A friend saw it and leaned over to have a look. Curious, he said, "Is there an anecdote about the word' Biwei' on the ring?"

Xu Beihong smiled proudly: "This is the name of my future wife."

Xu Beihong's "future wife" is Jiang Biwei, a talented woman of the Republic of China, only 18. She also has a crystal ring engraved with "sadness".

At that time, the two were deeply affectionate and excitedly planned to break through the ethical code and meet the upcoming free marriage.

However, in that changeable era, countless sensational celebrity romances ended in tragedy. What will be the final chapter of the relationship between Xu Beihong and Jiang Biwei?

1899 On April 9th, a baby girl was born in Fu Jiang. On that day, a begonia bloomed in the east study. Her father named her Tang Zhen, and later Xu Beihong renamed her Biwei.

Jiang Biwei was born in a crane. After his parents became famous, his ancestors had a shadow seal, which was a noble family in Yixing, Jiangsu.

Although the Chiang family is a well-known family, the Chiang couple are sincere and friendly, and have a lot of encouragement and care for the younger generation, including the young Xu Beihong.

19 16, Xu Beihong entered the French Department of Fudan University, and Jiang Biwei's father Jiang Meisheng also worked in Fudan University. He invites Xu Beihong to his home every day and treats him like a family.

At first, Jiang Biwei only knew that this man was handsome and had world-famous talent, curiosity and admiration.

After a long time, Jiang Biwei gradually learned about Xu Beihong's past. Xu Beihong's family was poor, his father died young and suffered from arranged marriage. However, instead of succumbing to fate and drifting with the tide, he rose up and rebelled and secretly fled to Shanghai without telling his family, where he was baptized by the impact of new thoughts.

Jiang Biwei is seventeen or eighteen years old and has just arrived in Shanghai. Her whole life revolves around friends, relatives and stories, which is very boring. At this time, Xu Beihong broke into the world of boudoir girls with a novel story.

Faced with such a young man with both talent and beauty, Jiang Biwei fell in love unconsciously.

Unfortunately, at that time, Jiang Biwei had an engagement, her husband's surname was Cha, and she was a family friend of the Chiang family. They were a good match.

As for the fiance Cha himself, Jiang Biwei only knows that he is studying at Fudan University and knows nothing about his character and appearance, so he doesn't care whether he likes it or hates it.

However, one thing before the 19 17 summer exam completely changed the balance in Jiang Biwei's mind.

It turned out that Zha sent his younger brother to Jiang's house to ask him for the Chinese test paper written by Jiang's father in order to get good grades before the big exam.

This incident made Jiang Biwei feel very dissatisfied. A person who intends to cheat in the exam must have a little talent and character, so he has a bad impression on Cha Zi and even gives birth to a little disgust.

Against the background of her fiance, Xu Beihong, who is brilliant and ambitious, is increasingly attractive to Jiang Biwei.

Mother Jiang didn't know about Jiang Biwei's change of heart.

One morning, when mother Jiang was combing her daughter's hair, she looked at her beautiful and slightly childish daughter in the mirror and smiled and sighed to Xu Beihong, who was sitting there chatting: "The tea family will come to marry her next year."

Xu Beihong just smiled, but Jiang Biwei was shocked and turned white. It was not until his mother and Xu Beihong went downstairs that tears came down her cheeks.

Jiang Biwei fell on the desk, sobbing in a low voice. Soon, there was a rush of footsteps on the stairs.

Looking up, it was Xu Beihong. He turned and picked up the handkerchief he had just dropped. In the blink of an eye, he saw that Jiang Biwei's face was covered with tears, so he went to her side, patted her on the shoulder and said with gentle relief, "Don't be sad."

Say that finish, Xu Beihong turned away.

Looking at the back of his sweetheart's departure, Jiang Biwei felt sour in his heart, and thinking about her husband who cheated in the exam in the future, he couldn't help feeling sad and wet his eyes with tears.

What Jiang Biwei didn't know was that the young mother's love and Xu Beihong had been secretly in love with her, but due to the ethical code, it was difficult to express their love.

That day, I learned that Jiang Biwei didn't want to get married. After returning, Xu Beihong thought twice and decided to find a way to save her from the arranged marriage.

