In April 2007, Wang Yuling, who was nearly 80 years old, accepted the invitation of Su Yu's nephew Su Gangbing, and came to Menglianggu, Linyi City, Shandong Province to pay tribute to his dead husband Zhang Lingfu .
Zhang Lingfu, Chiang Kai-shek, was a beloved general. He was once the commander of the 74th Division of the Kuomintang reorganized, known as the "first of the five major forces" of the Kuomintang army.
In May 1947, the 74th Division of the reorganized 74th Division was completely wiped out by Chen Yi and Su Yu, and Zhang Lingfu was also shot dead by our army in a cave in Menglianggu.
Wang Yuling came to the cave where Zhang Lingfu died, put a bouquet of flowers in the cave, and then stood there in a daze for a long time, looking forward, without any movement, with a sad look on his face and tears in his eyes.
At this time, everyone present didn't know what she was experiencing in her heart, and what she was thinking about again.
However, from her sad expression that was revealed all the time and could be seen when she looked up, it can be seen that she was very sad at this moment, and was suffering in her heart that ordinary people could not imagine.
When I learned that Zhang Lingfu's tomb would be built on the cave where he died, Wang Yuling asked the staff beside him: "Leave a place for me too" , hoping that the organization could leave a place for Zhang Lingfu's tomb next to her and stay together with her husband after a hundred years.
Wang Yuling and Zhang Lingfu's marriage was only three years short, but they were really together for less than a year.
However, this extremely short marriage is the most beautiful and profound memory in Wang Yuling's life. She never forgot Zhang Lingfu until her death, nor did she forget the little things he had with her side for less than a year.
Before I learned about the relationship between Wang Yuling and Zhang Lingfu, someone asked me this way:
"Can people really rely on memories to live their lives for the rest of their lives. In the endless thoughts and endless loneliness, tell yourself that I am not afraid, I still have him in my heart?"
At that time, I didn't know how to answer. In the long river of time, the life of human beings, ranging from eighty or ninety years, and from forty or fifty years, seems very short, but for human beings who are as small as dust, this is also very long. How many people can only miss one person for the rest of their lives? It was not until I saw Wang Yuling that I realized that there was really a love in the world that I missed only one person for the rest of my life.
A three-year marriage, endless longing and concern for a lifetime.
After Zhang Lingfu's death, Wang Yuling never married for his entire life and was widowed for more than 70 years.
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First met Zhang Lingfu in the barber shop
Wang Yuling’s ancestral home is Shucheng, Anhui Province. She was born in Changsha, Hunan in June 1928.
Her parents are both rich children born in prominent families:
The Wang family is the premiere family in the local area. They have thousands of hectares of fertile land and countless money. They have a very close relationship with the local military and political leaders. The first car that He Jian, then chairman of the Hunan Provincial Government of the Kuomintang, took was donated by the Wang family.
Her father Wang Shunan is a top student who graduated from the sixth period of the Baoding Military Academy. Although he did not join the army due to family reasons, he inherited his father's business and went home to do business, his influence among the top military and political leaders of the Kuomintang should not be underestimated.
The sixth issue of Baoding Military Academy can be said to be the first issue of the gathering of stars. Gu Zhutong , Wang Dongyuan , Qian Dajun , Wang Boling , Shangguan Yunxiang, etc. all come from the sixth issue of Baoding Military Academy. With the friendship of classmates, Wang Shunan can also say a few words to the top leaders of the Kuomintang army.
Wang Yuling's mother's Luo family is not inferior to his father's Wang family.
Luo family is a family of officials in the Qing Dynasty. They have served as chief officials and important officials in the court. They have been appointed as the Minister of State, Governor of Liangjiang, and local generals. For example, Wang Yuling's grandfather Luo Xiaolian served as the general of Guizhou in the second rank of the Qing Dynasty.
At the same time, the Luo family has a relative in-laws with the late Qing Dynasty officials, Zeng Guoquan and Zuo Zongtang's family. Wang Yuling's uncle's two daughters married Zeng Guoquan and Zuo Zongtang's descendants as concubines respectively.
The daughter born in a noble family, Wang Yuling enjoys living benefits, educational resources, etc. naturally cannot be compared with ordinary families.
Since she became sensible, she has studied under the guidance of her grandfather, the Four Books and Five Classics , Tang poetry and Song lyrics, and also under the education of her grandmother, she has learned piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, sewing and embroidery.
