A beautiful woman with a poor life
Chen Jieru, who fell in love with Chiang Kai-shek at first sight
It is said that Chen Jieru was originally from Suzhou, lived in Shanghai since childhood and worked as a geisha, which shows that his family was poor. After Chiang Kai-shek's persistent pursuit, the two men combined and had a wonderful life. However, for political needs, Jiang combined with Song Meiling to trick Chen Jieru into studying in the United States for five years. After their divorce, they often exchanged letters and once rekindled their old feelings. Chen Jieru was childless all her life, with only one adopted daughter, Eta Ursae Majoris, who later moved to Hongkong and died alone on January 21st, 1971.
Chen Jieru was the wife of Chiang Kai-shek and Song Meiling before they got married, and she was another partner after Yuan Pei Mao Fumei and Yao Yecheng. Chiang Kai-shek married Chen Jieru in 1922, divorced in 1927, and lived together for six years. There is a saying that Chen Jieru was originally from Suzhou, lived in Shanghai since childhood, received secondary education, spoke Russian, worked as a primary school teacher, worked as a nurse, and worked as a senior geisha in Chang Santangzi. There is no way to test his family background, but from being a geisha, it can be inferred that his family must be difficult, or very poor, or first rich, and then poor. Chang Santangzi belongs to a high-class brothel. The rules of the hall are very strict, and the requirements for girls are very high. Not only must they be beautiful, but they must also know how to entertain and spend money, and they must also master the skills of playing and singing, that is, both color and art. Chen Jieru is tall, with big eyes, a high nose, a handsome face, a modest man, good at playing chess, and a certain degree of cultural education, and she is also relatively popular among girls in brothels. According to "Memoirs of Chen Jieru", Chen Jieru was originally from Zhenhai, commonly known as Ningbo, and her baby name was Afeng. Her father was a paper merchant, who handled many real estate handicrafts. My mother is from Suzhou and her surname is Wu. Chen Jieru's mother gave her sex education earlier, telling her to be careful of men and keep her virginity. Chen Jieru kept her mother's words in mind, so the statement that she was a prostitute was untenable. In the past, it was believed that Chiang Kai-shek in the early 192s had not yet made his fortune, but was just a vagabond. In addition to making money, visit the three halls to seek entertainment and fill the emptiness of body and mind. There, I met Chen Jieru. This statement seems to be unfounded. According to Memoirs of Chen Jieru, Chiang Kai-shek met Chen Jieru at his home in Zhang Jingjiang. Because Chen Jieru's good friend Zhu Yimin married Zhang Jingjiang as the second wife, Chen Jieru often visited her. One day in the summer vacation of 1919, Sun Yat-sen, Chiang Kai-shek and Dai Jitao visited Zhang Jingjiang and met Chiang Kai-shek for the first time in Zhangfu Chen Jieru. Chen Jieru was only 13 years old. Chiang Kai-shek was very interested in Chen Jieru. He waited for Chen Jieru at the gate of the Zhang family and asked for Chen's address in order to visit her. Chen Jieru deliberately misstated his address, but Jiang was a calculating man and found Chen's home. Under the intervention of Chen Jieru's mother, Chiang Kai-shek failed to make friends with Chen Jieru. Perhaps it is the association of his first marriage at the age of 14. Chiang Kai-shek fell in love with Chen at first sight, and once met in the Zhang family's narrow road, Chiang Kai-shek forced Chen Jieru to make a statement. Chen finally agreed to date Jiang, but Jiang took Chen to a wrapped hotel room on the first date. Chen was very scared and ran away. After that, Jiang kept calling Chen, which made her uneasy. Chiang Kai-shek explained the situation of wives and concubines to Chen Jieru and vowed never to be ungrateful. Chiang Kai-shek added: "I will definitely use my blood to write an everlasting oath for you." Chen Jieru was so scared that he repeatedly shouted, "Please-please put that knife down-I believe you-as long as you put it down!" In this way, Chen Jieru handed over his heart to Chiang Kai-shek.