One day, Zhu Liaozhou, a good friend of Xu Beihong, went to Jiang's house to be a guest. When he saw that Jiang's parents were away, he found Jiang Biwei and asked bluntly, "If someone wants to take you abroad now, will you go?"

It's like a hurricane, which blows a stormy wave in Jiang Biwei's desperate heart, and the dark tunnel leading to the future seems to suddenly light up with a light.

Jiang Biwei's thoughts turned several times, and Xu Beihong's appearance came to mind. Zhu's subsequent words also confirmed the speculation in her heart.

It was Xu Beihong who wanted to take her abroad and give her a new world.

On the one hand, Jiang Biwei was eager to escape from the arranged marriage. On the other hand, out of love for Xu Beihong, she was still young and did not consider the possible consequences of this decision, so she blurted out: "I will go."

19 17 In the early summer, 18-year-old Jiang Biwei left a letter to her parents, took an engagement ring engraved with "Biwei", and secretly boarded the Japanese-bound "Aibo Pill" with Xu Beihong.

When Jiang's wife got home, she read the letter left by her daughter and became alert. She sent someone to inquire before she knew that she had eloped with Xu Beihong to Japan. In order to protect the Chiang family and check the faces of the two families, the Chiang family declared that Jiang Biwei died of a sudden emergency.

However, the news that Jiang Biwei eloped with others leaked out and spread widely in Shanghai and Yixing's hometown, which made the Chiang family's parents discredited and suffered numerous scorns.

Jiang Biwei paid such a price, gambled on fame and future, and won freedom and love, but at this moment, she would never think of how painful the end of love would be.

No matter how lovers eventually become bitter lovers, the beginning of love is affectionate, and Xu Jiang and his wife are no exception.

Strictly speaking, the shelf life of Xu Beihong and Jiang Biwei is about ten years, which is actually longer than that of many modern couples.

During these ten years, both of them have basically stayed abroad, and eight of them have lived in France.

From 65438 to 0923, Xu Beihong entered the National School of Fine Arts in Paris, France, and studied oil painting and sketch.

Although Jiang Biwei rarely mentions the details of their love affair in his personal memoirs, Xu Beihong's oil paintings during his stay in France have revealed his warm feelings for Jiang Biwei.

Jiang Biwei, as beautiful as flowers and pure as jade, is not only a lover, but also an inspiring muse for artist Xu Beihong.

As we all know, Xu Beihong is famous for drawing horses, but he is also quite accomplished in oil painting. He often uses Jiang Biwei as a model to complete his oil paintings, such as Portrait of a Woman with a Fan, Piano Lesson, Honeymoon, Hearing from afar, Playing the flute, Portrait of Caressing a Cat, Leaning against the Table, etc.

The beauty in the painting is demure and elegant. I think this is exactly what Xu Beihong thought Jiang Biwei really looked like at that time.

You should know that Xu Beihong lived at public expense in France at that time, and his life was very tight. He often relies on his friends to help him. They all say "but not as those who used to be poor together know". However, Xu Beihong's feelings for Jiang Biwei have not changed, but have become the source of his creation.

For Xu Beihong, muse Jiang Biwei and art are his love. They are not contradictory, but mutual achievements, but not for Jiang Biwei.

"Beihong's fanatical love for art has driven away the happiness and happiness we deserve."

Jiang Biwei later sighed.

Xu Beihong's love for art often makes their poor family worse.

1925, Dr. Sun Yat-sen died, the domestic political situation was turbulent, and the official stopped charging for studying abroad. The troubled couple had to find jobs to earn money to support their families.

Jiang Biwei has always been a spoiled girl. At that time, she had to go to a fashion shop to mend clothes.

However, their wages were too small to support their lives, so Xu Beihong had to return to China to raise living expenses.

Jiang Biwei waited for nine months, and Xu Beihong finally returned with a full load, like a child who bought candy:

"I went back to Shanghai and really bought a lot of things."

Jiang Biwei frowned: "Stone calligraphy and painting again?"

"Of course."

Under the wise men, Jiang Biwei was furious. Xu Beihong had earned a sum of money to paint portraits of wealthy businessmen, which could last for two or three years, but after buying paintings and calligraphy, there was not much left, so he would soon get into trouble again.

