On his deathbed, Sun Yat-sen expressed a strong desire: "I want to sleep on the ground." Although his words were weak, he was full of convictions. Sun Yat-sen traveled all his life for the cause of saving the country and the people, and his deep affection with Soong Ching Ling and his wife deeply touched people's hearts.
However, for his wish, Song Qingling had no way of knowing the reason.
In the middle of the nineteenth century, the Qing dynasty was coming to an end, internal and external contradictions were becoming increasingly acute, and the people's livelihood was difficult. In this context, Sun Yat-sen was born in Cuiheng Village, Xiangshan County, southern Guangdong.
His ancestors lived here for nearly 100 years, and the environment here is beautiful, surrounded by mountains and rivers. The birth of Sun Yat-sen undoubtedly brought new vitality and hope to this land.
Tsui Hang Village is located just 37 kilometers away from Macau, but life is extremely difficult, and many villagers choose to leave their hometowns in order to improve their family plight, and some even go to other places.
Many people, including Sun Yat-sen's father, Sun Da, and his brothers, also went out to work in order to make a living. It wasn't until he was 33 years old that Sun Dacheng returned to his hometown to get married, and the family made a living by renting other people's fields.
In November 1866, this ordinary day was broken by the cry of a newborn, and Sun Da's family welcomed their third son, his name was Sun Wen, and later Mr. Zhongshan was one of his pseudonyms.
No one thought that this ordinary child would become a game-changer in Chinese history.
Around the time of Sun Yat-sen's birth, two of his uncles unfortunately died overseas. From then on, Sun Yat-sen's family began to take care of their two aunts, and the already poor financial situation became even more difficult.
In order to reduce the burden on his parents, Sun Yat-sen's eldest brother Sun Mei only studied for four years, and then followed the villagers to Honolulu to work. Sun Yat-sen, who knew that he wanted to help his family since he was a child, chopped wood, went to the fields, and even went to sea with adults, as long as he could do something, he would do his best.
Sun Yat-sen's poverty in childhood is not often mentioned, but Soong Ching Ling once described him: "Sun Yat-sen lived in a mountainous area since he was a child, and he did not put on shoes until he was 15 years old. ”
This experience may have become the source of his "people's livelihood" thinking, integrating his feelings of family and country into his political philosophy, and expanding from his own family to the people of the whole country. When Sun Yat-sen was free from helping his family with work, he liked to play games and wars with his friends, and became the local child king.
There is a veteran of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom living in his village, he often listens to him tell the story of Hong Xiuquan leading the people to rebel, and is deeply attracted by Hong Xiuquan's deeds of fighting the Qing army, and his favorite game is to play "Hong Xiuquan" and lead his friends to "rebel".
One of the main reasons for the tolerant attitude of villagers in Fujian, Liangguang and Guangxi was that the government did not fulfill its responsibility to protect the villagers.
Sun Yat-sen witnessed the local Chinese being robbed by bandits, and although they sought help from the authorities, no one paid attention to them, as if they had no legal protection in the open sea.
The three Li brothers earned a meager fortune overseas, returned to their hometown to buy land, and built a small garden for the villagers to play for free. Sun Yat-sen often went to the small garden to play, and one day, while he was playing with his friends, a group of Qing soldiers broke in and immediately arrested the three Li brothers.
Sun Yat-sen stepped forward to ask why the Qing soldiers had arrested people, but they were almost stabbed. Later, one of the three Li brothers was killed, two disappeared, and the small garden was confiscated by the authorities and turned into the property of the government.
The government not only did not protect the people, but seized the property of the people, all of which made Sun Yat-sen deeply saddened.
Sun Yat-sen thought that the ordinary days would last forever, but his life was changed by the return of his eldest brother, Sun Mei. Sun Mei is thriving in Honolulu, and this time when he returned home, he decided to recruit some people to work there.
In 1879, at the age of 13, Sun Yat-sen followed his eldest brother to Honolulu. Outside of work, he longed for a local education, and his enlightened brother granted his request.
As a result, Sun Yat-sen began to come into contact with Western culture, as if opening the door to a new world, and his thinking also underwent a profound transformation. These changes have caught everyone's attention.
In 1884, Sun Yat-sen's father feared that he might do something out of the ordinary because he had been nosy since he was a child, and that he had been too influenced by Western culture.
When Sun Yat-sen was 18 years old, his parents found him a daughter-in-law and asked him to return to his hometown to marry. According to his parents' wishes and the matchmaker's arrangement, he met Lu Muzhen, who was 1 year younger than Sun Yat-sen and a famous local lady.
