Flying celebrity, both marriages were defeated,Death in the bathroom, life is complete?
She is the diplomatic envoy of China and the first female pilot in Chinese history.
Yan Yaqing's legendary life: flying a plane to give a speech, raising funds for China's Anti-Japanese War, died in the bathroom at the age of 66 but lived a full life, what is the reason? In 1904, in Shanghai, where the spring was cold, Yan Yaqing was born in a prominent and open family.
Her grandfather, Yan Yongjing, was one of the first people in China to study abroad, and he founded St. John's University in China, the first scholar in China to introduce psychology. Yan Yongjing attaches great importance to family style education, and the Yan family is known as a family with many talents.
There are three well-known figures in the family, namely the diplomat Yan Huiqing, the outstanding engineer Yan Deqing, and Yan Yaqing's father Yan Fuqing, who founded Xiangya Medical College, Shanghai National Medical College and Shanghai Zhongshan Hospital.
Growing up in such a scholarly family, Yan Yaqing's parents paid attention to her learning and character cultivation, as well as broadening her horizons.
Yan Yaqing's upbringing was full of her father's company and guidance, and her two overseas study tours also made her more independent and confident. Her parents respected her opinions and choices and allowed her to grow and develop in an environment that suited her.
Yan Yaqing's study experience at Smith Women's College gave her her her own opinions and ideas, she has a wide range of hobbies, and she has her own ideas when encountering problems. After finishing her studies at Smith School early, she returned to China to complete her studies in psychology at Yale-China University, where she graduated with a bachelor's degree in psychology.
Yan Yaqing's growth process tells us that the respect and support of parents is an important factor in a child's growth, and independence and self-confidence are the keys to a child's success.
Yan Yaqing's life changed at the age of 23. Her parents arranged for her a husband, Chen Bingzhang, who was Kong Xiangxi's English secretary. Since then, her life has become monotonous, except for taking care of the children, she is waiting for her husband to come home.
Although her husband has a stable job, Yan Yaqing feels that this kind of life consumes her life, but there is no better way out. However, in 1935, Yan Yaqing ushered in an opportunity.
Her uncle, Yan Huiqing, was a Chinese diplomat in the Soviet Union and needed a female companion who was fluent in foreign languages. Although Sun Baocong was the best candidate for Mrs. Ngan Huiqing, she was unable to go due to environmental and physical reasons.
After Yan Yaqing learned about it, she decided to accompany her uncle to the Soviet Union. This experience filled Yan Yaqing's life with challenges and opportunities, and also opened a new chapter in her life.
When Yan Yaqing excitedly announced that she was going to accompany her uncle to the Soviet Union in her diplomatic work, the reaction of the whole family was like a sharp stinger, and they all expressed incomprehension. They believe that Yan Yaqing left her two young children to go to the Soviet Union, as if everyone in the family could go, but she couldn't.
Even her uncle Yan Huiqing was against it, and her husband Chen Bingzhang was even more resolutely against it. Looking at her sleeping son and daughter, Yan Ya's heart was like a knife. Although she is reluctant to give up her children, she knows that she cannot sacrifice herself.
After getting married and having children, she almost lost herself, she wanted to find herself again, so that her children could also become thoughtful and self-conscious people. Thinking of this, Yan Yaqing was much more relaxed, she was determined to accompany her uncle to the Soviet Union, and spent three days taking care of her outfit and saying goodbye to the children.
Although her parents persuaded her hard, afraid that she would not be able to endure the hardships over there, and the family was not short of money, Yan Yaqing still resolutely boarded the ship to the Soviet Union. Although she lives a worry-free life at home, her desire for work is like a raging fire, especially as a thoughtful and self-conscious woman who cannot compromise on herself.
The heart that was unwilling to be mediocre caused ripples again. During the days when she assisted her uncle in the Soviet Union, Yan Yaqing lived a full and meaningful life, and she regained her self-confidence in the workplace.
She helped her uncle do a lot of reception work, and her ability to adapt to diplomatic situations won the admiration of envoys from all over the world. She is fluent in English and is now frantically learning Russian.
She feels that life is like a blooming flower every day. She has appeared on international forums to discuss the status and rights of women worldwide. In 1927, she put forward an initiative in the international forum to guarantee equal rights and improve the status of women.
In this initiative, she proposed that "when women have half the sky, the world will be a better place!" ”
During her short diplomatic work in the Soviet Union, she felt an unprecedented level of self-confidence and light. However, due to family reasons, she had to return to the country. This trip was not only the beginning of her pursuit of self-worth, but also a challenge to her married life.
However, after returning to China, her husband actually filed for divorce, which made her deeply distressed. Despite her many efforts to get it back, she understands that if the shoes don't fit, wearing them hard will only make her feet more painful.
Yan Yaqing longs for a marriage that is free, equal, and mutually fulfilling, rather than achieving each other with her own sacrifice. Her parents thought she had gained nothing, lost her job, and ended her marriage, leaving her feeling lost and sad between her self-worth and life.
It is often said that you can't let an eagle swim in the sea or a fish fly in the sky. For Yan Yaqing, she can't accept that she should be at an age when she should struggle, and she will fall with peace of mind.
In the autumn, she watched an air show at Longhua Airport, and her friend Li Xiaqing was a member of the performance team, and her heroic posture brought great inspiration to Yan Yaqing.
After the 918 Incident, Yan Yaqing and Li Xiaqing fell in Northeast China, and Shanghai Medical College was forced to move into the concession. The Shanghai Medical College building, which Yan Yaqing's father Yan Fuqing painstakingly founded, was also bombed by the bombers of the invading Japanese army, and it was imminent for the whole people to resist Japan.
Yan Yaqing came up with the idea of "aviation to save the country". At this time, she was once again invited to serve in the League of Nations' China Expert Advisory Group, but witnessing the weakness and compromise shown by the League of Nations against Japan's crimes of aggression against China at the scene of the signing of the "Nine-Power Pact" made Yan Yaqing deeply feel the pain of "a weak country has no diplomacy".
In December 1937, Yan Yaqing came to the Shafair Flying School and devoted herself to 11 months of flight training, with her goal of becoming an Air Force pilot or Air Force pilot instructor.
During that time, she flew to various states in the United States, using speeches to expose the crimes of Japanese aggression and raise funds for China's war of resistance. Many people were moved by her speech, and even asked her to **, she simply made her ** into a postcard, sold it for one dollar, and remitted all the money to the China Refugee Relief Administration.
Yan Yaqing's life is full of twists and turns, she first devoted herself to the work of the United Nations after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, took her children to her side to receive education, and also met and married the New Zealand journalist Mel.
Although the marriage only lasted 10 years, she was not discouraged by it. She believes that the right people will go through life together, and the wrong people will not force it.
Although her life was not perfect and her marriage was not perfect, she lived to the fullest. Later in life, she went on to study librarianship at Columbia University and became a librarian.
She used her attitude towards life and her words and deeds to educate two excellent children. She was stubborn and lived alone in her later years, and although she finally died in the bathroom at the age of 66, her life was still full of charm.
As the saying in Zen Buddhism goes: "If you give up the wind and the moon, you will get the sky forever." "Yan Yaqing's life is spent in constant choices and trade-offs, which requires wisdom and courage.
For an ordinary woman, her life can be said to be very wonderful and vigorous.