In 2015, Zhang Xueliang’s only daughter, centenarian Zhang Lvying, passed away in San Francisco, USA. Among the five children left by Zhang Xueliang, the eldest daughter Zhang Lvying is the oldest and the most low-key.

In 2015, Zhang Xueliang’s only daughter, centenarian Zhang Lvying passed away in San Francisco, USA.

Among the five children left by Zhang Xueliang, the eldest daughter Zhang Luying is the oldest and the most low-key. Compared to her four younger brothers, Zhang Lvying left few deeds in her life, but she was Zhang Xueliang's greatest comfort during his later years when he was imprisoned in the underworld.

Since ancient times, the perfect life that the Chinese people yearn for has always been inseparable from family happiness, but these four words are very cruel to Zhang Xueliang, the former commander of the Northeastern Army.

If being detained by Chiang Kai-shek for 53 years after the peaceful settlement of the Xi'an Incident was the biggest pain in Zhang Xueliang's life, then the loss of two sons in middle age was the second pain in his life that he did not want to talk about. Great pain.

Zhang Xueliang gave birth to four sons and one daughter. His eldest daughter Zhang Luying, eldest son Zhang Luxun, second son Zhang Luju, and third son Zhang Luqi were born to his first wife Yu Fengzhi; his youngest son Zhang Lulin was born to Miss Zhang Si. . Among them, the three sons born to Zhang Xueliang and Yu Fengzhi all unfortunately died young and preceded their fathers.

The third son Zhang Luqi was the most favored son of Zhang Xueliang. He respected the elders, loved the younger, and was considerate at a young age. His intelligence was far superior to his two brothers. However, he unfortunately died of tuberculosis in 1929. Zhang Xueliang struck hard.

's eldest son Zhang Luxun has been introverted since he was a child, intelligent and sensitive, and has a talent for learning. However, he was closely monitored by the Kuomintang after the Xi'an Incident, and he was attacked and frightened by World War II artillery fire during his schooling. He suffered from severe mental illness. Schizophrenia , he was unable to marry and have children like a normal person throughout his life, and eventually his condition worsened and died in 1981.

The second son Zhang Lujuan inherited his father Zhang Xueliang's optimistic and cheerful temperament and extraordinary sports talent. He was especially obsessed with racing sports, but this adventurous hobby also cost him a heavy price. In early 1950, Zhang Lujuan was involved in a serious car accident while driving her sports car and became a vegetative state. She died in 1952 at the age of only 34.

During Zhang Xueliang's time in Taiwan, he experienced the serious illness and death of his two beloved sons. He lived in the torment and pain of a white-haired person sending a black-haired person away all the time. Especially when his second son was seriously injured, he was so sad that he burst into tears. He wanted to visit the United States many times, but in the end due to the adversity of being detained, he could only look across the sea and cry.

At this point, Zhang Xueliang's only surviving son is Zhang Lulin, who was born to him and his second wife Zhao Yidi. However, when Zhang Lulin was young, he was entrusted by his mother to an American couple for adoption at a young age because his father was imprisoned and the country was in chaos during the war of resistance. His impression of his father, Zhang Xueliang, was actually very vague. Later, Zhang Lulin, who was in her 60s, returned to China to visit relatives, but she could not speak Chinese from the beginning to the end, which became Zhang Xueliang's lifelong regret.

For Zhang Xueliang in his later years, the person who gave him the greatest emotional comfort was actually his daughter Zhang Luying.

Zhang Luying was born in 1916. She is the eldest daughter of Zhang Xueliang and Yu Fengzhi, and also the first love child of the two. Although Zhang Lvying is a girl, her arrival still makes the Zhang family happy.

When Xiao Luying was one month old, Dashuai Zhang Zuolin specially held a banquet at Shuai Mansion to entertain guests and celebrate the birth of his first grandchild.

Zhang Xueliang took great pains to name his daughter Lu Ying. Zhang Zuolin once wandered at the foot of the Medical Witch Lu Mountain in his early years. Zhang Xueliang named his daughter after the "Lu" in the meaning of Lushan and "Nv Ying", Shun's wife in ancient times. This not only commemorated his ancestors, but also placed his best wishes on his daughter. High hopes.

