Chapter 35 fourth quarter

After going to China, Eileen Chang first wrote an autobiography in English and then in Chinese, but neither of them was published.On the contrary, "Contrast Notes" written in his later years won the "Special Achievement Award of Literary Award" from Taiwan's "China Times" in 1995. Therefore, I always thought that it was Eileen Chang's only autobiography, which was her summary of her life, and because her two husbands, Hu Lancheng and Lai Ya, failed to keep photos in it, I thought Eileen Chang was not good about her marriage past. would like to mention. ——This explains why I was so conflicted and shocked when I first saw it.Compared with her analysis of her emotions in Li, even kisses and sex scenes have to be harshly indifferent, I would rather be partial to the golden boy and girl in Hu Lancheng, I believe that the women in the Republic of China in Hu Lancheng's eyes are more like 24 years old when she.

When I opened it, the first sentence on the face was "peach blossom is difficult to paint, because it needs to be painted quietly", and only this sentence has already conquered me.Elegant, poetic, savvy, and tender - Eileen Chang was also conquered by these back then, right?At that moment, I felt I understood her. He really understands her, respects her, and appreciates her; and she can't help but be overwhelmed by his talent - or "fall". They talked about poetry, essays, paintings, and music, and every word she said touched his heart. It was the little monk who was slapped with a wooden fish by the master; and she was also surprised by his knowledge and understanding of her, as if in his words See a new self again, a better, more beautiful and purer self.

Once his words were interpreted by her, they had new meanings and realms; and her person, after his description, also had a new image and spirit-it was her, not her, like "flowers come into the shirt, shadows appear on the Falling into the pond", all the good things about her that others can't see fall into his eyes one by one, and he understands them clearly, so the flowers are more beautiful and the shadows are more colorful.He described her as "soft, glamorous and strong, bright and hard to offend", and "the person who shines on the water in the world of the Republic of China", and said:

"Zhang Ailing's indomitable spirit will shake the world in six ways." "Zhang Ailing makes people dislike her at first glance. She will never cater to you, let alone if you want to cater to her. You can't see through her with all the stereotyped good and evil. It's like the Buddhist scriptures. Twelve encounters with the Tathagata, her person is like this. Occasionally, cultural people come to her and sit with her for a while, but they feel that they should not stare at her, and they cannot stay for a long time. Good things are not safe for everyone. , but to make people a little uneasy."

"But I have never seen people in the world like her as much as I do. I think it is a big event for anyone who has met and talked with Zhang Ailing. I want to hear what they say about how beautiful she is, but they are not used to it." There are no comments from the club. Her articles are loved by everyone, as if reading the city of lights. This can not be regarded as a kind of bosom friend who is too vast to forget each other, but I think they are always boring. I am facing the same situation as them The world is beautiful, but I am the only one who is alarmed, wanting to hear the chicken dancing."

Words of praise are a piece of rice paper for painting. Once it is spoken by a man and listened to by a woman obediently, the woman becomes a painting on the paper, fixed in the words of praise, which is in vain. Hue, lost her true nature - she was so stupid for a while. She said, "Because I understand, I am merciful." ——Does he understand her better, or does she understand him better? He said: "Peach blossom is difficult to paint, because it needs to be painted quietly." ——He is a person who knows how to paint, but he is not a person who cherishes flowers. Therefore, his peach blossoms in his life are difficult to describe and difficult to paint.

Zhang Ailing, which peach blossom is Hu Lancheng? In one part, eight women related to Hu Lancheng were written successively: Tang Yufeng, Quan Huiwen, Ying Yingdi, Zhang Ailing, Zhou Xunde, Fan Xiumei, Yizhi and She Aizhen. Tang Yufeng is Hu Lancheng's original partner, there is no objection to this.After Tang Yufeng died of illness, he was introduced to marry Quan Huiwen as his wife and gave birth to two sons and two daughters.However, Quan Huiwen suffered from mental illness, so he rented a house in a hotel to live with Ying Yingdi, and later took him to Nanjing and became another home.When I met Zhang Ailing, he was out of work, but he still traveled between Shanghai and Nanjing, just to deal with the two families.

Hu Ningsheng, the son of Hu Lancheng, recalled in "About Father Hu Lancheng": "Hu Lancheng married Tang Yufeng in his early years and gave birth to a son Hu Qi. After Tang Yufeng died of illness, Hu Lancheng married Quan Huiwen in Nanning, Guangxi. From 1934 to 1941, Quan Huiwen's eldest son Ningsheng, eldest daughter Xiaoyun, second son Jiyuan, and second daughter Prophet. Since 1941, Hu Lancheng has lived and worked in Nanjing, and occasionally returned to his home on Daxi Road in Shanghai. My children and I were still young. I don’t have a deep impression of life in Shanghai. All the affairs of the family in Shanghai are taken care of by my niece Hu Chunyu (that is, Qingyun). Quan Huiwen seldom interacts with people because of language barriers. She usually reads ancient books and plays the organ. Around 1943, Zhang Ailing once came to my house on Daxi Road as a guest. Hu Lancheng also took her children to visit Zhang Ailing's apartment. Zhang Ailing should have known that Hu Lancheng and Quan Huiwen had not broken up their relationship or divorced. Although Quan Huiwen didn't need much money at the time, Hu Lancheng still I often give her a lot of private money."