Under the earnest teaching and correct guidance of his family, although Wang Yuling is a daughter-in-law, she has not become a playboy like Miss Kong Er, who does things like , but is an intellectual, gentle, simple and kind, knowledgeable, polite and generous lady.
After the outbreak of the full-scale war of resistance, the war spread to Changsha, Hunan. In order to avoid the war, Wang Yuling and her family embarked on a journey of escape and moved around. At that time, her studies from elementary school to middle school were almost completed in the escape. The flying war and the days of displacement also left a deep mark in Wang Yuling's memory.
Just as Wang Yuling and his family fled, Zhang Lingfu, who was far away in the battlefield of Songhu, was leading the 305th Regiment to fight the Japanese invaders in bloody battles. During the fierce battle, facing the Japanese invaders whose weapons and equipment were far superior to the Chinese army, Zhang Lingfu was not afraid of death. He was so angry that he threw off his military uniform, and jumped out of the trench with machine gun , leading more than a hundred brave and fearless suicide squadrons, repelled several crazy attacks of Japanese invaders by planes and cannons, killing more than a hundred enemies.
In the Nanjing Defense Battle , Zhang Lingfu personally led the 305th Regiment to build a new position in Chunhua to block the Japanese army from covering Wang Yaowu's troops retreating into Nanjing.
Since the outbreak of the full-scale war of resistance in 1937, Zhang Lingfu participated in several battles with the Japanese invaders, and always led his troops to stand on the forefront of the anti-Japanese war and fought with the Japanese invaders:
1941, Zhang Lingfu led the 58th Division and friendly forces to besiege the enemy's 34th Division, and fought a great victory that was called "the most exciting battle since the War of Resistance" by He Yingqin ;
June 1942 In the battle of in Zhejiang and Jiangxi, Zhang Lingfu led the 58th Division to fight the Japanese invaders on the periphery of Quzhou, on the 3rd day, and successfully recovered Weng'an, which was captured by the Japanese invaders; in November 1942, Changde battle, Zhang Lingfu led the 58th Division to recover Huangshi and Jiuxi; in May 1944, Zhang Lingfu led the 58th Division to fight with the enemy 40th Division on the front line of Xiangxiang to Shaoyang to prevent it from supporting the enemy troops in Changsha.
Throughout the War of Resistance Against Japan, Zhang Lingfu made great achievements and made indelible contributions to the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan. He is still a "famous general of the Anti-Japanese War".
also made great achievements in the War of Resistance Against Japan. Zhang Lingfu's position in the army was getting higher and higher day by day, and his status was getting higher and higher day by day.
In June 1945, two months before the Japanese surrender, Zhang Lingfu was already the deputy commander of the 74th Army Major General. He was only 41 years old at this time. If there were no accidents, as a rising star, his future achievements were limitless.
Just when Zhang Lingfu's future was bright, he also ushered in another new love for himself. This love allowed him to gain a wife who was determined to him, and she was Wang Yuling.
Zhang Lingfu and Wang Yuling met a famous barber hall called "Yi Leye".
In early 1944, a director named Zhang saw that his old leader Zhang Lingfu is now 41 years old and has not yet reunited, and no one is taking care of him in life. Of course, he also has the intention of flattering him, so he thought about finding another partner for him who can accompany him for the rest of his life.
After searching in many aspects, Director Zhang found Wang Yuling, who was impeccable in terms of family background, appearance, personality, and knowledge. After that, he informed Zhang Lingfu of Wang Yuling's basic situation.
In the letter to Zhang Lingfu, Director Zhang spent his whole life learning to present a lady of talent and beauty to Zhang Lingfu in the form of words, praising him with great praise, and describing Wang Yuling as a virtuous wife who is hard to come by. The description in the letter
made Zhang Lingfu develop a strong interest in this beauty he had never met, and he wanted to get a glimpse of his true face.
In this way, the encounter at the "Yi Leye" barber shop in Changsha was found.
1945, at the invitation of Director Zhang's wife, Wang Yuling went to the "Yileye" barber shop to perm her hair. Before she went to the barber shop, Director Zhang informed Zhang Lingfu of Wang Yuling's itinerary a few days ago and asked him to come to Changsha to promote this accidental encounter.
That day, not long after Wang Yuling entered the barber shop, Zhang Lingfu and Director Zhang appeared at the door of the barber shop.
