's familiarity with Zhang Ailing began with "Love in a Fallen City".
At that ignorant age, all stories about the love between men and women will ripple in the bottom of my heart.
Bai Tassel and Fan Liuyuan, a woman with a failed marriage in a traditional family, and a new-school son who was drunk in Yanliu Powder Lane, the two played an inextricable love in the symphony of fate.
After that, I fell in love with Zhang Ailing's words and her stories, what kind of experience can write such a story, which can't help but make people want to peek into her life again.
Zhang Ailing, a legendary woman in the Republic of China, has too much helplessness in her life, and she is good at writing love stories, but she is also a frustrated person in love.
In the division and integration of the world, Zhang Ailing has tasted too much sadness and pain, and from beginning to end, no one will accompany her through her life.
Zhang Ailing is lonely in her heart, so words have become the only consolation.
On September 8, 1995, Eileen Chang died in her home in Westwood, Los Angeles, United States, and was only discovered by neighbors a week after her death.
At the head of Zhang Ailing's bed, there are 4 strange wills written by her own hand.
Two relationships
Zhang Ailing was born in a declining aristocratic mansion in the western district of the Shanghai Public Concession.
Her grandfather Zhang Peilun was a famous minister in the late Qing Dynasty, and her grandmother Li Jurong was the daughter of Li Hongzhang, an important minister in the late Qing Dynasty.
What makes Zhang Ailing even more uncomfortable is that her parents are not all the way at all, her father is a feudal relic, and her mother is a woman in the new era.
Seeing her parents divorced and becoming strangers, the tragedy of her original family made Zhang Ailing afraid of love, and she longed for her other half to be mature enough, even if she was old.
Therefore, in Zhang Ailing's two relationships, the other party is much older than her.
Zhang Ailing's first husband was Hu Lancheng, a scumbag in the Republic of China, although he was a bit literate, but he was messing with flowers everywhere, and even when Zhang Ailing was together, he lived with the little nurse.
Between Zhang Ailing and not love, Zhang Ailing chose to give up, after all, her true heart, Hu Lancheng does not deserve it.
In the autumn of 1955, Zhang Ailing moved to United States, and after moving to New England, she met the United States playwright Lai Ya, and the two lived for more than ten years.
However, due to Lai Ya's age, Zhang Ailing almost became his nanny in the years before his death.
Three-fold life
Does Eileen Chang love Laiya?
This question may only be answered by herself, but Zhang Ailing's care for Lai Ya is worthy of her heart.
After Lai Ya suffered a stroke, the family's financial situation became more and more constrained, and Zhang Ailing worked hard to write books and movie scripts, but she didn't know what Lai Ya could do to make Zhang Ailing so.
In 1967, Raiya died.
Eileen Chang's life changed again, but because she didn't have to take care of Laiya, her life began to improve, and even before her death, she was able to accumulate a huge inheritance of millions of dollars.
Zhang Ailing, who is helpless, becomes more and more enthusiastic about writing, and gradually, she becomes a withdrawn woman in the eyes of those around her.
In 1972, Zhang Ailing moved to Los Angeles and began a secluded life, and after many twists and turns, her life finally entered the last quiet and long time.
It's just that at this time, Zhang Ailing has no expectations for the world, and in those lonely years, fortunately, there are words to accompany her.
Four Wills
On September 8, 1995, Zhang Ailing died, because she did not have many friends on weekdays, and she did not have much contact with neighbors, so Zhang Ailing was so quiet when she died.
A week later, a neighbor smelled a strange smell and called the police in a hurry, so the news of Zhang Ailing's death was made public.
Zhang Ailing walked very lightly, like the wind in spring.
In addition to her works, she left four wills, namely:
All property belongs to Song Qi Kwong Wenmei and his wife.
No funerals will be held.
The ashes are scattered in a no-man's land.
Appoint Lin Shitong as the executor.
These four wills seem strange, but they are actually expected.
At the time of Zhang Ailing's death, she was not without relatives, her own brother was still hovering on the edge of food and clothing, but she did not leave her brother a piece of property.
Song Qi and Kwong Wenmei were almost Zhang Ailing's best friends in her later years, and in the years when Lai Ya was seriously ill, Song Qi and his wife helped Zhang Ailing and supported her through the difficulties, which is why she left all her inheritance to their couple.
When Zhang Ailing died, there were almost no friends around her, so she didn't need to hold a funeral, after all, without the farewell of relatives and friends, it would be lonely after all.
Zhang Ailing has lived her life and experienced too many things, she has lived enough, and she doesn't want to have any intersection with people in the world, and Lin Shitong is a person she trusted more in her later years, so she made the next two wills.
It turned out that the rain of the years had taken Zhang Ailing away......
References: "The Biography of Eileen Chang", etc.
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