Although Lu Muzhen had excellent personal conditions, Sun Yat-sen, who had received a Western education, had lofty ideals and pursued individual liberation, so he did not like this arranged marriage.
Three months after his marriage, Sun Yat-sen went to study at the ** College in Hong Kong, completed his studies a year later, and then entered the Chinese Western Medical College for further study. During this period, in addition to studying hard, Sun Yat-sen was also concerned about current affairs and changes in the political situation at home and abroad, and he was deeply touched by the anti-French movement of the local Chinese strike.
Sun Yat-sen was deeply impressed by Lu Muzhen in 1888 when he saw him taking care of his ailing father, honoring his elders and handling household chores. He began to develop feelings for Lu Muzhen, and they raised a boy and two girls together.
Although he was recommended to become an official, Sun Yat-sen decided to give up this opportunity and devote himself to revolutionary activities in order to pursue a more lofty ideal. At this time, Sun Yat-sen still had illusions about the Qing Dynasty and hoped to carry out a reform movement with the help of the power of the court's capable ministers.
In 1894, Sun Yat-sen handed over his 8,000-word long book to Li Hongzhang, hoping that he would recognize"People make the best use of their talents, make the best use of the land, and make the best use of the goods"rather than investing a lot of money to improve the ship's guns.
However, Li Hongzhang was busy preparing for the attack of the Japanese fleet and did not pay attention to Sun Yat-sen's advice. As a result, Sun Yat-sen's proposal failed to be implemented, and he had to find other ways to save the country and its people.
Sun Yat-sen shuttled back and forth between Honolulu, Hong Kong, and the mainland, actively seeking like-minded comrades, and won the support of overseas Chinese. In 1894, he finally founded the Xingzhong Society in Honolulu.
When he arrived in Honolulu, the political landscape in Honolulu was changing. He witnessed the transformation of Honolulu from a monarchical kingdom to a Republic of Hawaii.
This greatly encouraged Sun Yat-sen, and in 1895, he founded the Hong Kong Xingzhong Society in Hong Kong and began to plan the Canton Uprising. During the period of searching for comrades and launching the revolutionary movement, Sun Yat-sen met Chen Cuifen, and Chen Cuifen became the prototype of Sun Yat-sen's "Ah Fen" in the movie "Xinhai Revolution".
Chen Cuifen is 7 years younger than Sun Yat-sen, a native of Hong Kong's New Territories, the fourth in the family, has practiced martial arts since childhood, can ride horses, can shoot, is born to love to fight unevenly, and is easy to accept new things.
The villagers affectionately call her "Fourth Aunt". Chen Cuifen also has an ambition to do great things.
Under the recommendation of Chen Shaobai, Chen Cuifen met Sun Yat-sen, who was only 17 years old, sitting in the crowd, watching Sun Yat-sen talk about his concept of saving the country, and her heart rippled.
Sun Yat-sen felt her gaze and couldn't help but stop to look at Chen Cuifen, attracted by her bright atmosphere. At that time, men could take concubines, and Chen Cuifen didn't mind that Sun Yat-sen already had a wife, nor did she mind that she had no name.
The two fell in love and soon rented a house in the Red House in Hong Kong to live together. There, there was a green mountain red mansion, which was the revolutionary base of Sun Yat-sen and Chen Cuifen, and they became revolutionary partners and devoted themselves to the anti-Qing cause together.
Sun Yat-sen was in a tense meeting at home, writing articles with one hand and planning an uprising with the other, all with the help of Chen Cuifen. Chen Cuifen was Sun Yat-sen's right-hand man, she passed letters, contacted her comrades-in-arms, actively promoted Sun Yat-sen's political ideas, and carefully planned uprisings in various places.
However, the plan for the Guangzhou uprising was unfortunately leaked, and the Qing ** wantonly arrested those involved. Sun Yat-sen, as the leader of the uprising, put his name on the wanted list of Qing **.
At this moment of crisis, Sun Yat-sen began his life as a fugitive, and Chen Cuifen was always by his side. As they fled, they looked for opportunities to promote the idea of national salvation and raise funds for the uprising.
At one point, they evaded pursuit and hid in an inn. At night, Sun Yat-sen said to Chen Cuifen that he could only sleep on the ground tonight. Chen Cuifen was puzzled, and Sun Yat-sen explained with a smile that if he slept in bed, he might ignore the movements of the Qing soldiers if he was too comfortable.
Sleeping on the ground is cold, but it can keep you alert and allow you to run away quickly if something changes. Hearing Sun Yat-sen's answer, Chen Cuifen felt very relieved.
Despite the dangers of life, Sun Yat-sen remained optimistic. He remained concerned about the situation of the uprising at home, even when he was in exile.