When Wang Yuling sat in front of the mirror and let the stylist fiddled with her hair, Zhang Lingfu stood behind the mirror, staring at the young and beautiful Wang Yuling in the mirror, observing her appearance, words and deeds.
Wang Yuling's every frown and smile, every move, made Zhang Lingfu fall in love with him without exception.
This time, Zhang Lingfu fell in love with her at first sight.
is different from Zhang Lingfu's love at first sight. Wang Yuling's first impression of Zhang Lingfu was not good. He felt deep in his heart that he was a prodigal son:
"From the reflection of the mirror, I saw him walking into the barber shop, walking behind me, standing still, looking at me with his eyes straight. I have never been looked at by a man like this, and I was a little angry, so I glanced at him."
Spending wedding night on the train
From the side of the barber shop, Zhang Lingfu pursued Wang Yuling fiercely. Under Zhang Lingfu's almost fanatical pursuit, Wang Yuling had a bad impression of Zhang Lingfu gradually eliminated his vigilance and prejudice against him and gradually fell into his arms.
Zhang Lingfu values Wang Yuling's youthfulness and beauty, while Wang Yuling values Zhang Lingfu's erudition and talent.
Zhang Lingfu is a graduate of the History Department of Peking University and a graduate of the fourth phase of Huangpu . He can not only arrange troops, but also write and write. He has a very high attainment in calligraphy and painting art. His calligraphy achievements are close to Yu Youren in Shaanxi, which means that one of the few Confucian generals in the Kuomintang army.
is both handsome and burly, brave and good at fighting, and is both civil and military. Few women can resist such a man.
The man has love and love, and soon, Zhang Lingfu and Wang Yuling naturally got together and became a couple of a handsome man who is very enviable.
After dating for a month or two, Zhang Lingfu and Wang Yuling were about to enter the palace of marriage.
When Wang Yuling told her mother the news of her marriage to Zhang Lingfu, Queen Mother was very dissatisfied with this soon-to-be marriage. After all, Wang Yuling was only seventeen or eighteen years old at that time, but Zhang Lingfu was already in his forties. The two were over 20 years apart, and Zhang Lingfu had a bad record of killing his wife before, so she was really worried about handing over her daughter to Zhang Lingfu.
However, Wang Yuling was devoted to Zhang Lingfu. Even if her mother did not agree, she would rather go on a hunger strike than let her agree to marry Zhang Lingfu. In the end, the Queen Mother had no choice but to agree to her marry Zhang Lingfu.
Of course, Wang Yuling's mother also put forward a requirement, that is, the provincial government chairman Cheng Qianbao Media must be promised that they get married, and the purpose of her doing so was probably to give Wang Yuling a marriage guarantee.
For ordinary people, it is really difficult to ask the chairman of the provincial government to protect the media for themselves.
However, for Zhang Lingfu, this is a simple thing that cannot be simpler. As Chiang Kai-shek's beloved general, Cheng Qian would still give Zhang Lingfu some face. After all, he would have to look at the Buddha's face if he didn't look at the monk's face.
Under Cheng Qian's media protection, the Wang family finally agreed to the marriage, so the two began to prepare for their wedding nervously, preparing to hold their wedding at the most luxurious Kinmen Hotel in Shanghai.
The wedding of the two was generally smooth, and of course some minor twists and turns occurred.
wedding preparation stage, Zhang Lingfu happened to be promoted to Lieutenant General of 74th Army and Commander of Nanjing Security. He married his wife and promoted him to important positions. It can be said that he was a double happiness, and Zhang Lingfu was very unsatisfied.
However, while the promotion was promoted, Zhang Lingfu's burden was getting heavier and heavier, and his own time was less and less. He was often so busy that he didn't even have to go home at night, and sometimes he didn't even have to eat. Therefore, his wedding date with Wang Yuling was repeatedly pushed back and forth, and he was unable to set the wedding date for a long time. Wang Yuling felt a little sad.
Later, Zhang Lingfu saw that Wang Yuling's face became worse and worse. In order not to let Wang Yuling continue to be disappointed, Zhang Lingfu gritted his teeth and pushed everything up, and finally set the wedding date.
After the wedding date was set, according to the customs and customs of the upper-class society in Beijing and Shanghai at that time, the wedding of the two was naturally scheduled to be held at the most luxurious Kinmen Hotel in Shanghai at that time.
