It is said that because Ma Peizhang is very beautiful and feminine, her father, a businessman, regarded her as the apple of his eye and chose a good husband for her for a long time. However, due to non-religious and non-marital restrictions, Ma Peizhang never got married.
After marrying Bai Chongxi, the fearless Ma Peizhang held a high position in the White House. Although his wife's character has always been strong, Bai Chongxi always gives her humility when two people quarrel.
This harmonious relationship between husband and wife gave birth to seven sons, three daughters and ten children.
The eighth son, Bai Xianyong, inherited his mother's artistic cells, with delicate feelings and sensitive thoughts, while the old man Bai inherited his father's character as a soldier.
However, Bai Chongxi, who has been an officer all his life, probably didn't think that his children, as senior generals of the Kuomintang and first-class generals of the army, would take a completely different road from him in the future.
Especially his eighth son, Bai Xianyong, became a famous writer in China in the future, and his achievements and prestige among China writers were extremely high.
The father and son, one with literary talent and the other with martial arts, have made great achievements in their respective fields, while Bai Xianyong, who has made dazzling achievements in literature, boldly revealed his special direction when interviewed by the Hong Kong media many years after his father's death.
He talked and laughed, blushed and talked frankly and generously about his emotional world.
Yes 1988. As a cultural celebrity, 50-year-old Bai Xianyong was interviewed by a magazine in Hong Kong. In the interview, the other party directly threw out a topic that many people have avoided so far and asked him when he discovered his homosexuality.
Bai Xianyong seriously replied that he realized that he was different from others when he was a child.
When the other party asks for it, in the eyes of most people, it is still not recognized, and it will always be considered as an abnormal behavior. Many of these characters, such as those written in his novels, are in the state of "marginal people".
And that kind of marginal situation, Bai Xianyong also had a deep understanding, but his attitude is very good, so when answering this question, he said:
"I have been a person who can maintain myself since I was a child, which means that I will not change myself because of the outside world, and there will be no external pressure to change me."
So what do you think of this sexual orientation?
Bai Xianyong believes that this sexual orientation is innate and there are various differences in life. Even heterosexual couples have different loves, and ordinary people also need love. No matter what kind of person, except in the emotional field, they are no different from others.
As the son of Bai Chongxi, the content of the interview is bound to talk about his father.
"Do your parents and family know your differences?"
In the face of this question thrown by the other party, Bai Xianyong first talked about his father's feelings with himself when he was young. When he was young, his father didn't know that even he was hazy. He just felt that this feeling was different from others, so he became very isolated.
As he grew older, he established a tacit understanding with his father, which made him feel that his father actually knew his sexual orientation, but out of respect for himself, he never took the initiative to ask.
With the end of the interview, 50-year-old Bai Xianyong boldly disclosed the topic of his sexuality, which was also a stone that stirred up a thousand waves and rumors.
Some people admire his courage and determination, dare to follow his inner world, and don't avoid the eyes of the world. Some people expressed doubts. As the son of General Bai Chongxi, how can he be gay?
Some people even want to know who his current lover is and whether he has had the same experience, so he wrote the famous novel "Evil Son".
This novel was serialized in the magazine of Taiwan Province Province from 1977, and later published in a single book, which mentioned a touching same-sex love, which just caused a sensation in Taiwan Province Province.
Three years later, "Evil Son" was adapted into a movie by director Yue Hanping and put on the big screen.
In the face of gossip, Bai Xianyong always laughs it off. As he said, he was not ashamed, but he still wrote enthusiastically, was interviewed and appeared on TV.
When asked by the media why he dared to say so at the age of 50 and announce it, he just casually replied:
Unexpectedly, ten years later, what people want to spy on has been answered in Bai Xianyong's mourning article "The Tree Is Like".
Wang Guoxiang in the article is the love of Bai Xianyong's life. From the most touching encounter as a teenager to the death of their 55-year-old lover, they fell in love for 38 years. All the stories and experiences must start when he 17 years old.
From 65438 to 0937, Bai Xianyong was born in Nanning, Guangxi. Because of lung disease, he couldn't go to school, so he spent most of his childhood alone.