Chen Jieru's mother thinks that she should do her duty as a mother and follow the normal ceremony to complete Chen Jieru's wedding event, so she holds an engagement ceremony first, in which Jiang and Chen exchange gifts, and fill in the birthdates and other items of the engaged parties on a beautiful red card. This makes Chiang Kai-shek and Chen Jieru become one, and they can't repent. On the day after their engagement, they were sitting in a chocolate shop on Nanjing Road to have a snack. Chiang Kai-shek said to Chen Jieru, "Chen Feng is your birth name and should only be used by your mother. According to Chinese etiquette, the birth name is not suitable for friends. Therefore, I have chosen a new name for you, and I think it fits your personality. The name is' clean as', which means' as pure as' or' as unpolluted by the world'. In my opinion, you are really pure. Do you like it? Look here! " He opened a paper bag, took out a photo of himself, and wrote the word "Chen Jieru" on his left side. Jiang Chen's wedding ceremony was held on December 5, 1921 in the grand banquet living room of Dadong Hotel, Yongan Building, Shanghai. At that time, it was one of the most commonly used places to hold formal wedding ceremonies. Jiang Chen's wedding is half western and half Chinese. Chiang Kai-shek gave Chen Jieru a Kodak camera the size of a postcard, and Chen Jieru gave him a gold pocket watch with a gold chain. Chen Jieru did not use white satin or red satin, but adopted a pale pink wedding dress with honeysuckle; Wearing a pearl headdress in her hair. Chiang Kai-shek wore a dark blue robe and a black satin jacket. In the spacious wedding hall, there is a large red silk inlaid with colorful dragons, which looks beaming. There are four big red lanterns hanging across the entrance of the hall. There are also many large painted gauze lanterns hanging from the roof of the hall, and there is a colorful decorative "kingfisher" chandelier in the center of the roof. There are many pots of flowers and green palms everywhere in the hall. According to Chen Jieru's recollection, "The wedding ceremony is divided into two parts: the first part is to seal the marriage certificate to confirm this modern China marriage; The ceremony will be held at a big table at one end of the hall. The second part is to symbolically worship the ancestors of heaven and earth before the confession at the other end. It's midnight, and the wedding is finally over. It's time for everyone to have a rest. Chen Jieru sat in the room and said nothing. Chiang Kai-shek used to lock the door with his own hands, and then held her in his arms, and the blood in her body seemed to thump. She could feel her heart pounding on her chest. She stood there like a vine attached to the wall. Her eyes were half closed, waiting for him defenseless. He whispered to her in a happy tone, "now you are my dear wife, the only lover in the world!" Oh, dear! I will never fall in love with another woman except you. This is my solemn promise. "
On the third day after their marriage, Chiang Kai-shek and Chen Jieru went to visit Chen Jieru's mother in accordance with the tradition of China, bringing a batch of gifts. At about 3: 3 pm, I arrived at Xikou. When getting off the car, Chen Jieru saw a slightly shorter Wen Ya woman standing in front of a big old house. Chiang Kai-shek was busy introducing her that she was the original Mao Fumei. Chen Jieru had seen her, so she had to freshen up quickly, put on more formal clothes and go to the worship ceremony.
In 1922, while Chiang Kai-shek and Chen were on their honeymoon in Xikou, Chiang Kai-shek received a telegram from Sun Yat-sen asking him to return to Guangzhou as soon as possible. Chen Jieru tearfully said goodbye to Mao Fumei and went to Shanghai with Chiang Kai-shek by boat. Chen Jieru met Jiang Jingguo for the first time in Shanghai. Therefore, Jiang Jingguo called Chen Jieru "Shanghai Mother". Jiang Jingguo went to Shanghai with Jiang Weiguo in his teens, and studied in Wanzhu Primary School and Pudong Middle School successively. Chen Jieru especially loved Jiang Jingguo as his own. Jiang Weiguo sometimes goes to Chen's residence and calls her "the common mother". In the following years, whenever Chiang Kai-shek returned to his hometown from Guangzhou, he always took Chen Jieru with him. At the same time, as a secretary, she is around. Mao Fumei should change with constancy, and he is also very courteous to Chen Jieru. Chen Jieru is a man who knows books and rituals. He respects Mao Fumei and loves his children. He buys some clothes and toys from time to time. So the children like this Chen Jiamu very much. On February 18, 1923, Chiang Kai-shek received a letter from Sun Yat-sen from Hong Kong appointing him as the chief of staff of the Marshal's Office, and arrived in Guangzhou on April 2. On August 14 of the same year, Chiang Kai-shek led a delegation to visit the Soviet Union. Chiang originally urged Chen to accompany him. Because Chen refused to go to the Soviet Union, Chiang had to write and pour out his feelings. After returning to China, Jiang returned to Fenghua to write a report on his visit, and the following year he became the president of Huangpu Army Military Academy. At this time, Jiang and Chen have a stable home. Mao Shi and Yao are in limbo, while Chen Jieru enjoys the scenery of his wife.