After the wedding date and wedding location were confirmed, Zhang Lingfu and Wang Yuling boarded the plane from Nanjing to Shanghai. At this time, both of them were full of expectations and were full of happiness, looking forward to the upcoming wedding.
However, just as the plane was about to take off and both of them were waiting for the wedding to arrive happily, a phone call disrupted their plans. The phone call was called by Chiang Kai-shek: There is an emergency official service to ask him for treatment, and he needs to come immediately.
So, Zhang Lingfu and Wang Yuling had to get off the plane quickly and arrived in Shanghai until the wedding day.
According to the original plan, Zhang Lingfu and Wang Yuling need to arrive in Shanghai one day in advance, which will also facilitate the preparation of the next day's wedding.
However, because of official business, Zhang Lingfu brought Wang Yuling to Shanghai on the wedding day, and the original plan was naturally disrupted. The original wedding dress would take a few days to complete.
is made by manual, and it needs to be modified multiple times during the period to fit. In a hurry, the dress tailor did not have enough time to modify it, which led to the fact that Zhang Lingfu and Wang Yuling's dresses did not fit. Zhang Lingfu was too young and Wang Yuling was too old.
Wang Yuling is easy to solve. She can just work overtime overnight to change to a small baby, but Zhang Lingfu's suit cannot be changed to fit no matter what, and it cannot be made bigger.
If there is no suit, then this Western wedding will look a bit out of place. It is difficult for one to wear a wedding dress and the other to wear ordinary clothes.
The wedding date cannot be changed, and the suit is too small. In desperation, Zhang Lingfu had to find a guest at the wedding site to borrow a suit from him and completed the wedding in the borrowed suit.
However, the wedding had not ended completely, but Zhang Lingfu received a call from the attendant room of the Kuomintang Presidential Office again, telling him: "Go back to Nanjing quickly. Chairman Jiang will summon him tomorrow morning."
Military affairs were urgent, and Zhang Lingfu did not dare to delay. He could only leave behind his relatives and friends and took his wife Wang Yuling on the train to Nanjing overnight.
That's it, Zhang Lingfu and Wang Yuling spent their wedding night on the train:
"One is on the upper bunk and the other is on the lower bunk, and they spent the wedding night."
Yin and Yang two separations
After marriage, Zhang Lingfu and Wang Yuling were inseparable and were very loving.
In order to prevent his wife from feeling lonely, even if the military affairs are busy, Zhang Lingfu has to take a break from his busy schedule and squeeze out time to rush home to accompany Wang Yuling.
1947, Wang Yuling and Zhang Lingfu had their first child, and the only child, namely Zhang Daoyu .
However, Zhang Lingfu failed to see the moment when Zhang Daoyu was born. While the two were looking forward to the arrival of a new life with joy, Zhang Lingfu followed Chiang Kai-shek on the wrong path.
In May 1947, the 74th Division of , led by Zhang Lingfu, was completely wiped out by our army in the Battle of Menglianggu. Zhang Lingfu himself died here, and since then, the two men have separated from each other.
Wang Yuling later recalled:
"In the last moment when Zhang Lingfu was about to be encircled and annihilated, he first sent a telegram to Chiang Kai-shek to report the situation of the war, then called to his old superior Wang Yaowu, and finally wrote a suicide note to me, handed it to staff Yang Zhanchun, and ordered him to pass it on to me."
Zhang Lingfu was surrounded by our army, and knew that defeat was a foregone conclusion. With a heart of dying, he wrote a final letter to Wang Yuling. In the letter, he wrote:
"The old father came to Beijing and was extremely painful. I hope to treat him well. I hope to raise him. Yuling, my wife, is forever." The news came, Wang Yuling was heartbroken, fainted several times, and wanted to commit suicide several times and left with her husband several times. However, looking at her son Zhang Daoyu, who was not yet one year old in her arms, Wang Yuling could only survive strongly. She needed to raise her husband's son.After
, she wrote a poem for her deceased husband. In the poem, she remembered the days when she met, fell in love, and got to know each other to the last farewell. The poem says: "I was fortunate to know my husband back then, but I couldn't forget my love without tooth. The smoke of four or seven was hurt forever, and I was timid to relive the sad past."
