After Deng Shichang and Deng’s mother Guo passed away, the Qing court repeatedly gave honors. But for the Deng family, the bustle outside is hard to resist the desolation at home. "After Taigong died in his country, our wife was called Grandma. She held a small oil lamp and walked upstairs and downstairs, calling me Taigong's name." The details of this past story passed down from home made Deng Shichang's great-granddaughter Deng Liying unforgettable.
In the process of searching for the past of Deng Shichang's family, I also found Ye Weili, the descendant of Deng Shichang's second daughter Deng Xiuchan, the mysterious grandson of Deng Shichang. It can be said that Deng Shichang and the Deng family’s past are hidden in the family traditions of these descendants.
group photo of the main officers of the Zhiyuan ship, and the neutral ones were Deng Shichang and the Beiyang Navy General Cha Langweili.
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Holding a small oil lamp and calling Deng Shichang's name
Although the Qing court repeatedly awarded honors after Deng Shichang and Deng's mother Guo's death. But after losing the backbone, the Deng family began to be separated.
Deng Shichang's father and grandfather both died during the Sino-French War 10 years ago in the Sino-French War. Deng Shichang was unable to go home to attend the funeral. After that, he had "here to inquire from hand to hand, and regretted that loyalty and filial piety were not conquered."
"Unfilial" is the self-proclaimed by Deng Shichang's son. This sentence comes from "Ai Qi" published by Deng Shichang in the name of his three sons after he died for his country, but this sentence has been widely rumored and is said to be "Deng Shichang often writes the words "unfilial to his hands".
After Deng Shichang died in his country, in addition to his old mother Guo, he also had a wife, a concubine, two sons and a posthumous son in his family.
"After Taigong died in his country, our wife was called Grandma. She walked upstairs and downstairs with a small oil lamp. At that time, the place we lived in Hongkou was quite big, so she walked around the house, calling my Grandmaster's name, and the scene at home was also quite desolate." The details of this past story passed down from home have been unforgettable for Deng Liying.
The original wife, Mrs. He, at that time, she also invited someone to paint a portrait of Deng Shichang, offering incense and candles in the morning and evening.
Deng Shichang's original wife, Mrs. He. The photo currently exists Ye Weili, the great-grandson of Deng Shichang's daughter.
Deng Shichang's grandson Ye Weili provided us with several family letters written by his grandfather Ye Yufang during his lifetime. Ye Yufang's mother is Deng Xiuchan, the second daughter of Deng Shichang. These family letters spanned decades. In the letter, Ye Yufang recorded the past events he heard and saw one by one. His intention was to hope that future generations could remember these things.
From these letters, we can put together the general outline of the Deng Shichang family's past, many of which are very different from what we have known in the past. According to a letter from Ye Yufang in 1982, I said to me about the life story of Mr. Deng. My grandmother told me about the Ye family. The Deng family used to live in Shanghai. I often met with my grandmother. She was 73 years old when she died. At that time, I was a young man of twenty-one or two years old.
The grandmother in Ye Yufang's mouth is Deng Shichang's original wife He. He died in Shanghai in 1922. Ye Yufang, born in 1901, had enough time to communicate with her grandmother. In another letter, Ye Yufang also mentioned that before the Sino-Japanese War of 1895, "Deng Gongchu lived in Yantai, and shortly after his death, his family moved to Shanghai, which was only one street away from my Ye family. Therefore, I often meet with my grandmother and talk about family affairs with each other."
It is precisely because of this relationship that the Ye family preserves many memories of the Deng family's past.
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The eldest son Deng Haohong inherited his naval position
Deng Shichang has a wife and a concubine, and has three sons and five daughters. In a family letter in 1982, Ye Yufang provided more detailed information: "(Deng Shichang) wife He, who gave birth to one son, named Haohong, also known as Zhan Peng, gave birth to five daughters, my mother was the second daughter, named Xiuchan; Deng Gong's concubine gave birth to two sons, named Haoxiang and Haoqian."
When Deng Shichang died, his eldest son Deng Haohong was 20 years old. When Deng’s mother Guo passed away, a sentence mentioned in the report of Shen Bao was that Guo’s “Wen Sun’s name is praising the friend” and “praising the friend” should be written from the pronunciation of “Zhan Peng”. Deng Haohong's experience is rarely circulated in the Deng family. Ye Yufang's letter mentioned that "After Mr. Deng's heroic sacrifice, Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty summoned Zhan Peng's uncle to Beijing for treatment, but he did not give him a single official position, and later he was appointed as a "navy consolation worker"."