As early as when Jiang and Chen were on intimate terms, Jiang was "in the house of the father of the country", and he got to know Song Meiling, so he was eager to see Shu. At that time, some people accused Jiang of being "lewd". Measured by China's moral standards, Chiang Kai-shek's behavior is indeed despised not only by Mr. Daoism, but also by ordinary people. However, Jiang's fall for Song is not as simple as his charming appearance. Chiang Kai-shek was mainly motivated by politics because of the marriage between Jiang and Song. Chiang Kai-shek in order to stabilize Chen Jieru, don't let her interfere with their own great pains, in the summer of 1926, he arranged a "pigeon banquet" in Kong Xiangxi House to invite Chen Jieru to meet the Song sisters, and Song Ailing blew the air, trying to let Song Meiling take the place of Chen Jieru. In 1926, when Chiang Kai-shek was in trouble again in Nanchang, Song Ailing once again offered Chiang Song Meiling as his wife for the benefit of Kong and Song, in order to win western support. Jiang had to tell Chen Jieru about this political marriage, and Chen Jieru almost fainted and could not speak at the moment. Jiang's sweet words let Chen go abroad for five years, and then come back, otherwise, Jiang threatened to die. Under Chiang's rhetoric, Chen Jieru had to give in. Chen Jieru and Chiang Kai-shek broke up in August 1927, on the eve of Jiang Dongdu's crossing to Japan. On the morning of August 1, Jiang came to Chen Jieru's mother's house alone to say goodbye. Jiang let Chen go to the United States by boat with Zhang Jingjiang's daughter. Chen Jieru refused at first, and Chiang begged for five years. Chiang Kai-shek said, "Jerome, you must go far away from the United States, which is one of the conditions of Song Ailing. Jerry, I know this is too much, but if you stay in Shanghai, the whole deal will fall through. Don't you understand my pains? " Under the mediation of Chen Jieru's mother, Chiang Kai-shek vowed to resume his marriage with Jieru within five years, otherwise he would be thunderstruck and exiled overseas and never come back. In this way, for political purposes, Chiang Kai-shek made up his mind to make a clean break with Chen Jieru, so as to marry Song Meiling. Jiang Chen's marriage lasted only six years, and most of the years were spent in Guangzhou in the south. Their relationship began in Shanghai and ended in Shanghai. On August 19th, 1927, accompanied by Zhang Jingjiang's daughters, Teresa and Helen, Chen Jieru went to the United States by Jackson's steamboat. When the ship arrived in Kobe, Japan, the daily newspaper also published the news that "Mrs. Jiang took a boat to the United States." However, when the ship was sailing in the Pacific Ocean, Jiang Zhongzheng's Notice published in Shanghai newspapers and periodicals was broadcast by radio: "Many comrades questioned Chiang Kai-shek's family affairs by letter, so I hereby inform you as follows-in the tenth year of the Republic of China, Mao Shi and Chiang Kai-shek formally divorced. The other two husbands, who had no engagement, are now divorced from Zhongzheng. Now there are two sons and daughters in addition to the family, and there are no wives and daughters. However, the rumor is untrue and easy to confuse, so I hereby reply. " After hearing this, Chen Jieru was like a bolt from the blue, and he was in pain. He tried to jump into the sea several times, but was dissuaded by the escort. After Chen Jieru arrived in the United States, many reporters once followed him in an attempt to dig up news, and Chen Jieru and his party prevaricated with "no comment". After Chen Jieru divorced Chiang Kai-shek, Du Yuesheng sent her a huge sum of money. Therefore, after she went abroad, her material life was not a problem. She could have gone the way of ordinary women, found a suitable man, and lived a housewife's life safely abroad. However, Chen Jieru didn't go this way. Since then, she has never married again for life, and has devoted herself to further study, staying in the United States for more than five years, studying English, beekeeping and gardening hard, and obtaining a master's degree from the College of Education of Columbia University.
