Chen Jieru, born in Zhenhai, Zhejiang Province in 1905, was originally named Chen Feng, and her family called her "A Feng", so he was also called Chen Afeng. Chen Jieru was the name given by Chiang Kai-shek to her before Chiang Kai-shek married her, and he felt that the name Chen Afeng was inappropriate to be called by others outside, so he named it Chen Jieru. The implication is that "the wife is like a piece of beautiful jade, as clean as white jade." It also symbolizes the beginning of their love.
When Chiang Kai-shek met Chen Jieru, Chen Jieru was 13 years old. When Chiang Kai-shek followed Mr. Sun Yat-sen to Zhang Jingjiang's house, the two met, and with just one glance, Chiang Kai-shek made up his mind to marry Chen Jieru as his wife.
But Chen Jieru was only 13 years old at the time, she was studying, and no one had pursued her so fanatically before, all this seemed to him only terrible, and he was not moved.
His father was a paper merchant, and although he was not very rich, he also had some money, and his mother was not illiterate, but an open-minded old woman. This doomed them to resolutely not marry their daughter to a strange man they had just met, and at this time Chen Jieru and her parents were unanimously opposed to Chiang Kai-shek's pursuit.
But they couldn't stand Chiang Kai-shek's stubborn fighting, and in the end they got married, and Chen Jieru and Chiang Kai-shek got married for two reasons.
One is the strong matchmaking of Zhang Jingjiang and his wife. First, Zhang Jingjiang's wife, Zhu Yimin, and Chen Jie are close friends, and their relationship is very good. After listening to Zhu Yimin's introduction to Chiang Kai-shek for a long time, Chen Jieru also became curious about Chiang Kai-shek.
However, Zhang Jingjiang's protection is the most important. What kind of person is Zhang Jingjiang?He funded the revolutionary cause of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, and was later called the revolutionary mentor by Chiang Kai-shek, and even had a decisive influence in modern Chinese history. Under the guarantee of such a person, Chen felt that his daughter's marriage was undoubtedly reliable and pompous.
The second is that Chen's father died suddenly, so that Chen Jieru's mother and son's life began to fall into hardship, they were at a loss in the face of these, and they needed a person like a pillar to rely on them, just at this time Chiang Kai-shek appeared.
Under the mediation of Zhang Jingjiang and his wife, perhaps Chen's mother will have certain concerns and need to investigate Chiang Kai-shek for a period of time. But with the death of Chen's father, he had to shorten the period of investigation and agree to Chen Jieru's marriage to Chiang Kai-shek.
After all, Chiang Kai-shek at this time was Mr. Sun Yat-sen's right-hand man, and his future was limitless.
With the blessing of everyone, on December 5, 1921, Chiang Kai-shek and Chen Jieru got married. During the period from the marriage of Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Meiling in 1921 to the marriage of Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Meiling in 1927, it was the happiest time for Chen Jieru.
In 1921, in response to the needs of Sun Yat-sen's revolution, Chiang Kai-shek and Chen Jieru went to the south to support the revolutionary cause, during which time he met many high-ranking Kuomintang generals. Because of his solid foundation in Chinese and English education, he was able to navigate various social and public occasions, and even Chiang Kai-shek was proud of it.
But after getting married, they did not have children, and with Chiang Kai-shek's consent, she adopted her adopted daughter, Jiang Yaoguang. The husband and wife are harmonious, the daughter is surrounded by his knees, and he can also give his husband some support and needs.
At this time, she would never have thought that she would end up with the same fate as Chiang Kai-shek's first two wives, Mao Fumei and Yao Yecheng - she was forced to divorce by Chiang Kai-shek.
As Chiang Kai-shek's power grew, he began to seek higher positions, and he envisioned a political ideal in which he wanted to unite the Sun and Song families for his use, so as to realize his political ambitions.
The Sun family's political status and the Song family's influence in the United States and financial circles could help him realize his political ideals. At this time, Chen Jieru obviously became a stumbling block on the road to realizing his ideals, and he didn't even want to make his position clear to Chen Jieru - he wanted to divorce her.
After the divorce, Chen Jieru went to the United States to study, studying English, beekeeping and tea art. It is not so much about studying abroad as it is about escaping, she has attempted suicide many times in a foreign country, and finally she figured it out, after all, life is her own, and she always has to look forward.
Fate was cruel to her, and she was only 22 years old, and she was about to start the second half of her lonely life. If you put it now, it is also a recent college graduate, in the prime of her youth, but have you ever thought that at this time she has been married for seven years and is divorced.
After the Kuomintang retreated to Taiwan, her real estate was also confiscated, and in order to make a living, she and Li Shimin designed and obtained 200,000 US dollars from the Taiwanese authorities and a 1.4 million Hong Kong apartment to support their own life until she died of a stroke in 1971.
The last contact with Chiang Kai-shek was a letter he wrote to Chiang Kai-shek. She confided in her suffering for so many years, but because of Chiang Kai-shek's identity, she had to bury these sufferings deeply, and finally wrote a letter to Chiang Kai-shek.
This is undoubtedly another tragic woman, after the divorce at the age of 22, she lived alone until her death without children and daughters, which is embarrassing.