We all know that during the Republic of China period, although various new ideas and new waves continued to pour into , there were many traces left by the feudal period. Therefore, even if the talented men and beautiful women of that era were pursuing freedom, they still could not escape certain constraints.
In that era, arranged marriages were still very common, and many literati also had such experiences. In addition to literati, there is also a Peking University president who is also facing this situation.
Jiang Menglin is the longest-serving president of Peking University . He has been hosting at Peking University for 17 years. He is a very smart and capable person, knowledgeable. During his tenure at Peking University, he has been contributing to the development and construction of Peking University , but the final outcome is not very beautiful. In his later years, he was kicked out of Peking University.
Peking University's longest term principal, abandoned his original wife and married his brother's widow
Jiang Menglin had an original wife named Sun Yushu, The marriages of the two at that time were the result of marriage arrangement in that era. Sun Yushu is a typical gentle woman with traditional ideas. She is very virtuous and not afraid of hardship, but she has never read a book.
So there is a certain contradiction between the two people. Because in terms of thinking, the two people are always not on the same level, communication becomes difficult, so tragedy is inevitable.
Jiang Menglin abandoned his first wife, and distributed most of the inheritance in his family to him. The two also had three sons and one daughter, and her father was also taken care of by her.
At that time, Jiang Menglin had a friend named Gao Renshan , but Gao Renshan was killed due to an accident. And Gao Renshan has a very beautiful wife Tao Zenggu. The situation is particularly desolate. In order to take care of her, when Jiang Menglin became the first Minister of Education of the National Government, she hired her as her secretary.
As the two of them got along slowly, they fell in love over time and fell in love slowly. Even did not hesitate to divorce his original wife, and resolutely married Tao Zenggu.
At that time, Jiang Menglin actually explained to his relatives and friends that it was to fulfill his friends' obligations, and this remark at that time became a laughing stock for others.
Jiang Menglin ignored it at that time. In order to calm the matter down, she invited her friend Hu Shi to be the mastermind. But Hu Shi's wife Jiang Dongxiu is a famous "shin". She couldn't stand Jiang Menglin's style, so she locked Hu Shi in the room and finally jumped out of the window.
But this marriage was not very smooth. After getting married, Tao Zenggu's life was very luxurious, and sometimes it even interfered with Jiang Menglin's career. Moreover, Tao Zenggu actually organized female students to dance with American officers during the war.
In 1945, Jiang Menglin had been working at Peking University for 17 years, but Jiang Menglin was finally resigned from Taiwan during a siege between teachers and students of Peking University, and then Hu Shi took over the position of president of Peking University.
Dislifetime spends 500,000 yuan to divorce in his later years
In the 13 years since he was away from school, his wife Tao Zenggu died of illness due to physical reasons. However, he did not expect that at this time Jiang Menglin met Xu Xianle, who was over 20 years younger than him, and this also brought about a drastic change in Jiang Menglin's life.
Although Xu Xianle was 52 years old at that time, , she is still a little different from her former two wives. She has a good family background, has received higher education, and is also very elegant. What is even more surprising is that he once served as the school beauty of Shanghai Guanghua University .
When Jiang Menglin met Xu Xianle, she fell in love at first sight and still pursued her crazy . After some time, the two of them entered the marriage hall again, but this time, Hu Shi was a little dissatisfied.
Because in Hu Shi's opinion, Xu Xianle's intention towards Jiang Menglin is the same as Xu Xianle's ex-husband and his ex-boyfriends. is all under the guise of love and wants to cheat money.
But Jiang Menglin was already blinded by the time. , regardless of the opposition of other relatives and friends, insisted on marrying Xu Xianle, 52, at the age of 75. Of course, it is not surprising that after getting married, Xu Xianle really took the economic power.
And once Jiang Menglin accidentally fell and injured, Xu Xianle actually started to transfer property and used her husband's name to cheat money everywhere. Not only did she not take good care of her already injured husband, but she also deducted money from medical expenses.
Later, Jiang Menglin finally woke up and wanted Xu Xianle to return 530,000 . Xu Xianle was naturally dissatisfied, and it also stated that he was deceived by Jiang Menglin's friend, and there was still love between the two. But Jiang Menglin saw her face clearly, so he actually started filing a lawsuit for divorce. Xu Xianle also found several opportunities to meet Jiang Menglin, but Jiang Menglin hid in it.
The two people have been fighting for more than a year, and in the end it was still in the case of a reconciliation between friends. In 1964, the marriage between the two people for more than two years finally ended, and Jiang Menglin paid the final payment of 500,000 yuan.
About half a year after the divorce, Jiang Menglin was already physically and mentally exhausted, so he died of illness. At this time, only his original wife Sun Yu'an's daughter Jiang Yanhua was left by his side.
In fact, Jiang Menglin was also a person with advanced knowledge in his life. He devoted himself to Peking University and Southwest Associated University throughout his life. In that era, these emotional things might just be some of the ingredients in the storm.
What is really great is that he has been contributing to the country. And " Crossing the South and Returning to the North" tells the story of the era of the War of Resistance Against Japan, when the country was in crisis, a group of masters continued to work hard, and that character would really not disappear.
This book uses a panoramic writing method to describe the magnificent history of a Chinese academic master , and Southwest Associated University in the 20th century, which allows us to understand our history more clearly.
and in 2015, the People's Daily once highly recommended this book in "22 Good Books in 22 Fields".
