Song Ailing is the oldest child of the Song family, and Song Yaoru devoted the most efforts to her, expecting her to be an example for her brothers and sisters. From a very young age, he taught children to learn English; During his missionary work and running a missionary school in Taicang, he often took his daughter to the office and left a deep impression on her in all kinds of interpersonal communication in society. Song Ailing often visits with his father, listens to his father talk about various things in society, plays games with his father and sings folk songs he learned in the southern United States. It is the influence of his family that Song Ailing showed a brave and stubborn character from an early age. Just five years old, she asked to go to school, and her parents sent her to the "Sanyitang" western-style girls' school near Shanghai Baxianqiao. This is a missionary school for foreigners and children from upper-class families in China. Miss Richardson, the headmaster, thinks the children are too young to accept. Song Ailing talked with the headmaster in English and insisted on going to school, which surprised Miss Richardson and took away this "special student" who was still wet behind the ears. Soon, Yuling's two sisters Qingling and Meiling also entered the "Trinity Hall" girls' school one after another.
Soong Ching Ling entered Shanghai Chinese and Western Girls' School as a teenager, which was the first fee-paying girls' school founded by foreign churches in China, and religious courses and activities accounted for a certain proportion. She spent her college life at Wesleyan Women's College, a private college affiliated to the United Methodist Church in Georgia, USA. Therefore, her thoughts and activities have obvious religious imprint and fraternity spirit of a certain class, which has played an important role in the formation of her world outlook.
Song Meiling studied English at home when he was a child. 19 10 went to America, and then studied at Wesleyan Women's University.
Song Ziwen (1894-1971)1894 65438+was born in Shanghai on February 4th. Originally from Wenchang County, Guangdong Province (now Hainan Province). President and Minister of Finance of the Executive Yuan of the National Government during the Republic of China. His father, Song Jiashu, studied in the United States in his early years, worked as a missionary in Shanghai, and then turned to business, sympathizing with and supporting Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary activities. Song Ziwen graduated from St. John's University, and then entered the Economics Department of Harvard University.
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