In early spring of 1928, Yu Dafu's enthusiasm was exchanged for the sincere response from Wang Yingxia, and the two finally got together. Due to his identity, the marriage of Yu Dafu and Wang Yingxia has attracted much attention, and they have become star figures in free love and independent marriage in that era. They are praised by the poet Liu Yazi as "the fairy couple on Fuchunjiang ".
However, 12 years later, in the early autumn of 1940, Yu Dafu and Wang Yingxia entered newspapers and published divorce notices in different places, and the former "god couple" parted ways.
Wang Yingxia was not originally named Wang, but Jin, whose real name was Jin Baoqin. She was born in Hangzhou in 1908. When she was still very young, her family was the decision. She adopted her grandfather Wang Ernan as her granddaughter, and then changed her name to Wang Xu and named Yingxia.
Wang Ernan, who is well-read in poetry and knowledgeable, is also proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. In addition, he loves Wang Yingxia, which has enabled Wang Yingxia to receive a good education in traditional culture since she was a child. In 1923, 15-year-old Wang Yingxia was admitted to Zhejiang Girls' School and became one of the best in Hangzhou Women's Normal School, which has produced many talents.
On the morning of January 14, 1927, Wang Yingxia, known as the "No. 1 Beauty in Hangzhou", met the visiting Yu Dafu at the home of Sun Baigang in the "Shangxianfang" alley on Huaihai Road, Shanghai.
At this time, Yu Dafu had already returned from his hometown in Japan and was a famous writer in the literary world. His novels "Sinking" and "Intoxicated Night in the Spring Breeze" made him famous.
Wang Yingxia, who was only 19 years old at the time, also loved literature. She had long heard of Lu Xun, Yu Dafu, Guo Moruo and others, and she often read their works. But what she didn't expect was that she would have so many intersections with Yu Dafu.
That day, Yu Dafu was very interested and very attentive. After chatting, Yu Dafu ignored Sun Baigang's enthusiasm for keeping him at home for dinner and insisted on inviteing Sun Baigang and his wife and Wang Yingxia to have dinner outside. He also called a car and went directly to Xinya Hotel on Nanjing Road, . The lunch was very rich, and everyone drank it, and Yu Dafu, who was obviously very happy, was still a little drunk.
Since then, Yu Dafu ran to Sun Baigang's house almost every day. He also invited Sun Baigang and his wife to go out for fun, eat, watch movies, listen to operas, etc., and approached Wang Yingxia in different ways.
After Sun Baigang and his wife realized Yu Dafu's "willing drunkenness", they opposed Yu Dafu's pursuit of Wang Yingxia on the grounds that he was a married man. They also introduced Wang Yingxia's boyfriend to get rid of Yu Dafu, and even hid Wang Yingxia, or returned to Hangzhou.
. Wang Yingxia, who is young and pure and beautiful, is also cautious in her lifelong affairs. She has always maintained a hesitant and wait-and-see attitude towards the fanatical pursuit of Yu Dafu, who already has a family.
However, Yu Dafu became more and more courageous as he set his marks. He actually went to Kunfan Girls' School where Wang Yingxia worked to wait for her. While maintaining the same state of meeting Wang Yingxia every day, he also wrote letters almost every day to "influence" her.
Faced with Yu Dafu's passion, Wang Yingxia gradually became moved. Although it was not certain whether Yu Dafu really loved him for a while, Wang Yingxia still maintained her relationship with Yu Dafu. Over time, Wang Yingxia really fell in love with Yu Dafu.
When I received the deep love expressed by Yu Dafu in a long letter again, Wang Yingxia really believed in love and Yu Dafu's beautiful lie: he divorced, and she threw herself into his arms.
1928, 20-year-old Wang Yingxia and 32-year-old Yu Dafu held a wedding at the Xizi Lakeside Hotel in Hangzhou. Due to their identity, this marriage has made them highly-watched celebrity-like characters. Many people think they are examples of free love and marriage, and the poet Liu Yazi praised them as "the fairy couple on the Fuchun River."
Yu Dafu and Wang Yingxia's talented and beautiful marriage life is happy after marriage. Yu Dafu has enough economic foundation to meet Wang Yingxia's life needs. The two of them have no burden or pressure in their lives, and they live a leisurely and contentment for a while.
However, this kind of life did not last long.In the three years after marriage, Wang Yingxia gave birth to two sons, and the family's living expenses increased day by day. In addition, Yu Dafu also had to take into account the life of his mother and his wife, Sun Quan, who was in his hometown, so the family's life began to decline slowly.
Yu Dafu's personality is already strange and has an impulsive temperament. In addition, he is unruly and unconventional and does not get used to living a quiet and peaceful family life. Therefore, in his daily life, he has never stopped friction with Wang Yingxia, who is 12 years younger than him.
And Wang Yingxia has always had a heart disease, which is about Yu Dafu's ex-wife Sun Quan. When Wang Yingxia married Yu Dafu, Sun Quan just stated that after she separated from Yu Dafu, she took the children back to her hometown to live with her mother-in-law, but she did not officially leave Yu Dafu, so she was still Yu Dafu's wife in name. In this way, Wang Yingxia was placed in the position of her concubine. In fact, when Wang Yingxia followed Yu Dafu back to her hometown to worship her ancestors, she was indeed treated as a concubine by the Yu family.
Before getting married, Yu Dafu clearly agreed to form a complete family with Wang Yingxia with only two people, but she fell to the second place for no reason. How could Wang Yingxia, who has a strong personality and progressive mind, bear it?
Little by little estrangement and little contradictions slowly tear a crack between Yu Dafu and Wang Yingxia that is difficult to heal.
