The dim black and white old photos in the hands are all the beautiful appearance of the woman in a variety of styles: her charming curly hair, red phoenix eyes, thin nose, and looking back, she looks charming and lazy. This woman is called Ruan Lingyu . It can be said that Ruan Lingyu made her in that era, but it was also that era that ruined her.
Ruan Lingyu was born in a working family in Shanghai on April 26, 1910.
However, the arrival of this girl did not make the family very happy, because at this time, Ruan Lingyu's parents' lives were difficult. At this time, their first girl was only two or three years old, so they were not happy about the second child who had just arrived. They also hoped that they could have a boy and could pass on the family line.
Therefore, when the midwife told his father that he had a girl, Ruan's father frowned even more tightly. The disappointed and sad mother reluctantly opened her eyes and looked at the beautiful little baby beside her, not knowing whether it should be joy or sadness. Soon, Ruan Lingyu's father died of depression, and the family lived a poor life only by relying on the meager salary of working as a servant in a wealthy family.
Every mother wants to give her children the best life, so is Ruan Lingyu's mother. Despite her difficult life, Ruan's mother asked Ruan Lingyu to study in Chongde Women's Middle School in Shanghai. After studying, she began to borrow many novels and the like to read. She has experienced the ups and downs of various people and various lives from many novels. This unknowingly cultivated her artistic cells. At the age of 16, Ruan Lingyu entered the movie world in a daze due to her livelihood.
At that time, Ruan Lingyu came to the celebrity film company by introducing him to participate in the audition of "The Nominal Couple". It is said that when Ruan Lingyu appeared at the interview site, the director and everyone were excited. She passed the interview easily, and director Bu Wancang admitted her on the spot, and said excitedly: "Look, she has endless sadness and is love-provoking, and must be a hopeful tragic actor." After entering the industry, Ruan Lingyu starred in nearly 20 films in the Star Company and Greater China Lily Film (later renamed Lianhua Pictures). Her roles were either girls who suffered misfortune in love and marriage, or charming and fierce romantic women.
1929, Lianhua Pictures filmed the movie "The Dream of the Old Capital" directed by Sun Yu. Ruan Lingyu played the character Yanyan in the play. After the film was released, it was quite popular among the audience. It was this film that established her position in the film industry. Ruan Lingyu's second film at Lianhua Pictures is "Wild Grass and Flowers" directed by Sun Yu. Yan Yan in "The Dream of the Ancient Capital" and Li Lian in "Wild Grass and Flowers", one is a slut who is as poisonous as a snake or a scorpion, and the other is a smart, lively, pure and innocent girl. Ruan Lingyu plays both roles delicately and accurately with her exquisite character creation and sincere performance. Ruan Lingyu has become a household name in men's fantasy and chasing the stick. In life, although people keep telling her to be strong, independent, and new women, she is still the kind of woman who is infinitely dependent on men, extremely sad and gentle.
The first man in Ruan Lingyu's life was the young master of a wealthy family when her mother was a servant. That day, Ruan Lingyu was walking home, and the sunset reflected Ruan Lingyu's pure and beautiful face. On another trail, a young man flashed, with a slender figure and a pair of gentle glasses on his nose. He is Zhang Damin . Encountering and encountering are always made by names because of the urge to meet again. Later, Zhang Damin always waited for Ruan Lingyu's arrival by the road that Ruan Lingyu must pass.
It is normal for a girl to have a spring, let alone a man who is in good condition and racks his brains to chase him. Ruan Lingyu was not very propositional at first, so she agreed to Zhang Damin's pursuit. They often walk and chat in the park. A beautiful lady and gentleman, this young master who has no qualities at all gradually won the favor of Ruan Lingyu, who is not well-informed in the world.
Ruan Lingyu was not a cheerful person at first. She only had her mother to accompany her at home. When she entered Chongde Girls' Middle School, she was always dating with the same-sex people, so she had always lived in a single female world. She just took a look at those romance novels like mandarin ducks and butterflies when she was free to imagine the ideal man in her heart. In this way, Zhang Damin became the first intruder. Although Zhang Damin is not as cute as the male protagonist in the novel, he is also attentive and considerate to himself. The most important thing is that he does not care about his family background. Ruan Lingyu, who was somewhat inferior, was quite moved, and this was the beginning of Ruan Lingyu's first love.
However, just as Ruan Lingyu achieved unprecedented success in her career, her personal life fell into an unprecedented dilemma, and her emotional life slowly developed in the direction of tragedy. Zhang Damin is a young master who does nothing. When the family's industry is almost in ruins, Ruan Lingyu's rich income becomes an excellent way for him to get out of his clothes and eat. Zhang Damin relied on Ruan Lingyu to live a drunken life. After Ruan Lingyu returned to Shanghai since filming "The Dream of the Ancient Capital" in Peking, Zhang Damin was eating, drinking and having fun without restraint, and squandering all the more than 10,000 yuan that Ruan Lingyu had accumulated hard. Not only that, Ruan Lingyu was also deceived by Zhang Damin and paid off her gambling debts. But a few days later, Zhang Damin couldn't stand his gambling addiction and went to the casino again, borrowed usury, but lost without any help. So, he asked Ruan Lingyu for money again. For such a man, Ruan Lingyu did not fight for a man who was not guilty of grievances.