Chen Jieru and Chiang Kai-shek were childless. On one occasion, He Xiangning and Jie Chen went to Guangzhou civilian hospital, and met a pregnant woman surnamed Xiao, whose first eight births were all girls. This time, the ninth one gave birth to a baby girl, so they planned to give it away. He and Chen loved the baby very much after seeing it. Later, with the consent of Chiang Kai-shek, Chen Jieru took it home and named it "Peipei", which is homophonic with the English word "baby" and hopes that she can bring a younger brother to accompany her. "Accompany" was later named Eta Ursae Majoris by Chiang Kai-shek. After the divorce of Chiang Kai-shek and Chen Jieru, Eta Ursae Majoris changed her surname to Chen with her adoptive mother.
in 1933, Chen Jieru returned to Shanghai. When she went to the United States, Chen Jieru gave her adopted daughter to her mother. Returning to Shanghai will remind her of the sad past, but with her relatives here, she still came back. She lived in seclusion and closed the door. She wrote several letters to Chiang Kai-shek, and Chiang Kai-shek granted her 5, yuan.
Chen went to the United States, and Eta Ursae Majoris was brought up by her grandmother. When the Anti-Japanese War broke out, before she was 2 years old, she married a Korean named An and gave birth to two sons. Ann later disappeared. Yao Guang lives a very difficult life with two children. Zhou Anqi, the wife of Hu Jingru, the director secretary of the Third Army of the Kuomintang, is Eta Ursae Majoris's girlfriend and deeply sympathizes with her mother and son. Introduced by Zhou Anqi, in 1946, Eta Ursae Majoris married Lu Jiuzhou, the general staff officer of the army and the president of the Reform Daily, and had a daughter. Chen Jieru appreciated this son-in-law, and specially presented a gold-shell pocket watch given to Jiang by Bao Luoting, a Soviet consultant, when Jiang was the president of Whampoa Military Academy for many years, to Lu Jiu as a gift.
In 1971, Chen Jieru died in Hong Kong, and Chen Yaoguang was allowed to take his daughter to Hong Kong to attend the funeral. Since then, he has settled in Hong Kong. In September 1983, it coincided with the 6th birthday of Chen Yaoguang, and Lu Jiuzhi went to Hong Kong to visit relatives. His wife advised him to stay, but he didn't agree. He stayed for only two months and then left without saying goodbye and quietly returned to Shanghai. Lu Jiuzhi is currently a librarian of the Shanghai Museum of Literature and History, a member of the CPPCC, and the chairman of the senior tourism company. In addition, he founded Overseas Chinese with progressives at home and abroad as the director.
There is no doubt that without Song Meiling's intervention, it is much less likely that Chen and Jiang will get married. Some people say that when Chiang Kai-shek sought love from Song Meiling, he actually sought political support from her. Chiang Kai-shek actually had deep feelings for his ex-wife Chen Jieru until he married Song Meiling for a long time; But for political needs, he abandoned her. According to the book "Song Dynasty" written by Siegfried in the United States, Song Meiling was dissatisfied with Chiang Kai-shek's continued contact with his ex-wife Chen Jieru, and in June 1944, he took refuge in Brazil with his elder sister Song Ailing and nephew Kong Lingjie. The book reads: The news of Chiang Kai-shek's marriage and change is being discussed in the streets and lanes of Chongqing. Now everyone thinks that Chiang Kai-shek has a new love, so his relationship with his wife-at least-is tense. There is no smoke without fire, and this rumor is by no means groundless. Generally speaking, this kind of gossip about the private life of political leaders is not considered as the scope of political reporting, but this time it is an exception, because the protagonist of the story is the dictator of China, and the relationship between him and his wife's family is so important. The relationship between Chiang Kai-shek and Song Ziwen has been alienated. If Mrs. Jiang, who is proud and serious by nature, openly breaks with her husband, the whole dynasty will fall apart, which will have a serious impact on China and abroad. Even if the news of the marriage change spreads abroad at present, it will be a matter of time, which will also seriously hit the reputation of Chiang Kai-shek and his wife. Mrs. Jiang just calls Chiang Kai-shek "that man" now. One day, Mrs. Jiang entered Chiang Kai-shek's room and found a pair of high heels under the bed. She threw them out of the window and hit a bodyguard in the head ... On one occasion, Chiang Kai-shek did not meet visitors for four days in a row, because in a quarrel, he was hit in the head by his wife with a vase and was black and blue ... Anyway, most observers believed that power was too important to the Song family (but Mrs. Jiang was an exception, but Kong Xiangxi paid special attention to it) These rumors are not groundless. Original Fei