Chapter 34 Appendix Zhang Ailing Chronicle

On September 30, Eileen Chang was born in Shanghai.His ancestral home is Fengrun, Hebei, and his baby name was Zhang Ying. When he was 10 years old, he was changed to Zhang Ailing, and he used to use the pen name Liang Jing. Grandfather Zhang Peilun, styled Youqiao, named Sheng'an, was a Jinshi in Tongzhi and a representative of the famous "Qing School" in the late Qing Dynasty.Grandmother Li Ju is the daughter of Cixi's confidant Li Hongzhang. His father, Zhang Tingzhong (Zhiyi), is a rich young master of an old official family, living off the inheritance left by his ancestors.Mother Huang Yifan (Suqiong decoration) is the daughter of Huang Junmen in Nanjing, and she is a fashionable new woman.

Younger brother Zhang Zijing was born. Moved with his parents to the old house of the Zhang family in the French Concession of Tianjin. Mother Huang Yifan and aunt Zhang Maoyuan went to France to study together. After the mother left, the father took the "aunt" back home to live in.The father and concubine were originally prostitutes, nicknamed "Lao Ba". After entering Zhang's house, they were irritable and often quarreled over trivial matters, and were driven away. The family hired private school teachers for her and her younger brother, and Zhang Ailing began to receive private school education, reciting scriptures, and often worrying about not being able to recite books.

The whole family moved from Tianjin to Shanghai by boat.Zhang Ailing reread it in the cabin.Wrote a Utopian novel "Happy Village". In spring, after his father recovered from his illness, he reverted to his old ways. He refused to provide living expenses and asked his mother to contribute money. The two quarreled fiercely.Finally agreed to a divorce. In Xiaqiu, Zhang Ailing entered Shanghai Huang's Primary School and officially changed her name to Zhang Ailing. In autumn, she studied at Shanghai St. Mary's Girls' School. Published the short story "Unfortunate She", which was her first and only novel published in the school magazine "Fengzao" of St. Mary's Girls' School.

Around the same time, Zhang Ailing drew a cartoon and submitted it to Shanghai's "Damei Evening News" for publication. After receiving the first payment of five yuan from the newspaper, Zhang Ailing bought herself a small Danqi lipstick. The prose "Late Twilight" was published in the school magazine "Fengzao" of St. Mary's Girls' School. She began to write novels, and wrote a novel "Modern Dream of Red Mansions", which is similar to the Mandarin Duck and Butterfly School. Xia, was promoted to Holy School High School. The prose "Autumn Rain" was published in the school magazine "Fengzao" of St. Mary's Girls' School.

The essay "On the Future of Cartoon Painting" was published in the school magazine "Fengzao" of the holy school. In the summer, Eileen Chang graduated from St. Mary's Girls' School. Mother Huang Yifan returned from France for her study abroad.Zhang Ailing asked her father to study in the UK, but was scolded by her father and stepmother. Zhang Ailing went to live with her mother to escape the Japanese artillery fire, and was beaten by her stepmother and father after returning home.The next day my aunt Zhang Maoyuan came to intercede, but she was also injured and hospitalized.Zhang Maoyuan and his elder brother have no contact since then.Zhang Ailing was imprisoned at home by her father for one autumn and one winter.

Years ago, when the family was not paying attention, he escaped from his father's house and lived with his mother.He Gan, the maid who took care of her since she was a child, was implicated, and the stepmother distributed all of Zhang Ailing's personal items to others. Because she has never lived independently since she was a child, and she appears dull and stupid in the common sense of life in dealing with others, her mother was very disappointed in her and gave her two years to learn to adapt to the environment.He also pointed out that if she gets married, she doesn't need a diploma, and if she wants to study, she doesn't have much money for her to dress up.After thinking about it, she was ready to study and went to school for tutoring. Her mother hired a British teacher to tutor her, and she was going to apply for the University of London in the UK.In the end, although she was admitted to the University of London, she was unable to go because of the fierce war.