In this, the existence of Ying Yingdi is not recognized at all, but it is positively stated that Zhang Ailing was very aware of his family situation when she was in contact with Hu Lancheng. Hu Jiyuan, the youngest son of Hu Lancheng, recalled: "At that time, No. 28 Meiliyuan (now No. 28, Lane 379, West Yan'an Road) was all lived by my family. The east room of the third floor was lived by my mother Quan Huiwen and Ning Sheng. There are balconies in each room, and country guests often come to live there. Qingyun and I live in the east room on the second floor, and the study room in the west. A Qi lives in the east room on the first floor, and the dining room in the west room. Between the two pavilions are two maids and Xiaoyun and Prophet live. Sometimes when there are many people in the countryside, people can live in the car cabin. My father often goes to the open space to practice Tai Chi when he comes home. Some children and I follow suit. My father often writes calligraphy in the study. He likes to play Go, amusing Children play. My mother likes to recite ancient prose and poems, and play ancient songs such as "Su Wu Shepherds" with a flute."

Neither Hu Lancheng nor his two sons are willing to explain that Quan Huiwen is mentally ill and unable to manage the family, so Hu Lancheng picked up his niece Qingyun from the countryside to help him housekeeper, take care of Quan Huiwen and a group of children .Quan Huiwen was already ill when Hu Jiyuan was born. She wanted to breastfeed her baby during confinement, but Qingyun snatched the baby away. She was worried that Quan Huiwen's pathological genes would affect the next generation through milk. Although Hu Lancheng is not specific in his emotions, he has fulfilled his responsibilities as a husband and father to Quan Huiwen.His relationship with Ying Yingdi was also established after Quan Huiwen fell ill.

Therefore, when he dated Ai Ling, his marriage with Quan Huiwen had actually been annulled; while with Yingdi, he was just living together. According to Qingyun's recollection, at that time Hu Lancheng was running a newspaper and writing manuscripts at night, so tired that he didn't even have the strength to reach for the cigarettes on the table.Quan Huiwen fell ill at this time and was noisy, so Hu had to live in a hotel.Later, a dancer Yingdi came to accompany him, so he didn't go home at all. Qingyun went to ask the driver, "Where is Mr. Hu?" The driver first said he didn't know, and then said, "It's not easy to tell you. If I tell you, I'm out of work." Qingyun repeatedly assured that he would not lose his job, and followed him quietly, and then found Hu Lancheng in the hotel of "Xinxin Company", and asked confidently: "You have lived outside for so long, and you don't care about your family?" Hu Lancheng said, "I'm married to this woman now." Qingyun said: "Oh, are you married? How expensive is it to stay in a hotel. Otherwise, you can take this woman back." Turning around, she said to Yingdi, "Take you back, but don't interfere with my family's affairs, not my younger brother. Sister, my aunt is insane, you can't abuse her." As for the breakup between Yingdi and Hu Lancheng, Qingyun also remembers it very clearly: "Uncle went to Wuhan, and Yingdi came to Shanghai and lived in Xiong Jian's owner's house. Uncle told me: 'Mrs. Xiong Jiandong told me to separate from Yingdi, let her Also get married.’ I said: ‘This person should have been married long ago. What do you want so many people for?’ Later I heard that Xiong Jiandong asked Yingdi to marry out.” Hu Lancheng lightly said "but Yingdi divorced me" in the poem, and passed the matter off, as if innocent.In fact, it was his good friend Xiong Jiandong and his wife who strongly pressured Yingdi and paid alimony before forcing her to leave.Maybe it's because everyone is more in favor of Eileen Chang.In the following article, Hu mentioned that he met Yingdi again when he was in Japan, saying, "Miss Ying was originally my ex-wife. She lost her temper and left me because of Eileen Chang." He said it was because of Eileen Chang. However, comparing Ai Ling with Yingdi is already a grievance, so Ai Ling said in her letter to Xia Zhiqing: "Hu Lancheng will call me one of his concubines, probably for revenge." She completely disdains to be with everyone. . Of course she refused to agree.Even Qingyun refused, Yingdi was nothing but a concubine dancer. Qingyun's attitude towards Yingdi is exactly the same as Hu Ningsheng's - don't admit it!She also said clearly: "Yingdi is not considered a husband and wife. I didn't see the (marriage contract) on paper, but I saw that Ira (Zhang Hu) got married." This is really a word that is shocking, and the clouds are hanging down the sea.