Text | Mi Lima
There was a strange woman during the Republic of China. Her life was ups and downs, but she was not perfect. She is the first female university president in China and has the qualities of a top student, but she is always too tough and easy to break.
She offended many people in her life, but she was strong enough and temperamental enough.
She is Yang Yinyu , Yang Jiang 's biological aunt; a lonely and awkward woman, but a tough and legendary.
In Mr. Lu Xun's "Commemoration of Liu Hezhen", the president of the "widely winged" female Normal University who fired Liu Hezhen, who "always smiling and has a gentle attitude" was Yang Yinyu.
Yang Jiang wrote an article "Recalling My Aunt Yang Yinyu", which tells the story of her aunt's "a bumpy and awkward life."
This memoir was invited, but in fact, Yang Jiang herself "is not willing to recall her." Although my aunt and nephew are from the closest relatives, they are "indifferent to each other". Yang Yinyu's introverted and strange personality is undoubtedly revealed in Yang Jiang's writing.
Mi Li's mother will tell you her story today.
Nightmare on wedding night
Yang Yinyu was born in the scholarly family Wuxi Yang family. There are three daughters in the family. The eldest sister is the most beautiful and is most loved by her parents. The second daughter and the third daughter Yang Yinyu are disliked by her parents because of their low appearance.
Um... Mi Li's mother just wants to say that it is a model of "judging people by their appearance".
In fact, Yang Jiang described the appearance of her third aunt in the book. Although she is not pretty, she is definitely not ugly. At most, she is considered a middle-aged person. Therefore, it is very likely that she is not favored by her parents since she was a child, and it is related to her personality that she does not deliberately like.
Because she is not loved by her parents, her marriage is also very irresponsible. Her parents betrothed her to a family of equal status.
Although it seems to be a good match, this young master is an authentic fool, drooling.
On the wedding night, Yang Yinyu also fantasized that if she left her original family, her life might have a turning point. Unexpectedly, the groom frightened Yang Yinyu as soon as he entered the bridal chamber. This night almost became her lifelong nightmare.
In fact, the young master of this family is a fool. Locals in Wuxi know that, and Yang Yinyu's parents also know that. However, they sacrificed their daughter's lifelong happiness and "sacrificed" her to the so-called equality.
On the wedding night, Yang Yinyu scratched her husband's face and fled back to her parents' home the next day.
However, my mother's family didn't care about Yang Yinyu's personal feelings at all, especially in that era, how could there be any reason to run back when the water splashed by her married daughter?
When she saw Yang Yinyu running away, her husband's family was even more relentlessly chasing her.
They first hired sedan and sent someone to Yang's house to hire a bride, but they failed. The mother-in-law personally brought people to Yang's house and pulled the bride back.
But less than two days later, Yang Yinyu escaped and said:
" If I force me again, I would rather die! "
Seeing that things have come to this point, the Yang family of course cannot be mistaken and act on their own. It is not a trivial matter to cause death, and the matter has alarmed the government.
Because both families are local gentry, they also need to be respectful. After mediation from them, they finally ended with divorce and Yang's family compensated for all economic losses.
The female student's overseas student career
Because of this, the family will definitely not be able to stay. In 1902, Yang Yinyu's brother Yang Yinhang (Yang Jiang's father) returned from studying abroad.
At that time, the second brother Yang Yinhang was the first pioneer in Jiangsu to engage in anti-Qing revolutionary activities. In his early years, he studied at Beiyang University Hall (i.e. Tianjin Chinese and Western School ). Later, he went to Nanyang Public School to study and studied in Japan and the United States.
The only one who can bring love to Yang Yinyu the most is this second brother.So when the second brother came back, Yang Yinyu was very happy. She finally saw the opportunity to change her destiny.
After the second brother returned to Wuxi, he held a physics and chemistry research association in his hometown to organize young students with aspirations to learn scientific and cultural knowledge.
With the encouragement and help of her second brother, Yang Yinyu walked out of the house and participated in the study of the Physical and Chemical Research Association, which allowed her to see a glimmer of light in the darkness and hopelessness.
This second brother made her understand that to change her destiny, she can only be independent and self-reliant. With culture and mastering knowledge, you have the ability to make a living, you can be independent and no longer have to rely on anyone.
Just like that, Yang Yinyu began her study career. She broke through the arranged marriage and walked into the school with rumors. She became a university master as soon as she studied.
She has extremely strong learning ability and her grades are extremely outstanding. How prominent is it? Jiangsu Province held a study abroad exam and finally admitted 10 boys and 3 girls, Yang Yinyu was one of them.
That year, she was 23 years old. After being admitted to the study abroad quota, she embarked on the road to study abroad in Japan. In 6 years, she transferred from Aoyama Women's College to Tokyo Women's Higher Normal School.
What is the concept of Tokyo Women's Normal School? You may not know. It is the predecessor of the current Ochashui Women's University and is also the top and most difficult-to-enter women's university in Japan. Yang Yinyu was there to study physics and chemistry.
Yang Yinyu returned to China with excellent results after graduation, taught biology at Jiangsu Provincial Second Women's Normal School, and served as the academic director. The following year, he served as the supervisor of Beijing Women's Normal School.
After working as a teacher for four years, she was selected by the Ministry of Education to study in the United States in 1918.