Later, Wang Yuling revisited Mochou Lake, where Zhang Lingfu often went, witnessed the happiest years of her and Zhang Lingfu, so she wrote another poem about nostalgia and Zhang Lingfu. The poem about how many years I spent together, the poem says:
"The building is in the dead and there is hatred, and the lovesickness is endlessly stained with scars. Recalling the past in the column, and not complaining about love and forgetting oneself."
Return to the motherland
After the Kuomintang retreated to Taiwan, Wang Yuling went to Taiwan first. Later, in order to give her family a better living environment and to enrich herself, she went to the United States in 1952 and entered the accounting major of New York University in the United States for further studies. During
, in order to solve the problem of life in the United States, Wang Yuling worked and studied, and his life was very difficult.
The former daughter of a daughter is now working hard for a living. If she put it on others, she might have been at a loss and even degenerate. However, Wang Yuling did not. She quickly integrated into the new role. For her family and children, she tried her best to work and study. The fundamental purpose was to give her family and children a better living environment.
1958, Wang Yuling graduated from New York University with very outstanding results.
After graduating, Wang Yuling first worked as an accountant in a hospital for 2 years, and then worked in a five-star hotel for 3 years. Finally, she joined American Airlines and worked for 21 years until she retired. During
, Wang Yuling never lacked suitors around her, including company bosses and intellectuals. But no matter who the suitor is, what his identity is, how much money is, or what his status is, she never accepts their pursuit. Zhang Lingfu is always the only one in her heart, and others can no longer enter her heart.
In the United States, apart from working and taking care of her family, she mostly spent the rest of her time enthusiastic about public welfare and was re-elected as chairman of the Chinese Academy of Aesthetics for two terms.
Huamei Society is a spontaneously organized Chinese group, and its main job is to help poor and disabled Chinese living in the United States.
Of course, even though Wang Yuling lived a fulfilling and superior life in the United States, she always had some regrets in her heart.
Whenever late at night comes, she always misses her motherland and her hometown affectionately. Every time she is always tearful at this moment. She really misses her motherland and really wants to set foot on her hometown again.
Wang Yuling was not disappointed in the end. With the help of Premier Zhou Enlai, she realized her wish to return to the motherland.
In 1973, Zhou Enlai learned about Wang Yuling's situation in the United States and knew that she often told others that she missed her motherland, so he asked Huang Hua, who was the representative of the Security Council in United Nations at the time, to find Wang Yuling and invite her to return to China.
Wang Yuling, who received the invitation, was a little hesitant. After all, her husband was Zhang Lingfu, but at the sincere invitation of Zhou Enlai and Huang Hua, Wang Yuling finally gave up all kinds of concerns and happily accepted the invitation to return to China.
Soon after, Wang Yuling returned to his motherland that had been away for more than 20 years.
After Wang Yuling returned to China, Zhou Enlai met her in Great Hall of the People . During the conversation, Zhou Enlai said sincerely:
"I used to be the director of of the Political Department of Whampoa Military Academy. Zhang Lingfu is my student. We did not fight for him. I have a responsibility." After
, Zhou Enlai also said that as long as Wang Yuling wants to return to the mainland and come and go freely, there will be no obstruction.
1992, because Wang Yuling's mother missed her motherland, Wang Yuling's family returned to Changsha, Hunan to settle down. Since then, they have never left the motherland and enjoy their old age.
Wang Yuling's son Zhang Daoyu is now a very capable entrepreneur with several large multinational enterprises and a very prosperous business, covering Philippines , Myanmar , Cambodia and other countries.
In his later years, Wang Yuling, in addition to studying, sometimes assisted his son in handling company affairs. He lived a fulfilling life and was very happy.
In addition, whenever I go to Taiwan, China, Wang Yuling will try her best to do something conducive to cross-strait reunification. She often tells the outside world:
"I hope China can achieve complete reunification as soon as possible, and the people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait can live a happy life of living and working in peace and contentment, and the Chinese nation can achieve great rejuvenation as soon as possible."
In 2007, Wang Yuling accepted the invitation of Su Yu's nephew Su Gangbing and went to Menglianggu to pay homage to his deceased husband Zhang Lingfu.
At 10:30 on October 9, 2021, Wang Yuling passed away peacefully at home in Shanghai at the age of 94.
"I have experienced all the wind and frost and will not be sharpened, but the rugged road makes people sing. The plum blossoms and snow are still fragrant, and the filial daughter's heart is like a big river."
This is the most true portrayal of Wang Yuling's life.
