Recently, in the local elections held in Taiwan, the Kuomintang won , the Democratic Progressive Party suffered a crushing defeat, and Tsai Ing-wen announced her resignation as chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party, which has become the focus of people's attention.
There is another person who has attracted attention at the same time, that is, Taipei City Mayor Jiang Wan'an - a new generation in politics and a rising star in the Kuomintang.
Of course, he also has a special tag, , that is, , Chiang Kai-shek's great-grandson, that is, , Chiang Ching-kuo's grandson, .
The Jiang family, which has faded out of people's vision for a long time, suddenly became a hot topic of attention, especially the mystery of Jiang Wanan's life experience was talked about. Does Jiang Wanan's appearance mean that the Jiang family is going to compete for the world again?
Name Mystery
First of all, is Jiang Wanan's father Zhang Xiaoyan or Jiang Xiaoyan? Of course, no one has any questions about their father-son relationship. As for whether their surname is Jiang or Zhang, many people don’t know.
Jiang Xiaoyan, once used his name Zhang Xiaoyan. Born on March 1, 1942 in Guilin, Guangxi. Because of his old age, he is currently the honorary vice chairman of the Kuomintang and is a representative of the Kuomintang’s opinion in Taiwan. He studied at , Soochow University, and later obtained a master's degree in science from Georgetown University in the United States.
Jiang Xiaoyan has a twin brother Jiang Xiaoci . They are the two of them born to his father Jiang Ching-kuo and Chapter Yaruo .
Jiang Jingguo's original wife was Jiang Fangliang , Therefore, Xiaoyan Xiaoci is commonly known as the illegitimate son , so they were born with their mother's surname Zhang, but their names were the same as those of Jiang Jingguo's other children, and they followed the word "filial piety".
Jiang Xiaoyan once called Zhang Xiaoyan, and another reason was that the two brothers were raised by grandmother and uncle Zhang Huanruo and his wife. My uncle and aunt registered as the biological parents of the two brothers in the official documents, and it was not until December 2002 that they changed to the real biological parents, Jiang Ching-kuo, Zhang Yaruo.
Chapter 1 The process of Xiaoyan changing his name to Jiang Xiaoyan is actually a long and tortuous one. It is actually no secret about his life experience, but in order to respect Chiang Ching-kuo's original wife Ms. Jiang Fangliang and express his filial piety to his biological father Chiang Ching-kuo, it was not until after Jiang Fangliang's death in 2004 that Xiaoyan was officially renamed Jiang Xiaoyan and his ID card was changed.
Among the Jiang family who are still alive today, Jiang Xiaoyan has the greatest seniority.
So from this point of view, when Jiang Wanan was born in 1978, Jiang Xiaoyan had not changed his name yet, so he should still be surnamed Zhang. However, Mr. Chiang Ching-kuo was alive at that time, and it was said that he named his grandson, who had already defaulted on his identity, Jiang Wan'an.
At that time, Jiang Ching-kuo asked someone to tell Jiang Xiaoyan that he hoped that his grandson would be called " Wan'an " to commemorate Wan'an County, Jiangxi Province. Because he had spent a difficult time there, he reminded his descendants not to forget their roots.
Later, Jiang Wanan himself also stated in public that the most important connection between him and his grandfather Jiang Ching-kuo was his name "Wan'an".
Jiang Wanan has never met Jiang Ching-kuo himself, and his father Jiang Xiaoyan only looked at his father from a distance when he was young.
No matter what, the blood-thicker than water family affection is endlessly separated from any special historical background, and the same is true for Jiang Wanan and his son.
Mysterious grandmother
The mystery of Jiang Wan'an's life experience actually comes mainly from his grandmother, which is Zhang Yaruo, a woman that Jiang Ching-kuo could not forget.
Chapter Yaruo, original name Chapter Maoli , was born in Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province in 1913. According to the retained photos and the oral descriptions of many people, Zhang Yaruo looks outstanding, is a beauty, loves literature and versatile, and is a talented woman.
Chapter Yaruo has a good family background and she has received a good education. But due to the circumstances at that time, Zhang Yaruo finished junior high school and his family asked her to marry a man named Tang early and gave birth to two children. Later, her husband unfortunately died early.
Chapter Yaruo started to serve as Chiang Ching-kuo's assistant and secretary in 1939. During his work, he met Chiang Ching-kuo and fell in love because of love.
Chiang Ching-kuo was an aspiring young man at that time. At the same time, his father Chiang Kai-shek also had high hopes for him, hoping that his son would inherit his ambitions in the future.
Jiang Jingguo was married at that time, and his wife was Belarusian , and the Chinese name was Jiang Fangliang. This name was chosen by Chiang Kai-shek personally for her.
The union of the two people is also a very touching love story. In order to support Chiang Ching-kuo, Jiang Fangliang gave up everything and followed him to China.
939, Jiang Fangliang had given birth to two sons for Jiang Ching-kuo, Jiang Xiaowen and Jiang Xiaozhang, and the couple lived together with their children.
Chiang Kai-shek strongly opposed Chiang Ching-kuo's extramarital relationship, and even firmly disagreed with his son's idea of marrying Zhang Yaruo.
However, his father's opposition did not affect the relationship between Jiang Ching-kuo and Zhang Yaruo. Both of them were inseparable from life and official business, and their relationship continued to heat up.
942, Zhang Yaruo gave birth to twin boys in a hospital in Guilin, Guangxi. Chiang Kai-shek and Chiang Ching-kuo were very happy about the arrival of these two children, after all, they were the blood of the Chiang family.