Later, Zhang Xueliang named his three sons Lu Xun, Lu Xun, and Lu Qi respectively because there was a saying in "Erya·Shidi" that "the beauty of the East is Xun Yu Qi Yan who is a medical witch." Because each son's name contained the character "王", Zhang Xueliang immediately changed Lu Ying to Lu Ying.

Zhang Xueliang loves his first daughter very much. When he is free, he takes little Lu Ying to play. On weekdays, he even has to put her to sleep himself. It was not until 1919 that Zhang Xueliang entered the Army Lecture Hall of the Three Northeastern Provinces to study and officially embarked on a career as a professional soldier. He had to let go of his children.From then on, the task of housekeeping and educating children was given to his first wife, Yu Fengzhi.

Yu Feng was a well-known lady when she was a girl. She was once known as a "female scholar", so she spared no effort in the education and training of her children. Thanks to the influence of Yu Fengzhi's love for poetry, Zhang Lvying was already familiar with poetry and books before entering school and was very talented.

In 1928, Zhang Xueliang inherited his father's legacy and took charge of the Northeast. When he is not busy with official duties, he often takes Lu Ying and his brother out for outings and playing tennis. In this way, Zhang Lvying spent her innocent girlhood in Dashuai Mansion .

In early 1930, a beautiful photo of Zhang Luying was published on the front page of Shenyang's "Daya Pictorial". Zhang Lvying in the photo was only 14 years old, but she was already very handsome, elegant and refined. At that time, Zhang Lvying was studying at Fengtian Provincial Women's Normal School.

After the September 18th Incident, Zhang Luying was determined to study abroad and carve her own path academically. However, Zhang Xueliang thought that she was not yet an adult and was reluctant to let her daughter travel across the ocean alone. However, Zhang Luying had already begun to silently think about herself. s future.

In 1933, Zhang Xueliang went to Europe for inspection after leaving the field. Zhang Lvying accompanied his mother and two younger brothers. During this trip, the family visited Italy, France, the United Kingdom and other European countries, which further strengthened Zhang Lvying’s desire to study abroad.

With the consent of his father Zhang Xueliang, Zhang Lvying and his two younger brothers studied abroad in Italy, accompanied by their mother. Things were unpredictable. Less than two years later, Italy announced its support for Japan. Zhang Xueliang had no choice but to call his children who were studying in , Rome, to leave Italy and go to the UK to continue studying at university in London.

It was also in London that Zhang Luying met her future husband, fellow Northeasterner Tao Pengfei who was also studying here.

It seems to be a fate. In his early years, Tao Pengfei studied at Northeastern University where Zhang Xueliang was the president. Because of his achievements in basketball, he defeated the Japanese team and was received by President Zhang.

Although Tao Pengfei did not have any military or political background, he was sincere and enterprising, with excellent morals and academics. He was one of the best Chinese students studying abroad at that time, and he was very much in line with Zhang Luying's wishes.

It is worth mentioning that long before Zhang Lvying went abroad, someone wanted to introduce Zhang Lvying to Kong Xiangxi’s son Kong Lingkan, but Zhang Lvying was unmoved by the Kong family’s financial situation.

Born into a famous family, from the side wife Gu Ruiyu to the second wife Miss Zhao Si , Zhang Lvying witnessed her father's rich emotional world and her mother's forbearance to stick to the family alone. Therefore, when she learned that she was likely to marry into another big family and suffer the same fate as her mother, Zhang Lvying not only resolutely rejected the proposal, but also told the outside world: "If you want to marry, marry a commoner. "

Just like that, during her days in the UK, Zhang Lvying fell in love with Tao Pengfei, who was powerless but had good qualities. Tao Pengfei also looked at Zhang Lvying with admiration, who was a rich man but had no coquettishness and was independent. On the beautiful banks of the Thames River, their love took root and sprouted here.

In 1941, Zhang Luying and Tao Pengfei got married in New York after Yu Fengzhi made the decision. After graduating from London, Tao Pengfei went to Germany and the United States to study for a doctorate. After graduation, he taught at Columbia University in the United States. After Zhang Lvying graduated, she followed her husband to Columbia University to study for a master's degree. The same interests and hobbies led them to pursue a career in education together.

