In 1992, the memoirs of Chiang Kai-shek's third wife, Chen Jieru, came out, causing a sensation in the historians.
Chiang Kai-shek has had four wives successively, and the relevant parties have kept secrets about his special identity. In addition to the age, it is even more confusing.
Chen Jieru was born in 1907, 20 years younger than Chiang Kai-shek. Chen Jieru’s family was very ordinary. His father was a paper merchant and a native speaker, and his mother was a literate woman. In the summer of 1919, Chen Jieru ran into Chiang Kai-shek at a friend’s house. Jiang fell in love with her at first sight, and approached Chen Jieru through various methods, including phone calls, writing letters, etc.
This year, Jiang Jieshi was 35 years old, had a wife Mao, and had a son Jiang Jingguo. Jiang raised his adopted son Jiang Weiguo. Chen Jieru can be said to be the first woman Chiang Kai-shek pursued earnestly.
At the family banquet of Kong Yangxi’s wife, Song Xiangling, Jiang met Song Meiling for the first time. The Song family had considerable status in the United States and finance. At that time, Song Ziwen was the Minister of Finance of the National Government. In order to strengthen his own strength, Jiang used the idea of marriage.
Chiang Kai-shek had made up his mind and asked Chen Jieru to "avoid 5 years". Seeing that Chiang Kai-shek's love had ceased, Chen Jieru agreed to Chiang Kai-shek's conditions and went to the United States to study. After that, not only in Chiang Kai-shek's oral, but also in all documents and official files, Chen Jieru's wife did not exist, and was completely denied by the Jiang family.
Chen Jieru returned to Shanghai in 1932, settled in Hong Kong in 1961, died in 1971, and never married.
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