One day in 1932, Wang Xia went to visit a girlfriend she hadn't seen for many years, but was blamed by Yu Dafu for no reason. After the two had a big fight, Yu Dafu ran away from home angrily and wrote an article in the newspaper to scold Wang Yingxia and her girlfriend. His approach even caused a sensation in Shanghai, making Wang Yingxia and her friends very embarrassed.
In desperation, Wang Yingxia, who knew Yu Dafu's temperament, had to hide her mood. She wanted to live a peaceful life, and she also thought of returning to Hangzhou to return to her roots, so she persuaded Yu Dafu to move back to Hangzhou to live.
After weighing the pros and cons, Yu Dafu agreed to Wang Yingxia's proposal for consideration of family economy, coupled with the turmoil in the current situation and various other reasons. The two returned to Hangzhou to buy 30 acres of land and built a large mansion with a strong classical style, named "Wind and Rain Thatched Cottage", which means to hide from wind and rain and live a stable and peaceful life.
However, life in the storm and rain began to sway. The problem between Yu Dafu and Wang Yingxia was not fundamentally solved.
Wang Yingxia, who is quite disappointed in marriage and family life, is keen on socializing. She likes Yu Dafu to take her to meet some celebrities from the upper class. In addition, she was famous in Hangzhou, so many people will take the initiative to come and visit.
At this time, Wang Yingxia still maintained her grace and beauty, and after careful decoration, she showed her extraordinary temperament and demeanor. The hustle and bustle of social interaction bring false honor and impetuous life. Behind the seemingly glamorous appearance, there are various hidden dangers of uncertainty.
1936 Yu Dafu went to Fuzhou to work. Not only did Wang Yingxia not accompany her, but after Yu Dafu left, she handed over her sons to her mother for care and asked for help from two concubines. She turned into a colorful social queen. Either go out for social activities all day long or entertain guests in a hut.
A group of people did not avoid men and women, spoke freely and told some exposing jokes about meat and vegetables. The cottage thatched cottage became the most popular place for men. Gradually, rumors of Wang Yingxia's relationship with several men spread wildly, and the man in the rumor actually had a heavy figure like Dai Li , as well as Xu Shaodi , who was then the director of the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Education.
Of course, whether the rumors about Wang Yingxia and several men are true, but the ambiguous rumors between them will become more and more intense, and Yu Dafu, who works in Fuzhou, naturally heard the news.
Yu Dafu was in crisis and hurriedly drove away from Fujian to Lishui, Zhejiang, where Wang Yingxia took shelter, and took the whole family to Wuhan to live, hoping to cut off Wang Yingxia's relationship with those people.
However, what Yu Dafu and Wang Yingxia did not expect was that one day Yu Dafu accidentally saw three love letters written by Dai Li to Wang Yingxia.This made Yu Dafu extremely angry. He took photos of three love letters and distributed them widely among his friends, and wanted to force Wang Yingshu to give up in a difficult situation.
However, Wang Yingxia faced Yu Dafu's radical approach of disregarding mercy, but she left without saying goodbye. In this way, it was like adding fuel to the fire, which gave Yu Dafu the hot temper an endless imagination. He actually thought that his wife had secretly eloped with a gentleman.
Yu Dafu, who lost his mind due to anger, made another amazing move. He published a "missing notice" in the well-known " Ta Kung Pao ", which roughly means: In such a chaotic world, it is normal for men and women to break up and get together. It doesn't matter if your relationship with someone is not important, and it's not even a problem for you to take away some gold, silver and jewelry or money. But your mother and children miss you very much, so please tell me the address you are staying at.
The next day, Wang Yingxia saw this shocking missing person notice in the Ta Kung Pao, and she was also angry. However, with the efforts of friends to mediate this storm and conflict, Yu Dafuden reported and finally got reconciled, and Wang Yingxia returned home.
However, although the storm and contradictions were calmed down, the relationship between Yu Dafu and Wang Yingxia did not improve substantially.
As Yu Dafu took his family to Singapore for work needs to do anti-Japanese war propaganda for Sin Chew Daily. In order to take refuge, Wang Yingxia went to teach on a small island in Indonesia . Later, because she could not bear the harsh environment on the island, she returned to Singapore. Another new contradiction appeared, which made Wang Yingxia unforgettable for her life.
In 1939, Yu Dafu published a "Poems of Destroying Family" containing 19 poems and 1 lyrics in the weekly issue of the famous Hong Kong magazine "Dafeng", which "disclosed" in detail the emotional dispute between him and Wang Yingxia, pointed out Wang Yingxia's betrayal, and denounced that Wang Yingxia's extramarital affair ruined the entire family.
Faced with Yu Dafu's sudden attack and condemnation, Wang Yingxia was angry. She wrote "The Beginning of a Long Letter" and "Please See the Facts" to post a newspaper to respond to Yu Dafu's accusation against her. As a result, the game between the two attracted the attention of many newspapers and magazines. In order to gain more highlights, newspapers and magazines "make the fire" of this incident. The open reveal of the scars between Yu Dafu and Wang Yingxia is like the separation of the cold war and the separation of their marriage eventually led to the breakdown of their marriage.
In mid-August 1940, Yu Dafu and Wang Yingxia issued divorce notices in Singapore, Hong Kong and Chongqing respectively. The talented and beautiful woman who was once praised by the poet Mr. Liu Yazi became strangers since then.
Today, the stories between Yu Dafu and Wang Yingxia are still often mentioned. Some people say that Yu Dafu and Wang Yingxia are a destined fate.
For their marriage, we can actually use this song to say: Doing happy things with lovers, regardless of disaster or fate; after all, you have met, fallen in love, and get along with each other, and you have no regrets.
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