After recovering from illness, I seldom fight with my classmates after school because I have no playmates in my childhood. Under the education of his father Bai Chongxi, he developed a strong character, unwilling to lag behind, and studied very hard.
Besides studying, he is very interested in reading novels, addicted to Zhu Huan's "The Legend of the Swordsman of Shushan" and read it repeatedly from beginning to end.
Zhang Henshui was reluctant to let go, and Ba Jin's Home and Spring and Autumn Annals were eagerly read. A Dream of Red Mansions, The Water Margin and The Romance of the Three Kingdoms have been kept in front of the bedside table since the third grade.
It is under the influence of these China classical novels and new literary works that Bai Xianyong's literary level began to appear after he entered middle school.
After seeing a composition written by him, his Chinese tutor was moved by his fluent writing and vivid words, and encouraged Bai Xianyong to engage in literary creation and contribute to magazines and newspapers.
If you keep writing like this, you won't be a writer until you are in your twenties.
What the Chinese teacher didn't expect was that what he said affected Bai Xianyong's life. From then on, Bai Xianyong's dream was to become a writer.
However, the good times didn't last long, and the first teacher died of a heart attack, which made Bai Xianyong suffer a great blow.
It was also after this that he met another good friend who gave him spiritual encouragement. This is Wang Guoxiang.
1In the summer of 954, 17-year-old Bai Xianyong spent every day in his busy studies. He got up early in the morning and rushed to the summer cram school of the school to prepare for the college entrance examination.
One day, he was going to be late. He was rushing up the stairs when he bumped into another man. That male classmate's name is Wang Guoxiang, and he is in the same school and different classes.
This "collision" sparked a spark, and the two met and began to intersect, which also gave birth to the tacit understanding that brothers and sisters with different surnames shared the same fate in tutoring.
In Bai Xianyong's eyes, Wang Guoxiang is kind by nature, treats people kindly, and always speaks frankly. On one occasion, when Bai Xianyong was receiving physical training, he accidentally broke his leg during training because of his weak constitution.
However, other students are laughing at his weak body. Wang Guoxiang didn't stand by, but picked him up and went to the infirmary to find a doctor.
This made Bai Xianyong very moved, because he had long known his particularity, and he had a different feeling for the tall boy in front of him.
After graduating from high school, Bai Xianyong had the opportunity to walk to Taiwan Province Provincial University because of his excellent grades, but he had an ambition, that is, he dreamed of building a dam in the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River in the motherland in the future, so he wanted to study water conservancy.
Because of years of study, I want to take this opportunity to leave home and pursue freedom, so I finally applied to walk to the National national cheng kung university in Tainan, because this university has a water conservancy department.
Wang Guoxiang, who has a good understanding with him, is high flyers in the class. Because he had the same idea, he gave up too much and prepared to take an examination of the Department of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering of Tainan Chengda University.
The two immediately hit it off, moved out of the house and rented a house in a military village near the school. This year, they lived a full and free life.
However, Bai Xianyong found that he still liked literature better, and his interest in water conservancy became weaker and weaker. Fortunately, he returned to Taipei and re-entered the Foreign Languages Department of Taiwan Province Provincial University.
After studying in national cheng kung university, Tainan for one year, Wang Guoxiang found that engineering electromechanical was not his real hobby, but what he was really fascinated with was studying theoretical science.
So I applied for a transfer exam at National Taiwan University, and transferred from the engineering department to the physics department. After finishing the department, I had to transfer to another hospital. It was extremely difficult to transfer several times, but Wang Guoxiang actually took the exam because of his excellent learning ability, and only one person was admitted to the whole transfer exam.
Perhaps youth is capital. After this ordeal, two ignorant people finally got what they wanted and were very happy.
This period of time can be said to be unforgettable, and their feelings have deepened.
I thought the road ahead was smooth sailing, but fate gave them a big test. Unfortunately, Wang Guoxiang suffers from a rare blood disease-aplastic anemia.
The treatment of western medicine not only failed to improve his condition, but also the expensive treatment cost quickly hollowed out his family. Just when their relatives were about to give up, they decided to try Chinese medicine.