With the help of their father's reputation, Zhang Lvying and his wife quickly established considerable influence in the Chinese community in the United States. In addition, they are good coaches, diligent and humble, and are respected by all parties.

In 1966, Zhang Luying and his wife founded a Chinese community in San Francisco , the San Francisco Chinese Association. The family and career have been settled, and even achieved enviable results, but Zhang Lvying still has one unfinished matter in her heart, that is, her father has been imprisoned by Chiang Kai-shek to this day, and she still doesn’t know when she will be able to see him again in her lifetime. .

At the turn of the spring and summer of 1961, an opportunity came quietly.

In order to win over a large number of Chinese scholars scattered overseas, Chiang Kai-shek is preparing to hold the " Yangmingshan Chinese Scholars Seminar" in Taiwan and invite overseas scholars to visit Taiwan. Zhang Lvying and Tao Pengfei are also on the invited list. But facing the invitation letter, Zhang Lvying struggled internally.

On the one hand, she has harbored deep-seated hatred for the Chiang family who detained her father for many years; on the other hand, she wanted to take this opportunity to visit her father.

Yu Fengzhi, who was in her sixties at that time, missed her husband day and night in the United States. When she learned that her daughter might see her father during this trip, she urged them to attend the meeting. What Taipei didn't know yet was that among the attendees this time, there were actually descendants of Zhang Xueliang.

Although Zhang Luying had deliberately kept a low profile during this trip, her identity was exposed by Taiwanese media soon after. Both the attendees and Chiang Kai-shek were deeply surprised when they learned that the handsome daughter of the handsome family would now return as a famous overseas female scholar.

In order to avoid unnecessary complications, Chiang Kai-shek specifically ordered that no one be allowed to visit Zhang Xueliang, which made Zhang Lüying and his wife very angry. They used all their social connections and began to look for Zhang Xueliang's former close friends and former subordinates as well as KMT political celebrities. They only hoped to see their father. At the same time, they also released the news through the media, hoping to gain the support of public opinion.

On the other side, Zhang Xueliang, who was in claustrophobia, still knew nothing about the arrival of his daughter. Until one day when my wife Zhao Yidi went out to buy groceries, she accidentally saw the news in the newspaper "The daughter of Zhang Xueliang came to Taiwan to visit relatives, but the officials ignored it." She quickly bought a copy and went home to read it carefully with Zhang Xueliang.

Only then did Zhang Xueliang know that his daughter had come to Taiwan to see him. Feeling restless, he quickly contacted the relevant authorities and asked to see his daughter, but was rejected as expected.

It was probably a pity that the father and daughter were so far apart. When they were desperate, Zhang Luying and her father found another person at the same time. This person was the Kuomintang boss Zhang Qun. Zhang Qun had a sworn sworn relationship with Chiang Kai-shek in his early years. He was an elder among the elders of the Kuomintang and his words were very weighty. Zhang Qun was moved by the affection between father and daughter, and finally decided to become a lobbyist himself.

Under the dual pressure of Zhang Qun's advice and the pressure of media public opinion, Chiang Kai-shek reluctantly agreed to let the father and daughter meet, but the meeting was stipulated not to exceed one hour. Zhang Lvying worked hard and fought with Chiang Kai-shek in a battle of wits and courage, and finally achieved results!

On the afternoon of August 30, 1961, there was a hidden courtyard closely guarded by plainclothes agents in the Fuxinggang area of ​​Beitou District, Taipei City. After an interrogation by security personnel, Zhang Luying finally met her father here after 28 winters and summers. The scene of recognition was extremely... moving.

As soon as the two of them walked into the living room, Zhang Luying saw her father. She saw him sitting on the sofa, standing up with a cane, one hand stretched forward, his lips trembling, and he wanted to scream silently.

"Dad!" Zhang Luying took a step forward, tightly holding her father's hand, and let out a scream, which made her full of sorrow and grief, and she started to cry. Tao Pengfei also stepped forward, first called "Principal" and then "Dad", tears welling up in his eyes. Zhang Xueliang burst into tears, choked and speechless. He just said hello again and again, and reached out to stroke his daughter's hair. After a long time, he called his daughter's name with a trembling voice: "Lü Ying..."