There are no historical records about this summoning. However, according to the "Naval Chronicle" compiled by Chi Zhongyou in the first year of the Republic of China, Deng Haohong did inherit his naval position and "subsidized the Guangdong Navy to improve the standards". This position was more of a symbolic meaning at that time, and was used to praise the descendants of heroes.
According to the manuscript of Chen Hongyi, a 12th graduate of the 12th graduate of the 12th Navy Torpedo Academy of Guangdong, "Some Historical Facts of the Beiyang Navy participating in the Restoration and the Protector of the Law", after the Revolution of 1911, "Nanjing Provisional Government was established, and Huang Zhongying was appointed as the chief of the navy... On the day the government was established, the son of the former navy admiral Deng Shichang came to the ship to comfort him, which was called the first contribution of the restoration of the navy. "Previously, some people thought that this person was Deng Haoqian, the third son of Deng Shichang. Now, judging from Ye Yufang's letter, it should be Deng Haohong.
Deng Haohong did not end up serving in the navy. Deng Haohong's granddaughter Deng Liying said that in the early years of the Republic of China, grandfather began to run his own tea shop and make a living, "running to both ends of Tianjin and Shanghai."
Also, according to the history of the Deng family, after the Revolution of 1911, Deng Haohong had donated money and materials to the National Revolutionary Army many times.
In 1947, Deng Haohong died in Shanghai at the age of 73.
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second son Deng Haoxiang Shanghai Jiaotong University died after graduating from
Deng Shichang's second son Deng Haoxiang, because he died earlier, the information left behind is even scarce.
According to Deng Liying, Deng Haoxiang died early, but the specific time is unknown. There are even saying that Deng Haoxiang died when he was young.
After Deng's mother Guo's death, "Haoxiang" was not mentioned in several reports in Shenbao.
Ye Yufang's letter said: "Haoxiang died shortly after graduating from Shanghai Jiaotong University . "
Shanghai Jiaotong University was founded in 1896, formerly known as Nanyang Public School, renamed "Nanyang University Hall" in 1911, temporarily named "Jiang University Shanghai School" in 1921, and renamed " National Jiaotong University " in 1929.
In Deng Haoxiang's short life, this is the most detailed record left by his nephew Ye Yufang.
Deng Shichang's grandson Ye Yufang. In his family letters during his lifetime, he retained many details of the past of the family.
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3rd son Deng Haoqian In a difficult situation, he sought a job in the name of his father
The third son Deng Haoqian was the posthumous son of Deng Shichang's concubine. According to the Deng family, he was born in the second year of Deng Shichang's death (1895).
Deng Haoqian's adopted daughter Deng Xiaosi said in September 2014 in an interview with Wuxi media: "My father Deng Haoqian is the posthumous son, and he had just been a hundred days when his grandfather Deng Shichang died for his country. "There is a contradiction in this sentence. From the context, Deng Xiaosi's meaning should be that Deng Haoqian was born a hundred days after Deng Shichang's death.
Deng Shichang died on September 17, 1894, and three months later it was around the end of December 1894.
In addition, in the July 1920 Naval Office Directory included in Yang Zhiben's "Naval Historical Materials of the Republic of China" edited by Yang Zhiben, Deng Haoqian's date of birth was also marked as "1894". According to the "Ai Qi" issued by the Deng family in "Ai Ronglu", and the last name was "Thorny Deng Haohong, Haoxiang, Haoqian", Deng Shichang had already given a good name for his three sons during his lifetime. After Deng Shichang passed away, his concubine took Deng Haoxiang and Deng Haoqian to where he went. Deng Liying said, "Then I don't know at all." .
Almost all the existing records about Deng Haoqian are related to the navy. In the Navy staff list included in the book "Historical Materials of the Navy of the Republic of China", Deng Haoqian registered his position as a compilation department clerk in July 1920 and March 1922, with the nickname "Jianming".
His post in the Navy was the same as his brother back then. It was a symbolic meaning and the state's care for the great men. In the "Naval Communiqué" in the 77th issue of 1935, a "letter" from Deng Haoqian: It was presented on October 19, 1935. It was a case of his father Shichang fighting against the enemy in Dadonggou during the Sino-Japanese War. Please remember that the descendants of the difficult situation were in difficulty and were allowed to be recruited. "
is followed by Chen Shaokuan, then Minister of the Navy: "Submit it." "Yang is the first to come to the department to contact us," the time was October 31, 1935.
