"The Biography of Yang Jiang".
Zhao Tongtong. Many people know Yang Jiang because of her love with Qian Zhongshu, one is a beautiful woman in the south, the other is a talented man in Tsinghua University, the two fell in love at first sight, Qin Se and Ming.
People are impressed by Qian Zhongshu's fame and talent, and Yang Jiang, as the woman behind Qian Zhongshu, is not simple.
Yang Jiang's life is quite legendary, his life spans the end of the Qing Dynasty, ** and New China, and his life has experienced ups and downs, successively experienced wars, the Cultural Revolution, and the loss of his daughter and husband in his later years.
is over 100 years old, facing infringement, and has tried his best to protect the rights of his late husband.
No matter what difficult environment Yang Jiang is in, she never complains, she is not tall, but her heart is extremely strong.
In the darkest moments of her life, books have always been with her, and even if her body is devastated, her spirit is still rich.
She studied and studied at the same time, and in this way she survived those unbearable days.
Reading is her reliance, and reading has also made her. Yang Jiang is recognized as an excellent translator and writer in the academic community.
In order to express their admiration for the last talented woman, people called Yang Jiang "Mr.", and Mr. Yang Jiang deserved the title!
01.Read wisely: Always know what you want
Yang Jiang was born in a scholarly family, she loved reading since she was a child, and her father once asked her: What will happen if you don't read for a week?
Yang Jiang replied: That week was in vain.
When I was studying at Soochow University, female students often spent a long time dressing up before going out when they reached the age of beauty-loving.
Yang Jiang and two other friends agreed to practice calligraphy while others were dressing up, and after a period of time, they made great progress.
The most important thing in life is to have a clear goal, but many people can't figure out what they really want throughout their lives.
In the old society, where traditional ideas were strong, people's minds had not yet been fully opened.
Yang Jiang was born as a daughter, but she has the same decisiveness and courage as a man.
Her father asked her to study law or medicine Xi, but Yang Jiang did not accept it, and she followed her heart and resolutely chose to major in literature.
After being admitted to Tsinghua University, her enthusiasm for reading did not diminish at all, and she often soaked in the library and forgot to eat.
Yang Jiang once said that he has studied in many schools, and his favorite is Tsinghua University, and in Tsinghua University, his favorite is the library.
At Tsinghua University, Yang Jiang got acquainted with Qian Zhongshu, and when they met for the first time, they were amazed and happy.
At that time, although Qian Zhongshu was talented, he was just a poor student who was still studying, and his father was worried that his daughter would suffer hardships when she got married, but Yang Jiang disagreed.
Yang Jiang chose Qian Zhongshu as his true son of destiny, and also chose to accept everything from him.
In a letter to Qian Zhongshu, Yang Jiang put aside the love of children and offered to meet the parents of both parties to promote their marriage.
Qian Zhongshu got the opportunity to study at the British public expense, Yang Jiang has not finished his studies, and the two have just finished their marriage and do not want to separate.
Yang Jiang did not hesitate to refuse the opportunity to study at Tsinghua University, and followed Qian Zhongshu to England to achieve her husband's studies.
Qian Zhongshu studied for a bachelor of arts degree at Oxford University, and Yang Jiang chose to study literature at a women's college, but because the quota was full, he needed to compromise and change to history.
Yang Jiang once again stuck to her goal, unwilling to compromise and decided to study Western literature on her own.
Faced with life choices again and again, whether it is study or marriage, Yang Jiang can always follow his heart, not be swayed by others, and choose the direction he wants.
The reason why Yang Jiang was able to be the master of his life was not because he was a bookseller and made a blind choice.
It is based on the independent personality cultivated since childhood, as well as the broad vision brought by massive reading as a foundation.
Reading makes people wise, especially for women, and knowledge can be your most reliable reference when you are faced with important life decisions.
02.The power of knowledge: a means of livelihood and a foothold
During the period when Qian Zhongshu and Yang Jiang were studying in Paris, the Japanese army invaded China, and the land of China declined.
Patriotism and concern for their families always tugged at the hearts of the two, and they decided to return to their homeland.
After returning to China, Suzhou and Shanghai had already fallen.
Qian Zhongshu went to Kunming to teach, and Yang Jiang and his daughter returned to Shanghai to live in the concession.
The Japanese army flew high and mighty in China, wantonly compressing the living space and material conditions of the Chinese people, causing panic among the people and soaring prices.
Yang Jiang's years of hard work in reading finally came in handy, and she wrote scripts while teaching at the school.
Convert knowledge into money, and then exchange it for coal and rice to ensure a normal life for the family.