Admitted to the University of Hong Kong specializing in literature. In the winter of this year or the beginning of the next year, Shanghai "West Wind" magazine held a call for essays commemorating its third anniversary. With the title "My...", Eileen Chang wrote "My Genius Dream" to apply. On April 16, the "West Wind" monthly essay call was announced. Zhang Ailing's "Genius Dream" was originally the first prize, but when it was officially announced, it was excluded from the first, second, and third prizes, and ranked third in the honorary award. Published in the monthly issue.The following year, the award-winning essays were collected and published by Xifeng Society under the title of her "Genius Dream".

He met Yan Ying, a classmate at the University of Hong Kong, and the two became lifelong friends. The Pacific War broke out, and the Japanese army invaded Hong Kong.She experienced the whole process of the siege of Hong Kong, participated in the work of "defending the city", and worked as a nurse in the temporary university hospital after the truce. After the fall of Hong Kong, classes at the University of Hong Kong were suspended, and Zhang Ailing returned to Shanghai in the second half of this year before graduating. After returning to Shanghai, he applied for St. John's University. Because he failed in Chinese, he went to the school to study Chinese.Began to write a series of film reviews and essays in English.Write drama and film reviews for the English "Times", such as "Between Mother-in-law and Daughter-in-Law", "The Opium War", "Autumn Songs", "A Thousand Purples and Reds", "Borrowing the Silver Lantern", etc.He also wrote "Life and Clothing in China" for the English-language magazine "Twentieth Century" run by Germans.

In May, "Agarwood Chips: The First Incense" was published in the monthly magazine.Zhang Ailing invites Zhou Shoujuan to her home and holds a Western-style tea party with her aunt Zhang Maoyuan to thank her. In June, "Agarwood Chips: The Second Incense" was published in the monthly magazine. In July, Zhang Ailing met with Ke Ling in the editorial office of "Vientiane" magazine, a family-style wing house in a small alley near Zhoujinli, Fuzhou Road, Shanghai. Eileen Chang gave Ke Ling the short story, and Ke Ling married Forged a deep friendship. In the same month, the short story was published in Volume 11, Issue 4 of the Monthly Magazine.

In the same month, the essay "Are you a Shanghainese after all" was published in the fifth issue of volume 11 of the monthly magazine "Magazine". From August to September, short stories were published in the 2nd and 3rd issue of "Vientiane" monthly magazine. From September to October, the novel was published in Issues 6 and 7 of Volume 11 of "Magazine". From November to December, the novel was published twice in Issues 2 and 3 of Volume 12 of the Monthly Magazine. In December, the essay "Changing Ji" was published in the 34th issue of "Ancient and Modern".