Apart from his different consumption concepts, Xu Beihong devoted himself to art, which led to his neglect of Jiang Biwei.

Jiang Biwei's interference in Xu Beihong's life made Xu Beihong feel bound and aggravated this neglect.

1927, Jiang Biwei was pregnant and went to Singapore by boat. Xu Beihong has already arrived in Singapore first, and promised Jiang Biwei to wait for her to return home in Singapore.

Although far from returning home, the two of them went back together and finally gave everyone an account, so Jiang Biwei had infinite expectations for this day.

However, when the ship reached the Singapore port, no matter how Jiang Biwei craned his neck and stood on the deck looking for Xu Beihong, he never found it.

Jiang Biwei was greeted by two friends of Xu Beihong, who handed her a letter. After reading it, I realized that Xu Beihong had already returned to Shanghai to settle down.

The long-awaited couple went home, so everything went up in smoke.

Jiang Biwei was disappointed and hurt. From this moment on, she realized that Xu Beihong might no longer care about her as before.

What happened afterwards also proved that the love between Xu Beihong and Jiang Biwei had already been exhausted in the long-term disputes and contradictions between husband and wife.

1929 In May, Xu Beihong taught at National Central University, and his family moved from Shanghai to Nanjing. It was here that the long-simmering marriage crisis between Xu Beihong and Jiang Biwei finally broke out.

The artist's attachment to love is similar to the attachment to art. It is difficult for Xu Beihong to find passion in the shackles of marriage, and he soon fell in love with his student Sun Yunjun, and reappeared the details of his love with Jiang Biwei.

Xu Beihong gave Sun Yunjun a name "Sun Duoci", and specially created a pair of red bean rings, inlaid with pure gold and engraved with the word "compassion", each with its own name.

Young and beautiful Sun Duoci, instead of Jiang Biwei, became Xu Beihong's lover and muse. Xu Beihong created a painting named Taicheng jathyapple for her.

Jiang Biwei once ran into this painting and was so jealous that he deliberately hid it.

After this incident, the relationship between the two became more distant. Soon after, Xu Beihong and Jiang Biwei separated.

Xu Beihong has already made up his mind to be with Sun Duoci. He didn't say a word about it and went out with his suitcase.

Unexpectedly, Sun Duoci's parents strongly opposed their love affair, and Xu Beihong's confession was never accepted, so Xu Beihong decided to prove his love for Sun Duoci in a more convincing way.

On July 3 1 day, Xu Beihong published an article in Guangxi Daily:

However, it backfired. Xu Beihong's notice not only didn't make Sun's parents change their minds, but made Sun's family move to Zhejiang. Sun Duoci finally had to obey his parents' orders and married Xu Shaodi, then director of Zhejiang Education Department.

After the love affair ended fruitlessly, Xu Beihong tried to mend fences with Jiang Biwei. However, their marriage is riddled with holes and it is difficult to return to heaven.

From 65438 to 0943, Xu Beihong fell in love with another librarian of the Chinese Academy of Fine Arts, and later changed her name to Liao.

On February 8 of the following year, the woman named Liao could no longer stand her lover status. Suddenly she took out a bottle of poison and cried and threatened Xu Beihong:

"Unless you divorce your wife in the newspaper immediately and then formally hold a wedding with me, otherwise, we will take this bottle of medicine!"

Xu Beihong was frightened to disgrace, fearing that she would do something stupid when she was excited, and quickly agreed to her request.

On February 9, 1944, the Central Daily News released a message:

After the announcement, Xu Beihong and Jiang Biwei began to prepare for divorce. After mediation by a lawyer, a pair of children were left to Jiang Biwei, and Jiang Biwei got Xu Beihong's painting 100 and 40 ancient paintings, with a price of 654,380+000 yuan.

1 94565438+February1,Xu Beihong came to the dormitory of a major professor in Shapingba, Chongqing, carrying a coarse cloth bag popular in Chongqing at that time, which contained a famous painting "Qin Ban" auctioned for 654.38+6500 yuan in 2002.

Under the witness of Lv Sibai, Zhang Shengling and the famous lawyer Mr. Shen Junru, the two signed a divorce agreement, which formally ended the marriage dispute that lasted for more than ten years.

