three best friends who studied in the United States became the "support" of an old Taishan. The girl they want to introduce to Charlie Song is called Ni Guizhen. Ni Guizhen's mother is a descendant of Xu Guangqi, a famous educator and prime minister in the Ming Dynasty. Xujiahui in Shanghai is where their family's ancestral business is. This family believed in Christianity when Matteo Ricci first came to China as a missionary.
Ni Guizhen is beautiful and smart, but she has a pair of natural feet that makes it difficult to find a husband; Charlie Song is full of knowledge, but it is not easy to find a wife in China because of his unconventional language and dress. Based on their situation and the social customs at the time, Wen Bingzhong came up with a best-of-both-worlds solution, asking Charlie Song to accompany them to church, because Ni Guizhen taught hymns in the church choir. The two fell in love at first sight.
In midsummer 1887 in Shanghai, Ni Guizhen’s family held a traditional wedding banquet. Hundreds of relatives, friends and other powerful figures unknown to Charlie Song came to congratulate him. These people were important figures who had contacts with Charlie Song's newly married Yue family through acquaintances in business, finance, military circles and the court. For Charlie, getting married means that a door to a new world has been slightly opened. Without Charlie Soong's skill in dancing, there would be no success for the children of the Song family. In the same way, without Ni Guizhen's "luck in helping her husband", Charlie Soong would not be able to rise to prominence.
Marriage with Sun Yat-sen
On August 30, 1913, under the recommendation of Charlie Soong and Ailing Soong, Soong Ching Ling met Sun Yat-sen. When Soong Ching Ling stood in front of Sun Yat-sen, Mr. Sun Yat-sen was really surprised: "You have grown taller and you are a big girl! I hugged you 19 years ago! If you don't believe me, ask your father."
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At that time, Soong Ailing was Mr. Sun Yat-sen’s English secretary. She had found the “Prince Charming”—Kong Xiangxi, the richest man in Shanxi, and was about to get married in the near future. One month after Soong Ching-ling returned from the United States, Soong Ailing formally proposed to her husband Resigned. After Song Qingling took over as secretary, she not only helped Sun Yat-sen at work, but also supported Sun Yat-sen spiritually. Her sincere and enthusiastic heart for the revolution was like a torch that illuminated Mr. Sun Yat-sen's once gloomy mood.
Some people have vaguely felt the love between Soong Ching Ling and Sun Yat-sen before it was made public. She was none other than Soong Ailing, Soong Ailing's eldest sister. Soong Ailing thought of a motto: The most intolerable thing is to see someone. A fool succeeds in a field where he has failed. Although Song Qingling is not a fool, but a girl who is smarter, more beautiful, and more capable than him, he should never, never should have pursued Sun Yat-sen. This is something that almost everyone knows in the circles where Sun Yat-sen and the Song family live. As a sister, she should not do it again when she hits a wall, but she actually doesn't give herself this face...
The whole family was in Japan at the time. Song Ailing first talked about the matter with her father, and after that, a few days later, Charlie Song suddenly announced that the family would end their exile and return to Shanghai. In fact, Soong Ching Ling was under house arrest. She had completely lost her freedom and was locked up in the house, watched by a maid. Soong Ching Ling did not come to work. Sun Yat-sen realized the seriousness of the matter and was shocked when he heard the news that the Song family had moved away. Later, I realized the truth after receiving Soong Ching Ling's letter. She was depressed and did not want to eat or drink.
The landlord, Mrs. Mei Wu, was a warm-hearted person. She saw Sun Yat-sen's thoughts and helped him buy furniture. Decorating the new house. At this time, Soong Ching Ling was planning an "elopement". One was to terminate the engagement with his ex-wife as soon as possible; the other was to send someone to pick up Soong Ching Ling's daughter from Shanghai. After the "eloping", he and his wife immediately took a boat to Japan to stop them. However, that afternoon, when the wedding was about to end, Charlie rushed to the gate of Umeya Shokichi, stood there, and shouted angrily: "I want to." There was an uproar in the house when I saw the Prime Minister who stole my daughter.
Sun Yat-sen walked slowly to the steps of the gate and stood there, and said steadily: "Excuse me, what do you want from me?" Suddenly, the furious Charlie Song calmed down: "I don't understand. I leave it to you, my well-behaved daughter. Please take care of me. 1 Then Sun Yat-sen kowtowed three times without saying a word. Soong Ching Ling explained to her father that all this came from her own heart, and her father should bless them. She was not angry. She took out the marriage contract signed by the two and showed it to her father. The oath had been signed by the lawyer and signed by the parties.
In the end, Charlie Song still refused to give up and went to the Japanese government to request. , saying that Soong Ching Ling was underage and was forced to get married. The Japanese government replied that the procedures were complete and in compliance with Japanese and Chinese laws. We could not interfere in the face of the established marriage. In the following days, Charlie Soong reunited with Sun Yat-sen. OK.