From January to June, the novel "Lian Bad Set" was published in the 7th to 10th issue of "Vientiane" monthly magazine. In March, the novel "Flowers Withering" was published in the 5th issue of the 12th volume of the "Magazine" monthly magazine. From May to July, the novel was published in Issues 2-4 of Volume 13 of the Monthly Magazine. In summer and autumn, Zhang Ailing married Hu Lancheng.No wedding ceremony was held, only the marriage letter was written: "Hu Lancheng and Eileen Chang signed a lifelong contract to become a husband and wife. I hope that the years will be quiet and the world will be stable." From March to June, the novel "Genesis" was published in Volume 14, Issue 6, and Volume 15, Issue 1-3 of the Monthly Magazine."Conversations between Su Qing and Zhang Ailing" recorded by Wu Jiangfeng was published in Volume 14, Issue 6 of "Magazine". In April, the prose "Auspicious" was published in the first issue of volume 15 of the "Magazine" monthly magazine. In the same month, the prose "I see Su Qing" was published in the 19th issue of "Tiandi" monthly magazine. In May, the prose "Aunt's Quotations" was published in the second issue of Volume 15 of the "Magazine" monthly magazine. On August 15, Japan announced its unconditional surrender. Signed at the surrender ceremony on September 2.Afterwards, the traitor Hu Lancheng was wanted and fled under the pseudonym Zhang Jiayi. In February, Hu Lan became a fugitive and hid in Wenzhou, Hangzhou, and lived with a village woman, Fan Xiumei.Zhang Ailing came here to visit Hu Lancheng, had a quarrel, returned to Shanghai, and broke up with Hu Lancheng the next year. In April, the prose "Hua Yuan" was published in the monthly magazine "Everyone".The film script "No Love" was put on the screen by Shanghai Wenhua Film Company.Directed by Sang Arc. From May to June, the novel "How Much Hate" (adapted from "No Love") was published on the 2nd and 3rd issues of "Everyone". In November, the novel collection "Legend (Updated Version)" was published by Shanghai Shanhe Book Company.On the basis of the first edition, 6 new works were added, which are "Show mercy", ", "Etc", "Osmanthus steaming: A Xiaobeiqiu", and the preface "A few words to the readers", the postscript "China's day and night ".The cover was designed by Yan Ying. Divorced Hu Lancheng. It was serialized in Shanghai "Yi Bao" under the pseudonym of Liang Jing. In July, Shanghai held the first Congress of Literary and Art Circles. Under the care of Xia Yan, Zhang Ailing was invited to attend and sat in the back row. Sweater looks very prominent. In November, a booklet was published by Shanghai Yibao. From November to January of the following year, the novella was serialized on the third edition of "Yi Bao". Go to Hong Kong and apply to the University of Hong Kong for permission to return to school.After going to Hong Kong, he worked in the US Information Service in Hong Kong.Write the movie scripts "Little Sons and Daughters" and "Happy Meeting Between the North and the South".Translation, Selected Works of Emerson, Seven Great American Novels (in part).Meet McCarthy, Director of the U.S. New Office, and Song Qi (pen name Lin Yiliang) and his wife who live in Hong Kong. The English version was published in the United States, and the American "New York Times", "Saturday Literary Review", and "Time" weekly magazines successively published book reviews. The novel was serialized successively in Hong Kong "World Today".Published in Chinese and English by "Today's World". In July, it was renamed "The Collection of Zhang Ailing's Short Stories" and published by Hong Kong Tianfeng Publishing House. Father Zhang Tingzhong died this year. In autumn, he left for the United States on the ship "President Cleveland". In February, he won the Edward Mac Dowell Colony writing award and moved to Pedro, New Hampshire in the northeastern United States for two years. Here, she met the writer Laiya. In August, married Laiya in New York. In January, the novel "May Fourth Legacy" (Chinese and English) was published in Volume 1, Issue 5 of "Literary Magazine" edited by Xia Ji'an in Taipei. His mother, Huang Yifan, died in the UK. Edited scripts such as "A Field of Love Like a Battlefield", "Lucky Love", and "Two Talents" for the Hong Kong MP & GI Film Company. In October, he went to Hong Kong to create a script.Through Taiwan, McCarthy arranged meetings with young writers from National Taiwan University, such as Bai Xianyong, Wang Wenxing, Ouyang Zi, Chen Ruoxi, Wang Zhenhe, etc., and then went to Hualien and Pingtung to watch local mountain dances and folk customs. In October, Laiya suffered a stroke in the United States.After learning that Lai Ya's condition was stable and her life was not in danger, she flew to Hong Kong again. In November, he wrote and adapted film scripts such as "A Family in the North and the South", "An Unforgettable Song", and "Happy Meeting Between the North and the South" for the Hong Kong Film & Mao Film Company. At the beginning of the year, I returned to the United States, moved to Washington with my husband, and sent "Happy Meeting Between North and South", which was