Chen Cuifen's companionship and Sun Yat-sen's optimism became a source of strength for them to face difficulties.
Accompanied by red faces, heroes are lucky!Chen Cuifen used her martial arts to protect Sun Yat-sen many times, laundry and cooking, and even bandaged war wounds, and served as the leader of the gang, silently supporting Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary cause.
In the past 20 years, they have been born and died, traveled from place to place, and experienced endless hardships. Nowadays, the fire of revolution in the country has sprung up, and parties opposing the Qing Dynasty have risen in various places.
In 1905, the inaugural meeting of the China League was held in Tokyo, which was a great initiative after the merger of many groups. "
Xinhai Revolution: The congress adopted the Declaration of the League and the Manifesto of the League drafted by Sun Yat-sen and the constitution drafted by Huang Xing, and elected Sun Yat-sen as prime minister.
Chen Cuifen did not pretend to be the wife of the prime minister, but as always, she covered the meetings of her comrades, washed and cooked for everyone, and even took the lead in participating in revolutionary actions. The Japanese samurai Miyazaki Inzo followed Sun Yat-sen for many years, and he recalled that the lady who took care of Mr. Sun was heroic with long chopsticks when she ate.
Such a woman can be called a woman of a revolutionary family. The righteous people who corresponded with Sun Yat-sen were all entertained by Chen Cuifen. Liao Zhongkai, Chiang Kai-shek, and Hu Hanmin were very familiar with Chen Cuifen, and they were still comrades-in-arms who fought side by side.
Thanks to the efforts of countless revolutionary comrades, the Wuchang Uprising was successful and the Xinhai Revolution was victorious.
At the beginning of 1912, Sun Yat-sen became a temporary leader and decided to take his original partner Lu Muzhen to Shanghai. Chen Cuifen went to Guangzhou and successfully took Lu Muzhen and her two daughters away.
Chan had a good relationship with Lo and then went into seclusion in Penang, Malaysia, where she and Sun Yat-sen took refuge. Since then, Chen Cuifen and Sun Yat-sen have been separated from each other and have never seen each other again.
After Lu Muzhen arrived in Shanghai, she learned about Sun Yat-sen's great career, she was not good at participating in lively occasions, and felt that she could not help Sun Yat-sen, so she decided to return to the countryside.
In March 1915, Sun Yat-sen divorced Lu Muzhen, and in October of the same year, he married 22-year-old Soong Ching-ling. Before marrying Soong Ching-ling, Sun Yat-sen consulted Chen Cuifen for her opinion, and Chen Cuifen agreed.
In 1913, Sun Yat-sen suffered a setback on the road of revolution and was forced to go into exile in Japan, where he continued to look for the possibility of saving the country. His old friend Song Yaoru took care of his documents and provided him with financial assistance during this period.
Just when Sun Yat-sen was in deep trouble, he met the confidante in his life, Song Qingling. Soong Ching Ling had just graduated from an American university and came to Tokyo to visit his parents, and was immediately attracted by Sun Yat-sen's charm and fell in love.
The two fiery hearts immediately resonated strongly, and their feelings gradually deepened. However, this relationship was opposed by Song's parents and comrades. Despite all the difficulties, Song Qingling still jumped out of the window and eloped with Sun Yat-sen with the help of the maid.
After marrying Sun Yat-sen, Soong Ching Ling brought great help to Sun Yat-sen's career with his beauty and fluent English. She was Sun Yat-sen's close companion and comrade-in-arms, as well as his right-hand man.
In Soong Ching-ling's heart, Sun Yat-sen is not only her husband, but also the savior hero and revolutionary mentor in her heart. In the ten years of their shared life, love and revolution have long been integrated.
In January 1925, Sun Yat-sen was overworked and his liver disease worsened, and Soong Qingling accompanied him to Beijing**. In those days, she often stayed by her husband's bedside, only puzzled by the occasional need for him to sleep on the floor.
However, on March 12 of that year, this great man died in Beijing, and Soong Ching Ling could no longer ask him this question.
Two years later, Chen Cuifen's reunion with Sun Ke brought tears to her eyes. Sun Ke asked why his father asked to sleep on the ground back then, and Chen Cuifen's answer moved Sun Ke: "He still remembers, he still remembers!" ”
This deeply touched the Sun family. They were full of respect for Chen Cuifen and called her "Nanyang Woman", and Sun Yat-sen's children affectionately called Soong Ching Ling "Shanghai Lady".
In the genealogy, Chen Cuifen was arranged behind Lu Muzhen and was the second wife of Sun Yat-sen. After Chen Cuifen's death, the Sun family moved her to the ancestral tomb and worshiped her all year round.