Given the civil war at that time and the situation of the Kuomintang was not good, Chiang Kai-shek was not interested in dealing with family affairs. He just named his two children according to the Chiang family genealogy, namely Xiaoyan and Xiaoci.
However, without Chiang Kai-shek's approval, Chiang Ching-kuo could never marry Zhang Yaruo to .
According to some popular sayings, after Zhang Yaruo gave birth to a child, he always regarded himself as "Mrs. Jiang" and his behavior was very high-profile.
One day in August 1942, Zhang Yaruo, who was only 29 years old in , suddenly fell ill and died suddenly in Guilin . Regarding the cause of her death, a common saying is that she died by being injected with a poisonous needle.
Some people also suspect that it was the murder of spy chief Dai Li instructed his subordinate Huang Zhong and the United States, and some people also believe that it was the murder of Chen Lifu of . In short, there has been no conclusion on the real murderer.
Another saying is normal disease death.
Especially after Chiang Ching-kuo's death, various rumors, statements, speculations, interpretations of Zhang Yaruo's life experience and the mystery of his death were disclosed in different versions to the mainland, Taiwan and even overseas media. These events later became an indescribable mystery.
As the person involved, Jiang Xiaoyan has made it clear that he does not want to investigate who the murderer is, because revenge is meaningless. So what if the murderer is found?
Yes, as a bystander, just sighed that Zhang Yaruo had a poor life and left two children less than one year old, which is the most heartbreaking thing. So what should we do about the future of these two children?
The way to recognize ancestors and return to the family
Jiang Xiaoyan wrote a book called " Children outside the Jiang family ". The book recalls the extremely difficult growth path of the two brothers, recalls the passionate and deep feelings of their biological father and mother, and also describes his ups and downs of the process of recognizing ancestors and returning to the family, as well as his hard-working political experience.
Jiang Xiaoyan always felt that it was his mother's last wish and his father's wish.
1 When Jiang Jingguo died of illness in Taipei in 1988, the Jiang family did not formally notify the two brothers Jiang Xiaoyan to come to the scene to meet for the last time. Later, it was not until a few days after Chiang Ching-kuo's death that someone secretly informed the two brothers that they were able to come to their father's mourning hall.
The scene at that moment will never be forgotten by Jiang Xiaoyan. When they saw their father's body pulling out of the freezer, the two brothers rushed forward and knelt on the ground and cried loudly.
The first time in this life, two middle-aged men called out "Father!", but it was on such an occasion, which was indeed a regret in life.
Although the two brothers Jiang Xiaoyan suffered a lot from childhood to adulthood, they must admit that they also received funding and protection from the Jiang family during their growth. They indirectly felt the care of their father, and of course this is what Jiang Ching-kuo should do.
On the road to recognizing ancestors, the Jiang family located in Taiwan has not taken the initiative to open the door for the two brothers. However, as early as 1997, a representative of the Jiang family gathered in Xikou, Fenghua, Zhejiang, was invited by Jiang Xiaoyan and asked him to take his wife and children back to the Jiang family ancestral hall to worship his ancestors.
However, at that time, Jiang Xiaoyan was the Foreign Minister of the Taiwan authorities. His identity was special and sensitive, and every move was easy to attract public attention, so Jiang Xiaoyan did not respond to the invitation from the mainland.
In 2000, after Jiang Xiaoyan lost the election in Taiwan, he resigned from his public office and soon arranged time to go to the mainland to worship his ancestors.
At that time, Jiang Xiaoyan took his wife Huang Meilun and his three children, as well as the widow of his younger brother Xiaoci, and embarked on the road to recognize his ancestors.
, accompanied by several patriarchs of the Jiang family, and held an ancestor worship ceremony at the former residence of Jiang Gong, located in Xikou, , and went to the tomb of Jiang's ancestors to worship. After the ancestor worship ceremony, Jiang Xiaoyan and others made a special trip to Guilin to visit the tomb of Zhang Yaruo, the biological mother of the two brothers.
Now you can clearly see the inscription "The Tomb of Mrs. Zhang Tai" in front of Zhang Yaruo's tomb.
These actions all happened after Jiang Xiaoyan stepped down from his public office, which shows that he did this not to hype or show, but just to think from the bottom of his heart that he regained his ancestors, which also shows his sincere feelings for his close relatives.
Although the public on both sides of the Taiwan Strait have recognized that the Jiang Xiaoyan brothers are descendants of the Jiang family for decades, in order to keep a close eye on the audio, Jiang Xiaoyan even went to DNA identification.
In 2005, after Jiang Xiaoyan, who was in his 60s, completed the name change and his ID card replacement, he went to Guilin, Guangxi again with his new ID card to worship his mother Zhang Yaruo. On the Qingming Festival the following year, he participated in the Jiang family's ancestor worship activities as a new person.
Jiang Xiaoyan’s 65-year difficult journey to recognize his ancestors and his sincere filial piety are really sad and touching.
Conclusion
Now, Jiang Wanan, the son of Jiang Xiaoyan, entered the political circle with a high profile, which indeed brought glory to the Jiang family, which had been silent for many years.
Jiang Wanan graduated from a prestigious university with a doctorate in law and is young and strong; and he is handsome and humble and friendly. Even the low-key Jiang Xiaoyan once said that his son is suitable for politics.
0 years ago, the two brothers Jiang Xiaoyan stepped into the Jiang family with their upright efforts. What kind of identity and appearance will the new generation Jiang Wanan show in the public eye? The moment is just the beginning.
However, the situation in Taiwan’s political arena is complicated, and it is still unknown whether Jiang Wanan’s identity as a descendant of the Jiang family will help or resist him in politics.
But no matter what, the wheel of history is rolling forward, everything will have an answer.