Judging from this letter, his situation was not good at that time, and he even needed to use Deng Shichang as a reason to seek a job or renew his job. On the same page, there is another report named Wei Yuqin in the Navy Bulletin: "To be a letter to Changfeng patrol boats for several years, the current boats are abandoned and the family is poor, so I beg for the appointment to be approved." However, it was unable to be hired because of "there is no shortage". In the Navy Department staff list in September 1936, Deng Haoqian's position was changed to a clerk of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of Deng. The Qualification Department is mainly responsible for personnel work.
However, Deng Haoqian's name was not found in the two batches of Navy staff records in March 1943 and May 1947.
The posthumous son Deng Haoqian settled in Wuxi until his death
The information about Deng Haoqian is also limited, and the rest of the Deng family also do not know much about Deng Haoqian's situation, but we have found some historical fragments in Wuxi.
Deng Haoqian, only one adopted daughter is Deng Xiaosi, and his retirement to Wuxi in his later years is also related to her.
In 2016, we went to Wuxi to find Deng Xiaosi's granddaughter. She provided us with an interview information from local media in Wuxi in 2003. Deng Xiaosi was 77 years old at that time. This information has rich details, sorted as follows:
Grandma said that my father was born in Beijing and his father was a posthumous son. At that time, my grandfather had just sacrificed his life for the country. I was born in Beijing, and my father Deng Haoqian graduated from Jiangnan University in Shanghai and worked as a clerk in the Navy. My mother Liang Zhuqing graduated from Nankai University. Before the War of Resistance Against Japan, I went to Nanjing with my father and then to Chongqing. After the Anti-Japanese War, he returned to Nanjing with his father and finished high school in Beijing (Reporter's note: From the following text, it should be Nanjing). After graduating from high school, I heard that a telecommunications school located in Zhenjiang, the Ministry of Transportation was recruiting a telecommunications school, so I went to apply for the exam and was admitted immediately. In 1947, I was assigned to work at Wuxi Post and Telecommunications Bureau. I have lived in Wuxi for 56 years. When we first arrived in Wuxi, we were only in our early 20s. Our husband also worked in Wuxi Post and Telecommunications Bureau. We were in Wuxi and had two sons and one daughter.
Deng Xiaosi said that his father first worked as a clerk in the Navy, and then went to the "Eastween China Office". When the office was about to move from Nanjing to Xiamen , his father could not give up his daughter, so he refused the invitation and went to Wuxi with his wife to live with his daughter until his death.
Judging from Deng Xiaosi's memories, after Deng Shichang passed away, his concubine took her posthumous son Deng Haoqian to Beijing. When he grew up, Deng Haoqian went to Shanghai to study, after graduation, he worked in the Navy Department of the National Government, and finally settled in Wuxi with his daughter.
But there are still many errors in this memory to be verified.
For example, "Jiangnan University in Shanghai". The information we can find now is that Jiangnan University was founded in Wuxi in October 1947 by Chinese national industrialist Mr. Rong Desheng . Qian Mu, who once taught at the school, has memories in the book "Miscellaneous Memories of Teachers and Friends". Judging from the time and place, Deng Haoqian School should have other instructions.
For example, "Overseas Chinese Affairs Office", the National Government's agency responsible for overseas Chinese affairs was called the "Overseas Chinese Affairs Committee". Since 1933, it has been divided into overseas Chinese affairs offices and bureaus at important ports and provinces and cities. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the Overseas Chinese Committee moved from Nanjing to Hankou and then moved to Chongqing. Xiamen Overseas Chinese Affairs Bureau was established in December 1934 and moved to Jinjiang during the Anti-Japanese War.
Based on historical analysis, Deng Haoqian should have worked in the Navy Department first, transferred to the Overseas Chinese Affairs Committee before the Anti-Japanese War, and then assigned to the Xiamen Overseas Chinese Affairs Bureau, but did not take up his post.
Deng Xiaosi recalled: After Deng Shichang died, his son's eldest son went to Shanghai, the second son stayed in his hometown, Guangdong Panyu , the third son went to Japan to study, the fourth son Deng Haoqian worked in the navy, and a daughter was in Shanghai.
This is obviously inconsistent with historical facts. It has been clearly stated that there are only three sons in "Ai Qi". But these can no longer be proven from Deng Xiaosi.
Deng Haoqian lived until his death in 1969 at the age of 74. Deng Xiaosi died in Wuxi on November 21, 2014, at the age of 88.
At that time, Shandong Weihai Sino-Japanese War Museum held relevant commemorative activities on the 120th anniversary of the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895. Deng Xiaosi said: "Now I am old and have difficulty moving. Otherwise, I really want to go back and take a look and go to Weihai.”
Deng Liying said that in the 1980s, he also wrote to his aunt Deng Xiaosi, but later he was disconnected.
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