Qiao Guanhua, the ambassador who left a deep mark on the history of Chinese diplomacy, has been hailed as a model of Chinese diplomacy in a new era, from picking up Nixon to having an all-night conversation with Kissinger to participating in the United Nations General Assembly.
His talent is not only evident in the field of diplomacy, but also in his love life. His union with his wife, Zhang Hanzhi, who is 30 years younger than him, has caused controversy in the outside world, but they believe that they are a match made in heaven.
Qiao Guanhua's beloved Zhang Hanzhi made three funeral requests after his death, and ** agreed to all of them. However, these three requests shocked everyone and surprised everyone.
So, what did Zhang Hanzhi say? For the characters who contributed to the anti-Japanese war, we often think of those soldiers who fought bloodily on the front line, but there are also some people who pay silently in the rear, like Qiao Guanhua, to expose the truth with the pen and let more people understand the true meaning of the Anti-Japanese War.
With the victory of the Anti-Japanese War and the founding of New China, Qiao Guanhua, the former penman, was entrusted with an important task and became the diplomatic adviser of New China.
At the time of the Geneva Conference, Qiao Guanhua was still the assistant of ***, but after the Bandung Conference, he has grown into a foreign affairs leader in his own right. He stood in front of the invincible Americans and successfully paved the way for Qian Xuesen's return to China.
But this is just his ordinary experience in diplomacy, and his moment of canonization should be to restore China's rightful seat in the United Nations. At that time, the United States had a large number of voices in the United Nations, and the United States chose the latter as to restore China's seat or give it to its nationals in Taiwan.
Under such circumstances, Qiao Guanhua insisted on his own views at the meeting, took a clear-cut attitude on the Taiwan issue, and was fearless in the face of US pressure. His precise English expression made it impossible for the provocative US side to start.
He is not tall and has an elegant temperament, but he has a firm attitude and a straight waist, just like China at that time, which let the world see China's resolute attitude. It was thanks to his performance that China was able to regain its seat and be taken seriously by more countries in the UN General Assembly in the following years.
Qiao Guanhua, a confident and domineering person in his diplomatic career, also insists on love in his life. Around 1970, China was developing rapidly and foreign affairs were busy, which was the peak of Qiao Guanhua's career.
However, at this time, his wife Gong Peng died, which was undoubtedly a heavy blow to him who was nearly sixty years old. But he knew that no matter how painful it was, he couldn't give up on his career.
Therefore, he hid his grief deep in his heart and continued to prioritize his career.
A year later, Qiao Guanhua and Zhang Hanzhi entered the marriage hall, they both worked in the first place, and it was reasonable for them to attract each other. The problem is that Zhang Hanzhi is thirty years younger than Qiao Guanhua, which was an astonishing age gap at the time.
However, Qiao Guanhua fell in love with Zhang Hanzhi the moment he saw her, and he pursued Zhang Hanzhi firmly, regardless of the opposition of the people around him, even his own children. Zhang Hanzhi has long admired Qiao Guanhua's talent in her heart, and she is eager to accept his pursuit, but she is afraid of the eyes and gossip of the world.
Qiao Guanhua drove Zhang Hanzhi out and even drove her children out, and her emotion was indescribable. In the end, she agreed to marry Qiao Guanhua and became his second wife. However, Qiao Guanhua's physical condition deteriorated, and Zhang Hanzhi always stayed by his side and accompanied him through the last years of his life.
On Qiao Guanhua's deathbed, he only had Zhang Hanzhi in his eyes. Finally in September 1983, Qiao Guanhua, who had been fighting against illness for many years, died in his sleep, and Zhang Hanzhi's married life came to an end.
After Qiao Guanhua's death, his funeral attracted much attention. As a figure who has made great contributions to China, his funeral must be in keeping with his identity. When everyone was discussing the funeral arrangements, Zhang Hanzhi put forward her three requirements: first, there was no need to hold a farewell ceremony for the body, only family and friends needed to say goodbye to him; second, there is no need to publish a newspaper announcing his departure; The third is that she wants to take Qiao Guanhua's ashes away in person.
Zhang Hanzhi respects Qiao Guanhua's attitude to life and doesn't want his funeral to attract too much unnecessary attention. Therefore, the funeral was only notified to Qiao Guanhua's close friends, relatives and colleagues.
There were no flowery rhetoric at the funeral, but a simple summary of Qiao Guanhua's life. However, all those present deeply felt Qiao Guanhua's rich and wonderful life.
Surprisingly, Zhang Hanzhi's third request was granted. Normally, the ashes of people who have contributed to the country will be placed in Babaoshan as a sign of recognition for them.
When considering Qiao Guanhua's funeral, everyone tacitly assumed that his ashes would be placed there. However, Zhang Hanzhi is Qiao Guanhua's wife after all, and her request was approved.
As a result, Qiao Guanhua's ashes were only placed in the columbarium of Babaoshan Cemetery for three days before Zhang Hanzhi was taken away.
Zhang Hanzhi kept her husband's ashes with her for a year, and finally chose to be buried in a quiet and harmonious place with beautiful mountains and rivers in Suzhou. The cemetery is not big, the inscription is concise, and only "the tomb of Comrade Qiao Guanhua" is engraved.
In the nearly ten years since Qiao Guanhua's death, Zhang Hanzhi has been deeply grieved and unable to extricate himself. Even if he came out of his sadness later, he did not remarry, and always remembered Qiao Guanhua in his heart.
Although they were together for a short time, Zhang Hanzhi never forgot Qiao Guanhua in the second half of his life.
Qiao Guanhua was once a well-known figure in the United Nations, and his deeds are still praised by the world. In addition, there is a woman who imprints him deeply in her life, and such a life is the real winner.