Yang Yinyu's personality should be very twisted, which can be seen from Yang Jiang's books and her situation since she was a child. Although she has a high IQ and is the best in academic research, it seems that her emotional intelligence is indeed not very good.
Because she was disliked as having a low appearance since she was a child, she developed a natural hostility towards "appearance advantage". Her old-fashioned and honest personality made her not have a good reputation, and this can be found from the records of our great love Xu Zhimo .
Xu Zhimo said she was an "old woman": " Although she always disagrees with women dressing up, she also looks down on women. However, when she met Dong Renjian, she applied makeup and shook her lotus steps. "
▲Xu Zhimo
She said: "Chinese students with color plus color are dirty in their hearts. " has offended many people, especially Xu Zhimo, who is full of "interest in life", who looks down on her remarks even more.
In addition to implicitly mocking her appearance and opinions, Xu Zhimo actually doesn't accept her conversation. He said:
" Since she regards herself as an educator, she naturally pays more attention to state affairs and world affairs and American family situation than usual female students. His opinion is a moderate and conservative. He is extremely reluctant to make way for the old morals, disapprove of Europeanization of China, and advocates local flexibility..."
" Maybe he is used to teaching elementary school students a lesson, so even if he meets us college students, he can't help but reveal it..."
Although Xu Zhimo's evaluation of life-long romanticism cannot be used as an objective reference, a flesh-and-blood Yang Yinyu can indeed be presented to Mi Li's mother through these words.
should be said or not. Mr. Lu Xun once complained about Yang Yinyu, and his views were similar to Xu Zhimo's meaning.
The harm to her by her original family and unfortunate marriage has always made her unable to soften her. She longs for love and recognition, but cannot be self-consistent, so she can only twist and hard, and be arrogant in the field she is good at. This personality of
is also the reason why she eventually created her tragic fate.
The heroic sacrifice of China's first female principal
1922, Yang Yinyu returned from studying in the United States and obtained a master's degree in education from Columbia University . Two years later, she was appointed as the president of National Beijing Women's Normal University.
She is the first female university president in China, which is also the pinnacle of her glory.
Yang Yinyu, who has this title, can finally break through his inferiority complex and get a trace of self-realization pride. She enjoyed the glory she gained through her own efforts, but she failed to keep it.
At the beginning, she was very confident. She thinks it is natural for the female principal to run a girl’s school. And I have teaching experience. When I left Beijing Women's Normal University to go to the United States, the students cried and said goodbye to her.
She can handle teacher-student relationships, and there are also students who love her. With her Master of Education from Columbia University, she feels more than enough to be qualified for the position of president.
But obviously, she took things simple. After taking office, Yang Yinyu wanted to continue his usual strict style of rectifying school discipline. Some students failed to report on time when the fall school started, so she expelled them directly.
However, at that time, the warlords' forces were divided. These students were unable to report because of the warlords' development and traffic in Jiangsu and Zhejiang were blocked, so the handling of dropping out of school was too unkind. The move of
aroused students' disgust. And among the students who failed to report on time, Yang Yinyu did not treat everyone equally. The fire that took office did not burn, but instead caused great hatred.
, coupled with her always old-fashioned and serious behavior, she almost completely lost her heart. The students spontaneously organized themselves and launched the "Driving Yang Movement".
In just nine months, the principal Yang Yinyu was collectively dismissed by his own students. After leaving
, she still engaged in education and taught mathematics and English in the middle school of Suzhou . According to her students' recollections:
" often holds a very large briefcase, wears a black doctor, wears glasses, and holds a magnifying glass with a big rice bowl. The class is extremely serious, and only English is allowed to speak in class, not Chinese. "
This is a complete ascetic system.
In 1935, she founded Erle Girls' Academic Society. " recruits women who have served the society but are still more interested in learning or who are willing to study but are unable to enter the school. She assists in useful knowledge such as Chinese, English, mathematics, and family affairs. " and serves as the president. The students are basically female workers or girls from poor families and of different ages.
Yang Yinyu's achievements in education are actually very outstanding, but she has never been recognized along the way, and everyone says bad things about her.
Her personality is tough and decisive. But in that era, she also protected a large number of women.
Yang Jiang wrote:
" According to rumors there, the third aunt ran to meet Japanese officers more than once, and blamed him for condoning his subordinates for robbing and looting. The officer ordered his soldiers to return the property they robbed from their third aunt's neighbors. The women in the neighborhood were afraid that Japanese soldiers would go door to find the flower girl, so they hid at their third aunt's house. "
▲Yang Jiang
You can see that this old teacher, who has never been liked, serves as a refuge for girls in the occupied areas in reality. She is hard-hearted and soft-hearted, but she is not likable, but what she does is righteous and extremely warm.
In January 1938, the Japanese general Yang Yinyu lured her out of the house and shot her at Wumenqiao outside Panmen and threw her into the water. That year, she was 54 years old.
This great educator, who was rich and righteous, died heroically under the gun of the Japanese army. Her life is not perfect, but it is heroic enough that there should be no regrets.
In the Republic of China, Yang Yinyu was a very special existence.The original family failed to give her warmth, and she never had a happy and warm little home; but she still realized her value through her own efforts.
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