Wang Guoxiang's relatives inquired about a patient who also suffered from this rare disease and was cured by a famous doctor in Jiangnan. After finding a doctor, he insisted on drinking the herbal formula prescribed by the doctor every day.
I didn't expect Wang Guoxiang to get better every day. After half a year, she has basically recovered.
This made Bai Xianyong excited. In those tortured days, Bai Xianyong rode his bicycle to visit him every day to cheer him up and be his spiritual pillar.
In this setback, their feelings became more and more firm, and they began to work together for a better life.
1962 is a watershed in Bai Xianyong's life. Just when he was about to study abroad, his mother Wang died of illness. After the funeral, he must go to the cemetery for 40 days according to Muslim rituals. 4 1 That day was the day to study in America.
Before leaving, my father Bai Chongxi saw me off at the airport. In Bai Xianyong's memory, he watched his son travel and his wife died. At that time, two lines of muddy tears flowed from the eyes of the man who had been fighting for half his life.
Bai Xianyong didn't expect that this was the last time he saw his father in his life. When he came back from school, his father had left this world.
In the following days, Bai Xianyong and Wang Guoxiang went to the United States to settle down. Bai Xianyong works as a teacher in a university and devotes his spare time to his own literary creation. Wang Guoxiang is doing postdoctoral research at Pennsylvania State University.
1973, they moved into an area called "hidden valley" in the city. This place is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and the terrain is very hidden, facing the green hills and trees.
For them, it is a quiet place that is not disturbed by outsiders. The whole house is shaded by trees. Bai Xianyong likes it very much. When the price was right, he settled down. I didn't expect to live here for more than 20 years.
The time spent with Wang Guoxiang is very comfortable and stable for Bai Xianyong. During holidays, they will do gardening together and pick apricots to make wine together in summer.
To their delight, Bai Xianyong got tenure in the United States shortly after the publication of Taipei People, and Wang Guoxiang's postdoctoral research was his first job after graduation, so he was full of confidence and enthusiasm for theoretical physics.
It can be said that such a bright future is extremely satisfying and happy for two people who spend their lives together.
As everyone knows, a hidden risk for many years is approaching them.
1989, Wang Guoxiang suddenly coughed, so he went to the hospital for an examination, which made both of them feel a chill.
It turns out that Wang Guoxiang's old disease, aplastic anemia, has recurred.
But this time, fate didn't care for them again. After three years of fighting against the disease, no matter how many methods they used, Wang Guoxiang's illness got worse every day.
1992, Wang Guoxiang's heart stopped beating in the hospital after his 55th birthday. Bai Xianyong held his hand tightly and sent him through the last journey of his life. At this point, they separated forever.
After Wang Guoxiang's death, Bai Xianyong was very sad. After escorting Wang Guoxiang's ashes back to Taiwan and placing them in Yi Shan Temple, he returned to the United States, but there was no Wang Guoxiang in that house.
He wrote in "Tree with You":
For six years, Bai Xianyong has been writing because he deeply misses his friend who has been with him for 38 years. He loved too much to live, and his lover left him alone in the world.
It was not until 1998 that Bai Xianyong, who was over 60 years old, picked up the pen again and wrote this mourning article "Tree Like a Tree" to commemorate his lover.
From this article, people can also see the story that he and Bai Xianyong met from 17 to 55.
Bai Xianyong doesn't show much "love" in the whole novel The Tree Owner, and it seems reasonable to use "friendship" to explain their relationship.
But then Bai Xianyong began to be interviewed and smiled at the camera. He told the world so frankly about his relationship with Wang Guoxiang:
"He is my lover, but we are not completely defined as lovers' love or brotherhood. It should be said that he is the friend of my life and death ... His death is the most irreparable regret in my life. "
Today, Wang Guoxiang has been dead for nearly 30 years, and Bai Xianyong is over 80 years old. For the vast majority of the same sex, they are actually lucky, free from external interference, and have been taking care of each other for 38 years.
Even in my own future, I believe that Bai Xianyong will live a full and firm life with the family ties accumulated in his life.