In the whole process of marriage change, whether Xu Beihong separated or Xu Beihong moved on, Jiang Biwei never seemed to object too much. Is this because she is free and easy?

This is not the case, because Jiang Biwei himself fell in love with another man.

Jiang Biwei's favorite man, Zhang Daofan, originally loved art, then went into politics and became the president of Taiwan Province's "Legislative Yuan" (China). They knew each other as early as in France.

Zhang Daofan fell in love with Jiang Biwei at first sight, and the second meeting was at Mr. Fu Sinian's home.

On that day, Jiang Biwei was dressed in a bright and chic dress, a yellow coat and a long yellow dress. She stood on the scarlet carpet, graceful as a colorful western oil painting.

"You left a deep impression on me that day."

After so many years, Zhang Daofan can still accurately describe what happened that day to Jiang Biwei.

After the surprise that day, Zhang Daofan wrote a long letter to Jiang Biwei with passion. But at that time, Jiang Biwei had married Xu Beihong, so he declined his reply.

Zhang Daofan has deep feelings for Jiang Biwei, but Wang Xiang intends to be a goddess, and she happens to be the wife of his good friend Xu Beihong. He had to force himself to abandon this relationship and marry a French woman Susan instead.

Originally, Zhang Daofan wanted to get rid of his love for Jiang Biwei by getting married, but he never forgot Jiang Biwei.

"Although I secretly worshipped her and loved her for more than ten years, I never dared to expect anything. It was not until people insulted her and almost abandoned her that I sincerely disclosed my secret for more than ten years. "

After learning of Xu Beihong's death, Zhang Daofan often wrote to Jiang Biwei to comfort and encourage her.

At first, Jiang Biwei was deeply involved in an unhappy marriage. However, Zhang Daofan's concern and gentle attitude dispelled the haze in her heart.

"Daofan, I can't help but be deeply moved by his thoughtfulness." Jiang Biwei once lamented in his memoirs.

Compared with Xu Beihong, who is only interested in art, Zhang Daofan's concern for Jiang Biwei is reflected in many details.

When he was in Nanjing, Jiang Biwei gave his brother Jiang's manuscript to him, hoping to give it to him when he had the opportunity.

When Nanking fell, Zhang Daofan fled in a hurry with only a small amount of luggage, including this manuscript. Jiang Biwei's father arrived in Chungking and finally returned it to Chiang's father intact.

In the days when Xu Beihong ran away from home, Zhang Daofan was very kind to Jiang Biwei and helped her from time to time. Fu Jiang's work was also arranged by him in advance.

In addition to these real-life help, Zhang Daofan also provided a lot of emotional value, which made Jiang Biwei feel long-term love and cherish.

On Jiang Biwei's 40th birthday, Zhang Daofan decorated her room with colorful flowers such as peony and peony, and organized her relatives and friends to celebrate her birthday, which made her birthday party very lively.

Jiang Biwei was still immersed in age anxiety, but all the unhappiness was swept away by Zhang Daofan's careful arrangement.

For all kinds of ups and downs in marriage, Jiang Biwei found compensation from Zhang Daofan, so she didn't miss Xu Beihong.

Jiang Biwei became Zhang Daofan's lover after the divorce of 1945, and went to Taiwan Province province with him four years later.

During their stay in Taiwan Province, Jiang Biwei and Zhang Daofan lived a happy life, but it didn't last long. After all, Zhang Daofan has a wife.

After living with Zhang Daofan for ten years, Jiang Biwei made the final choice, quit the love triangle and sent his best wishes to him and his wife Susan.

In the following years, Jiang Biwei remained alone, with no lover, no husband and no contact with her children.

Qian Zhongshu said: "Marriage is a besieged city. People inside want to go out and people outside want to go in."

From the beginning of the harp and the sound, to the chicken feathers all over the ground behind, there are joys and sorrows, perhaps only the parties themselves know.

What do you think of the love and hate between Xu Beihong, Jiang Biwei and Zhang Daofan? If you were Xu Beihong or Jiang Biwei, what would you choose? Welcome to leave your comments in the comments section.

References:

"I and Sadness" and "I and Fanfan"-Jiang Biwei

Piano Class-Sanlian Life Weekly

"Like Jiang Biwei, flowers bloom twice"-Chengdu Daily