In 1932, the "January 28" Incident broke out in Shanghai, and Japan burned the war of aggression to Shanghai. At this time, many wealthy businessmen in Shanghai hid in Hong Kong for their own safety, and Ruan Lingyu also came to Hong Kong with Zhang Damin. Zhang Damin, who went to work in Hong Kong, embezzled the public funds of his company. The matter was exposed and he had no choice but to flee back to Shanghai. Ruan Lingyu then asked someone to work in a tax office in Zhang Damin in Fujian, and then he felt relieved.
temporarily got rid of Zhang Damin, and Ruan Lingyu's life returned to peace. But she, with her emotions empty, still needs considerate comfort. And the second man in her life appeared at this moment. This man's name is Tang Jishan . Tang Jishan was a famous wealthy businessman in Southeast Asia at that time, engaged in tea business. Because Tang Jishan is very rich, many film companies have recruited him to invest. At that time, he was a major shareholder of Ruan Lingyu Film Company. At a soccer meeting held by the film company, Ruan Lingyu and Tang Jishan met. But when Tang Jishan saw such a beautiful woman whom I still felt pity for, she felt itchy.
At this time, Tang Jishan also had a beautiful woman around her. She was also a very famous female star in the history of Chinese silent films. Her name was Zhang Zhiyun. At that time, Zhang Zhiyun had already left the movie and lived with Tang Jishan. Zhang Zhiyun and Ruan Lingyu are very similar, but they all have a feeling of sorrow and pity in their temperament, probably like Lin Daiyu, with a kind of sorrow like a smoke locked in the heavy building, which cannot be removed from their eyebrows.
Rich men always look at the bowl and the pot. Tang Jishan captured Ruan Lingyu's beauty under her warmth and completely got rid of her lower-level life. This made Ruan Lingyu feel moved.
Tang Jishan knew that Ruan Lingyu liked dancing, so she often invited her to dance. After going back and forth, Ruan Lingyu gradually developed feelings for Tang Jishan. Compared with Zhang Damin and Tang Jishan, Tang Jishan is obviously more mature and stable, and has a successful career. A middle-aged man like Tang Jishan is a veteran of the romance and can still make his fortune. Compared with Zhang Damin who spends Ruan Lingyu's money, his heroic spirit and considerate easily make Ruan Lingyu confused.
But Ruan Lingyu doesn’t know that Tang Jishan’s true nature is not about loving women, but about understanding women. Which woman meets such a man is definitely her poison. Ruan Lingyu naturally could not escape Tang Jishan's Wuzhishan. There was a rumor that when Ruan Lingyu and Tang Jishan were having a good time, Zhang Zhiyun, the woman before Tang Jishan, was jealous and wrote a letter to Ruan Lingyu. She said to Ruan Lingyu: "If you see me, you can see your tomorrow." Yi and Tang Jishan are not a good man.Although he was a little jealous, these words were reasonable. However, at that time, Ruan Lingyu thought Zhang Zhiyun was jealous of her and wanted to break her up with Tang Jishan, so she couldn't listen at all. She still lived with Tang Jishan, thinking that she was a happy woman and could have a bright future.
Tang Jishan had a wife in her hometown in Guangdong, and her wife's family was very rich. He was able to do so much in his career and became the most powerful businessman. His wife's family's support was indelible. Therefore, Tang Jishan would not be stupid enough to divorce his original wife. So, I spent some money to have fun outside.
At that time, Tang Jishan bought a three-story villa in Shanghai to live with Ruan Lingyu. Not long after their loving days, Zhang Damin appeared. It is the truth that there must be a single injury in a love triangle. Since the men you meet are not good things, then the only one who is injured is Ruan Lingyu himself. At that time, when Zhang Damin saw that he was in a miserable state, Ruan Lingyu was actually with another man with countless times better conditions than him, so jealousy and hatred rushed to his forehead. Zhang Damin began to use a very rogue method to entangle Ruan Lingyu: he came to blackmail Ruan Lingyu again and again, and the amount was higher than the time. At that time, Ruan Lingyu wanted to settle things, but Tang Jishan blamed her, believing that this would only make Zhang Damin gain more and more strength. So Ruan Lingyu, who had always been weak, heard Tang Jishan's words and did not give Zhang Damin a penny for the first time. Zhang Damin, who had not gained any benefits, submitted a complaint to the court, saying that when Ruan Lingyu was living in their house, she stole the money from their family and gave all the stolen goods to Tang Jishan. This was equivalent to suing Tang Jishan in court, so the court accepted the case.