adapted from a Hollywood film, to Hong Kong.Due to the loss of the script, it was not filmed. In April, the booklet was published by Taiwan Crown Publishing House. Start translating in English.In the Harvard-Yenching Library, I read many different versions and related research works, and started my research on it. In October, Laiya died of illness in Boston. Invited as writer-in-residence at Radcliffe School in New York, USA. English novel "The Rouge of the North" (ie) published in London, England. The novel "Autumn Songs", "The Collection of Zhang Ailing's Short Stories", and "Rumours" have been published in Taiwan Crown Publishing House. Published by Crown Press. "Crown" magazine published "The End of a Dream of Red Mansions". Transferred to academic research and worked in the "China Research Center" of the University of California, Berkeley. The translation (Hemingway) was published by Hong Kong Today World Press. "Dream of Red Mansions is not finished" was published in Volume 30, Issue 40 of "Little Lions Monthly Academic Series" "Dream of Red Mansions Research Collection" published by Taipei Young Lions Literature and Art Research Institute. "Young Lion Literature and Art" published "A Preliminary Comment on A Dream of Red Mansions". In the autumn of that year, Eileen Chang moved to Los Angeles. "China Times" Human World Supplement published "Tan Kanshu" and "Tan Kanshu Postscript". Complete the English translation. "Dream of Red Mansions" was published in "Crown" magazine. The collection of prose novels "Zhang Kan" is published by Taipei Crown Publishing House.Included in "Recalling Hu Shizhi", "Talking about Reading", "Talking about Reading Postscript", and the old prose works "Aunt's Quotations", "On Writing", "Genius Dream", two unfinished works Novel, "Genesis", and a preface.Design the cover for yourself. "United Daily News" published "Three Details of A Dream of Red Mansions" and "Preface to Zhang Kan". A monograph on red studies written with ten years of painstaking efforts, published by Taipei Crown Publishing House. "Lust, Caution" was published by "China Times". The commentary in Mandarin is published by Taipei Crown Magazine.Translated the original Wu dialect (written by Han Ziyun) into Mandarin, added annotations, and deleted and merged four of the sixty-four chapters of the original book to form a sixty-chapter version, with a preface and postscript. In February, "About "Laughter and Tears"" was published.The publication is unknown, but it was later included in the sequel. In June, the collection of novels and scripts "Wang Ran Ji" was published by Taipei Crown Publishing House.Income short stories "Lust, Caution", "Fashion and Waves", "Meeting and Joy".In the 1940s, "Yin Baoyan Sending Flowers" (adding "end"), "How Much Hate" (attaching "preface"), and the movie script "A Field of Love Like a Battlefield".There is a "preface" before the book. In January, "Several Questions of "Shanghai Flower"" (Preface to the English translation) was published in "United Daily News Supplement" in Taipei. "Encyclopedia of Eileen Chang's Materials" (edited by Tang Wenbiao) is published by Taipei Times Cultural Publishing Co., Ltd.Collect many pictures of Zhang Ailing, the first draft of the novel and related research articles. In February, the collection of novels was reprinted by People's Literature Publishing House, with a portrait of the author attached. From December to January of the following year, it was serialized in the "Supplement" of Taiwan's "United Daily News". "Aftermath" was published by Taipei Crown Publishing House, including old essays "Sanxi", "Chinese Religion", ""Jade Photo at the Front" and Others", "Shuangsheng", "Shortness of Breath and Long Love and Others", "I Look at Su Green", "Hua Hua Yuan", and novels, the latter two have been slightly changed. "The Sequel" is published by Taipei Crown Publishing House.Collection of works and essays after the 1950s "About "Laughter and Tears"", "Wool Grows on Sheep", "Biao Auntie and Others", "Talking about Eating and Painting Cakes to Satisfy Hunger", "Mandarin Version "Shanghai Flower" Postscript ", the film scripts "Little Sons and Daughters", "The Soul Returns to the Heaven", and the short story "May Fourth Remnants" in Chinese and English.Another preface. In May, the script "Long Live My Wife" was serialized in Taipei's "United Daily News". Taipei's "United Daily News" supplement published "Caolu Cake" on February 9. In June, my aunt Zhang Maoyuan died in Shanghai. In July, "The Complete Works of Eileen Chang" was published by Taiwan Crown Literature Publishing Co., Ltd. "Comparison Collection" is published by Taipei Crown Publishing House as a kind of "Complete Works". On September 8, Zhang Ailing was discovered a week after her death in her Los Angeles apartment.Newspapers in Hong Kong, Taiwan and mainland China made reports one after another. The body was cremated on the 19th. On September 30, Chinese American friends Xia Zhiqing, Zhang Cuo, Lin Shitong, Zhang Xinsheng, Gao Quanzhi and others held a memorial service for her.Following the memorial service, the ashes were scattered into the Pacific Ocean.