Yang Jiang wrote in "We Together": I am substitute teaching in primary school, and I write scripts, all for firewood and rice.
Some people say that reading is one for making a living, the second is for courtesy, and the third is for being otherworldly.
In life, making a living is always the first thing, and although reading cannot directly provide wealth, it can indirectly create life.
As long as the world still needs knowledge, the books you read can generate value.
If you don't think reading is useful, it's probably that you haven't read enough.
No book is read in vain, and when you are cornered, the books you have read and the knowledge you have learned will definitely jump out to help you.
Reading is a means of earning a living and a solid guarantee for gaining a foothold.
03.Light of Hope: Spiritual Food for the Darkest Hour
In the special era, Yang Jiang and Qian Zhongshu were inevitably involved in political turmoil.
They have no other intentions, they just want to concentrate on learning, but people are in society, and the trees want to be quiet and the wind does not stop, and they often can't help themselves.
During the renovation, Yang Jiang was arranged to clean the toilet and Qian Zhongshu cleaned the yard.
The ancient literati were born arrogant, and they could not be killed. Yang Jiang, who has always been engaged in cultural research, is not looking for life and death.
Her realm is higher: if she can't change the environment, she will change her mentality.
Yang Jiang happily accepted the job of cleaning the toilet, she was as meticulous and conscientious as a scholar.
She carefully cleaned all the stubborn dirt and sanitary dead corners accumulated over the years, and everyone who went to the toilet was amazed and admired Yang Jiang.
In such a harsh environment, Yang Jiang did not stop reading.
After arriving at the unit every day, Yang Jiang will always clean the toilet quickly and use the time squeezed out to read.
There is no study, the toilet is her study, there is no desk, she sits on the floor.
In the darkest moments of her life, books have always been with her, and she draws spiritual food from them, even if her body is devastated, her spirit is still rich.
Yang Jiang studied and did research at the same time, and survived those unbearable days in this way.
Yang Jiang firmly believes that after the wind and rain, there must be a day when the clouds open and the moon shines.
As it is said in "Human Disqualification": The only thing I am willing to regard as the truth is only one sentence, and everything will pass.
04.Soul mates: Antidote when you're lonely
He spent his time studying abroad, survived the days of surviving during the war, and experienced physical and mental hardships.
The ups and downs of Yang Jiang's life should be over, but fate always seems to have bad intentions.
Daughters Qian Ying and Qian Zhongshu were both sick and hospitalized, and Yang Jiang was over 80 years old at this time.
She travels back and forth between her residence and the hospital every day, and although she employs a nurse, she still cooks her own meals.
While comforting her husband and daughter, she tried to restrain the panic and sadness in her heart.
Soon, her daughter and husband passed away one after another, leaving an elderly man alone.
Even if he has an incomparably strong heart, he can't bear this kind of blow, but after Yang Jiang's sadness, he regained his life strongly.
Her loved ones are gone, and books and writing have become her only companions.
Yang Jiang still insists on reading every day, and he has never stopped writing, and has created the popular masterpiece "We Three" with his own family as the theme.
She used this book to reminisce about the happy times of her family of three and fill the rest of her life.
After the age of 100, out of thinking about life, he wrote a book full of life wisdom and philosophy, "Walking on the Edge of Life".
Without books, we don't know how a lonely old man would spend his bleak old age.
Since he was born in a scholarly family, Yang Jiang's life seems destined to be connected with books.
Reading was a hobby when I was a child, reading was a career when I was an adult, and in my later years, reading became a companion again.
Time has turned the Jiangnan Reiki woman into a dying old man, and the books have engraved this old man into a wise and kind appearance.
05.Write at the end
The era when women were virtuous without talent is long gone, and women who do not let women with eyebrows abound.
Contemporary women are no longer dependent on men for survival as in ancient times, and independence is the direction pursued by women in the new era, including personality independence, emotional independence, ideological independence and economic independence.
Independence is not an easy thing to do, and independence in a sense means having nothing to rely on.
No matter what stage of life you are in, books are your most trustworthy reliance, and Yang Jiang has used his life to interpret the power of knowledge.
Knowledge can make you clear about your goals, become your means of making a living, accompany you through the darkest moments, resist the twists and turns of fate with you, and enjoy the calm and calm of the clouds and breezes with you in your old age.
Yang Jiang said: I was so eager for the waves of fate, and in the end I found that the most beautiful scenery in life is actually the calmness and calmness of my heart.
I had been looking forward to the recognition of the outside world, until in the end I realized that the world was my own and had nothing to do with others.