The four sisters of the Zhang family are Yuanhe (front right), Yunhe (front left), (back right) and Chonghe (back left).
Zhang Chonghe, a lady of the Republic of China, "the last talented woman of the Republic of China" and the fourth sister of the four concubines, died at the age of 102 in the early morning of June, Beijing time.
Zhang Chonghe, a native of Hefei, 19 14 was born in Shanghai. She is the fourth daughter of Suzhou educator Zhang Wuling, and her grandfather is Zhang Shusheng, commander-in-chief of Huai Army and governor of Guangdong and Guangxi Zhili. The Zhang family in Hefei is an old-fashioned noble family with a good reputation. The heyday can be compared with the Li Hongzhang family rooted in Hefei.
From 65438 to 0949, Zhang Chonghe went to the United States with her husband, German-American sinologist Hans Hermannt Frankel. For more than 50 years, she has taught calligraphy and Kunqu opera in more than 20 universities, including Harvard and Yale.
Because Zhang Ailing and Bing Xin died one after another, and Song Meiling died with them, the title most often crowned on her head is "The Last Talented Woman of the Republic of China". "It's very cold and confidante, and a song is slightly embarrassing." She was low-key, modest and indifferent to fame and fortune all her life.
Zhang Chonghe is proficient in poetry, calligraphy, painting and Kunqu opera.
China's culture is profound, and he is proficient in poetry, painting and Kunqu Opera.
The Zhang family is a big family with four sisters and six brothers. My father, Zhang Wuling, is an enlightened educator. Following Cai Yuanpei's advice, he started school in Shanghai first, and then moved to Suzhou to establish Linping Middle School and Le Yi Girls' Middle School, advocating new education. The four sisters of the Zhang family, the eldest sister, the second sister, the third sister and the fourth sister, were all beautiful and talented, and were called sluts at that time. Ye Shengtao once said: "The four talented women in Jiuru Lane are happy all their lives."
Zhang Chonghe was born in 1 1 month, and was adopted as a granddaughter by his second wife's grandmother, who set an example and loved him infinitely. Influenced by excellent Chinese studies since childhood, Zhu, an archaeologist and Wu Changshuo's teacher, is her teacher. Later, Zhang Chonghe was admitted to Peking University with excellent Chinese scores, which was precisely because of his enlightenment from childhood that he laid a solid Chinese and historical foundation.
After her adoptive grandmother died, Zhang Chonghe, aged 65,438+06, returned to her father and lived with her sisters. The four sisters all like to write poems and set up a literary society "Water Society".
1933, Zhang Chonghe went to Beijing to attend the wedding of his third sister Zhang Zhaohe and Shen Congwen, and then stayed in Beijing to take the entrance examination of Peking University. Her math score was zero, but she got full marks in Chinese. She was admitted to Peking University for her excellent literary talent. At that time, Peking University taught Hu Shi and Qian Mu the history of thoughts, Feng Youlan taught philosophy, Wen Yiduo taught ancient literature, and Liu Wendian taught poems of the Six Dynasties and the Tang and Song Dynasties. Zhang Chonghe loves Kunqu Opera and often secretly goes to Tsinghua University to listen to Kunqu Opera lessons.
Because her father, Zhang Wuling, is a fan of Kunqu Opera, she often invites composers to tutor her daughters to make music, and the four sisters also set up the Man Ting Music Society. Among the four sisters, the elder sister Zhang Yuan and the fourth sister Zhang Chonghe have the deepest feelings for Kunqu Opera. Zhang Yuanhe married Gu Chuanjun, a famous Kunqu opera star. Zhang Chonghe often entertains himself by singing on the stage. After her husband Hans Hermannt Frankel went to the United States, Zhang Chonghe spared no effort to promote Kunqu opera in the United States all his life.
Zhang Chonghe and her husband Hans Hermannt Frankel.
The poet Bian pursued enthusiastically and finally married a German sinologist.
The four sisters of the Zhang family came from superior backgrounds and took marriage as a beautiful talk. Zhang Yuanhe, the eldest sister, married Gu Chuanjun, a famous Kunqu opera star, which caused a sensation. Zhang Yun, the second sister, is poetic and picturesque, and married Zhou Youguang, a famous linguist. Zhang Zhaohe's affair with his third sister, Shen Congwen, is well known, and Hu Shi finally arranged the marriage.
Zhang Chonghe has many talented and handsome suitors. Bian, a poet, is the most knowledgeable and profound emotionally. According to legend, the famous song "You stand on the bridge and watch the scenery, and the people watching the scenery are watching you upstairs." . The bright moon decorated your window, and you decorated other people's dreams ",which was written by the poet to Zhang Chonghe.
Bian is a close friend of Shen Congwen. At that time, Zhang Chonghe lived in his brother-in-law's house, and they got to know each other. Bian He Shen Congwen pursued the same thing, wrote many letters to him and copied his own poem "Decorative Collection" as a gift. Bian, lover and love became almost an open secret in the literary world at that time. It's a pity that Zhang Chonghe left angrily because of his affectionate but heartless troubles. He kept writing to her, and even after she got married, he went to America, and he still kept working. He painstakingly collected her words and sent them to Hong Kong for publication without her knowledge. He pursued her for ten years until he was 45 years old, and his love for her lasted for most of his life.