His face was covered with dust, his temples were like frost, father and daughter said goodbye. , only a thousand lines of tears. Thinking that Lu Ying was still an innocent little girl when we parted ways in Italy. In the blink of an eye 28 years later, Lu Ying was now a middle-aged woman who was a wife and mother. Zhang Xueliang felt sad and trembled all over. .

In Zhang Lvying’s memory, her father has always been a majestic and heroic image. When he parted with his mother and daughter in Europe in 1934, he looked smug, bold and heroic. At this time, my father was already very old, and his appearance and behavior all showed the appearance of old age. Looking at the dense wrinkles on her father's face, and thinking of the sadness, humiliation and suffering contained in these wrinkles, tears welled up in Zhang Lvying's eyes again.

Zhang Xueliang knew his daughter's thoughts, waved his hand, and comforted his daughter in turn: "It's all over, don't cry for me anymore. Su Dongpo said, "It is a great dream in the world. It can change all the time, and there is no need to blame anyone." Why should we entangle ourselves in the past?"

Then Zhang Xueliang asked about his daughter and son-in-law's life in the United States, and Zhang Luying immediately handed over Taking a photo of his family in the United States, Zhang Xueliang looked at the bright smiles of his children and grandchildren and said with emotion: "I have never been to the United States. If conditions permit, I will go there to see you." "

Then Zhang Xueliang asked about his first wife Yu Fengzhi in the United States. He took the photo and saw that his usually quiet and elegant wife now had frosty temples and a pair of eyes full of resentment and sadness. He couldn't help but feel emotional and sad again... ...

html They haven’t seen each other for 28 years. There is really too much to say between father and daughter, but there is not much time left for them to talk to each other. Just when they are still immersed in the deep affection of family, they are responsible for supervision. However, Zhang Xueliang's staff came over to remind them that the one-hour meeting time was up.

Zhang Lvying understood her father's difficulties and stood up to leave. Tao Pengfei held out his hand and shook hands with his father-in-law before leaving. We hugged each other again, with tears in our eyes.

It would be 10 years before Zhang Luying saw her father again.

On June 1, 1990, the Taiwan authorities held a "Nine Ranks Birthday Celebration" for Zhang Xueliang at the Grand Hotel in Taipei. Zhang Luying flew to Taipei as a special guest and appeared at her father's birthday party, which caused quite a stir. Zhang Xueliang had been released at that time. Luying at the scene was filled with joy and sorrow because her father had regained her freedom. He has been waiting for his father all his life, but he has not waited for this moment. Three months ago, Yu Fengzhi just died of illness in Los Angeles, USA.

Her husband was imprisoned, her eldest son suffered from schizophrenia, and her second son became a vegetative state. These misfortunes followed one after another. In his later years, Yu Fengzhi was seriously ill and exhausted. Fortunately, Zhang Lvying's company gave Yu Fengzhi the final comfort. After Yu Fengzhi died of illness, Zhang Lvying also gave the same care and concern to his father Zhang Xueliang.

March 1991. , Zhang Xueliang and Zhao Yidi went to the United States to visit relatives and friends, and the first stop they visited was their daughter Zhang Lvying’s home in San Francisco.

After Zhang Xueliang and Zhao Yidi settled in Hawaii, Zhang Lvying would go to Hawaii from San Francisco every year to visit her father, care about his father’s life, and provide support to his father. After Zhang Xueliang's birthday, Zhang Lvying was also by his side until his last breath.

It can be said that Zhang Lvying continued the father-daughter relationship that was thicker than water in the last 11 years of Zhang Xueliang's life, making up for the 57 years that he could not be with him. Regret at her father's side.

Zhang Luying always missed and supported her motherland. She was concerned about the construction of the Zhangfu Memorial Hall in her hometown in Northeast China, and took the initiative to donate many of her father and mother's belongings.

In 2015, Zhang Luying died of illness in San Francisco, USA. , died at the age of 100. As the second centenarian in the Zhang Xueliang family, although Zhang Luying did not leave any dazzling deeds in his life, he won people's respect for his filial and virtuous virtues.

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