Lin Zexu had a son-in-law named Zuo Zongtang, and he had a brother-in-law named Zeng Guofan. Zeng Guofan had a son named Zeng Jihong and his son-in-law named Liang Qichao. Liang Qichao gave birth to a son named Liang Sicheng. Liang Sicheng married a wife named Lin Huiyin. There was a man named Xu Zhimo who had an unrequited love for Lin Huiyin. Zeng Guofan's daughter married Prime Minister Chen Baozhen and gave birth to a grandson named Chen Yinke. Chen Yinke's son was adopted by Zeng Guofan's great-granddaughter, and they gave birth to a baby named ***... ***'s wife was Zeng Xianzhi, Zeng Guofan's great-granddaughter. The son of Zeng Xianzhi’s cousin’s daughter is named Chiang Ching-kuo, and his father is named Chiang Zhongzheng. Fan Wenlan had two students, one named Guo Moruo and the other named Wang Zhaoming. Wang Zhaoming's wife is Chen Bijun, Chen Yinke's niece. This Zhaoming brother has a different mind than others. He always wants to fill the sea, and later changed his name to Wang Jingwei.
At first glance, this post looks like a piece of modern Chinese history! However, if you carefully consider the connection between the characters, it is a fabrication that is full of loopholes and makes people laugh. In order to reduce the spread of fallacies, we have traced their origins and clarified them one by one.
Let’s look at the first sentence first: Lin Zexu had a son-in-law named Zuo Zongtang, and he had a brother-in-law named Zeng Guofan. Lin Zexu is a remarkable figure in modern Chinese history. He has repeatedly defeated the armed provocations of the British in China's offshore waters, and his elimination of opium in Humen is particularly a feat. Lin Zexu had four daughters, the second daughter Lin Jinluan died in infancy. The eldest daughter Lin Chentan is the wife of Henan Chief Minister Liu Qi, and the Liu family is in Guanglufang; the third daughter Lin Puqing is the wife of Shen Baozhen, the governor of Liangjiang, and the Shen family is at No. 11 Gongxiang; the youngest daughter Lin Jinluan is the wife of the scholar Zheng Baozhong, and the Zheng family is in the palace. lane. They are all in Fujian. What is their relationship with Zuo Zongtang and Zeng Guofan in Hunan?
Zuo Zongtang married Zhou Yiduan, named Junxin (1812-1870), who was from Chenshan, Huangjingping, Xiangtan; Zeng Guofan married Ouyang, and his father-in-law was Ouyang Ningzhi, so what about Zuo Zongtang? Brother-in-law?
Look at the second sentence: Zeng Guofan had a son named Zeng Jihong, and his son-in-law was named Liang Qichao. In "Zeng Guofan's Family Letter", Zeng Guofan's educational methods for his children provide inspiration to modern people. Zeng Jihong was the second son of Zeng Guofan. He did not like official career but loved mathematics, and was well versed in astronomy, geography, and cartography. It is a pity that Zeng Jihong died of illness before his career was completed due to his excessive diligence. He was only 33 years old. Zeng Guangshan (1871-1949) was the granddaughter of Zeng Guofan and the only daughter of Zeng Jihong. She loved reciting poems and writing lyrics since she was a child, and can also be called a famous female poet in the Qing Dynasty. Zeng Guangshan is the mother of Yu Dawei, the former Minister of Defense of the Republic of China. And Liang Qichao married Li and Wang, how could he be Zeng Guofan's grandson-in-law?
There are also these two sentences: Zeng Guofan's daughter married Prime Minister Chen Baozhen and gave birth to a grandson named Chen Yinke. Chen Yinke's son was adopted by Zeng Guofan's great-granddaughter, and they gave birth to a baby named ***. Chen Baozhen was a Hakka from Yining (now Xiushui) County, Jiangxi Province. Although his literary talent, strategy and ability were deeply appreciated by Zeng Guofan, the governor of Liangjiang, he had no marital relationship with the Zeng family. His highest official position was the governor of Hunan and he had never been prime minister. Chen Yinke is the second son of Chen Baozhen's son Chen Sanli and his wife Yu Mingshi.
*** was born in Meixian, Guangdong Province. His father Ye Zhuanxiang (1871-1921) practiced martial arts with his second brother Ye Qinxiang since he was a child, and he was admitted as a martial arts scholar in Meixian. Mother Chen Xiuyun (1872-1944). What does this have to do with the Chen family in Jiangxi and the Zeng family in Hunan? *** Mrs. Zeng Xianzhi was born into the prominent Zeng Guofan family and was the great-great-granddaughter of Zeng Guofan’s younger brother, Zeng Guoquan.
Fan Wenlan’s two students were one named Guo Moruo and the other named Wang Zhaoming. This statement is simply dumbfounding. Fan Wenlan (1893-1969) was a historian from Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province. Guo Moruo (1892-1978) was a Hakka from Leshan, Sichuan Province. He was a famous writer, playwright and poet. He was one of the founders of new Chinese poetry. At the same time, he is also a historian, paleographer, calligrapher, scholar, and social activist, dedicated to the world peace movement. Wang Zhaoming (1883-1944), whose pen name was Jingwei, was often called Wang Jingwei in history. He actively participated in the revolution in his early years, and once attempted to assassinate the Qing regent Zaifeng. During the reign of Yuan Shikai, he studied in France.
In terms of birth year, Fan Wenlan is one year younger than Guo Moruo and 10 years younger than Wang Zhaoming. When Wang Zhaoming assassinated the regent in 1910, Fan Wenlan was still a minor. A year after Guo Moruo and Tomiko Sato lived together in Japan, Fan Wenlan graduated from Peking University and went to Japan to study. How did Fan Wenlan become Guo Moruo and Wang Zhaoming's teacher?
Wang Zhaoming’s wife is Chen Bijun, Chen Yinke’s niece. ***’s wife is Zeng Xianzhi, the great-granddaughter of Zeng Guofan. Zeng Xianzhi’s cousin’s daughter’s son is named Jiang Ching-kuo, and his father’s name is Jiang Zhongzheng. Chen Bijun is a British Malay Chinese, originally from Xinhui, Guangdong, and the daughter of Chen Gengji, a wealthy man in Nanyang. Born in 1891, one year younger than Chen Yinke. How did Chen Yinke's sisters marry into a family named Chen and give birth to such a big daughter? As mentioned above, Zeng Xianzhi is the great-great-granddaughter of Zeng Guofan’s younger brother Zeng Guoquan. She was born in Shuangfeng County, Hunan in 1910. Will her niece be Mao Fumei (the original wife of Chiang Kai-shek) who was born in Fenghua, Zhejiang in 1882?
On the contrary, Jiang Xiaozhang, the daughter of Jiang Jingguo, married Yu Yanghe, the son of Yu Dawei. Jiang Xiaozhang has outstanding appearance and elegant temperament. As the richest daughter in Taiwan, she has many suitors. While studying in the United States, she married Yu Yanghe, the son of Yu Dawei, and had a son, Yu Zusheng. After getting married, he settled in San Francisco.