Tang Jishan is a businessman and her own interests are the first priority. For his reputation, he also filed a lawsuit in court, saying that Zhang Damin had falsely accused him. So, how can we prove that Zhang Damin was accused of him? Then Ruan Lingyu was asked to publish a declaration in the newspaper saying that Ruan Lingyu did not give the Zhang family's things to Tang Jishan, and they were financially independent of each other.
So, Ruan Lingyu posted an announcement in the newspaper saying that she lived with Tang Jishan and was financially independent, in order to prove Tang Jishan's innocence. I originally thought that this matter should come to an end, but Tang Jishan was not a person who valued love and friendship. After this, Tang Jishan became interested in Ruan Lingyu and was hooked up with another younger woman outside. Ruan Lingyu believed that her life was miserable and she always met people in bad ways. After suffering, she became even more silent.
Zhang Damin's rogue and Tang Jishan's infidelity made Ruan Lingyu lose the sustenance of love again. Only by melting the sorrow and pain in her heart, her pursuit of life and death - the dreamy love, into the roles in the film. At this time, there was a movie "New Women", where the heroine was played by Ruan Lingyu, directed by the young Cai Chusheng, and acted as a suicide scene: the heroine played by Ruan Lingyu was lying on the bed. She had already taken the medicine at that time, but suddenly felt that she should not die. If she died, all the sins would disappear with her death! So instead, the heroine's desire to survive was revitalized. Before his death, the heroine said to the doctor, "Save me, I want to live!" This scene was extremely outstanding, and everyone present was shocked by Ruan Lingyu's performance and burst into tears. The performance strongly expresses her desire for life and death - a dreamy love! Who can say that such a good performance is due to acting or the sadness of the mood? Ruan Lingyu felt how similar her experience was to the characters in the play! After his emotions calmed down, Ruan Lingyu said: "How much I want to be such a new woman to be able to get rid of her own destiny. Unfortunately, I am too weak and I am not as strong as her." At that time, Ruan Lingyu seemed to have a premonition of the tragedy of her own destiny.
When a woman is sad, she will easily be moved as long as someone comforts and accompanys her. At this time, the third man in Ruan Lingyu's life broke into her life. He was the only straw that Ruan Lingyu could catch at the last moment of her life. This man was named Cai Chusheng, who is the director of "New Women".
The relationship between Cai Chusheng and Ruan Lingyu was completely established on the set of filming "New Women".Cai Chusheng often comforted Ruan Lingyu to be a strong person and to look forward. However, he just stood on the standpoint of a friend to comfort Ruan Lingyu, but did not accept Ruan Lingyu's feelings for him. When Ruan Lingyu had seen through Zhang Damin and Tang Jishan, she had asked Cai Chusheng for help, and she wanted Cai Chusheng to save her. How to save it? Maybe he wanted Cai Chusheng to give her a love or a home, but what we know is that Cai Chusheng hesitated and retreated, and he did not bear this relationship.
Ruan Lingyu later told people: "Zhang Damin treats me as a money tree, and Tang Jishan treats me as a patent. They don't understand what love is..." A woman who sees everything thoroughly did not overcome the hurdle in her heart. It is said that Ruan Lingyu ran to find Cai Chusheng at that time and asked him to escape from Shanghai with him and come back after getting married. Cai Chusheng was frightened. Because he had a wife, how could he take such a risk? Ruan Lingyu saw the final shattering of hope on his pale face. A man forced her, a man blamed her, and a man escaped her, and she felt that no one could save her anymore... She could only feel at ease if she didn't speak and fell asleep quietly.
The turning point in their lives is probably from meeting bad men. Ruan Lingyu, who suffered injuries alone in love, finally found that she could not find a suitable way to write a suitable footnote for her love. The most terrifying thing in life is endless expectations, but in the end, I can't see my fingers. Ruan Lingyu had no choice but to choose to leave the cold world that hurt her...
March 8, 1935 is International Women's Day, but the 25-year-old Ruan Lingyu mixed 30 sleeping porridge in the eight-treasure porridge cooked by her mother for her and drank it one by one, and she never woke up again.
later story is about Ruan Lingyu's suicide note, which was discovered by Tang Jishan, the second man who lived with Ruan Lingyu after committing suicide. The suicide note reads: "When I die now, people must think that I am afraid of my crime. In fact, I am afraid of my crime... I think about it and then, I can only die. Alas, I am not sorry for my death, but I am still afraid of people's words, but I am afraid of people's words!" When Ruan Lingyu died, she left two suicide notes, one for Tang Jishan and the other for newspapers and magazines to publish. The question of the authenticity of the two suicide notes is still a topic that people often argue about.
"It's a little greedy for dependence and a little love. The old fate should be difficult, and I'm full of sorrow... The flowers in the forest fade, and even my heart is buried. Where is the spring swallows coming back in the future..." This sad song " Burial Heart " was tailor-made for a woman named Ruan Lingyu, and it rang thousands of times. So, I remembered and wrote down these things, whether in the past and the future, love is there or not, she is there, never leaving.
