Speaking of this book, I have to first introduce the author’s life and how he could afford an autobiography.
Yang Buwei (1889-1981) was born into a distinguished family in Nanjing. In 1912 (22 years old), she served as the principal of China's first "Chongshi Girls' Middle School". Later he went to Japan to study medicine and graduated with a doctorate in medicine from Tokyo Imperial University in 1919. After returning to China, he co-founded a private hospital "Senren Hospital" with his classmate Li Guanzhong in Rongxian Hutong, Beijing. At the age of 32, she married the famous linguist Mr. Zhao Yuanren. Died in March 1981. He is the author of books such as "Autobiography of a Woman", "Miscellaneous Notes on the Zhao Family", "Chinese Recipes", and "History of Changes in Chinese Women through the Ages".
Husband Zhao Yuanren (1892.11.3-1982.2.24) was born in Tianjin in the 18th year of Guangxu (1892). Famous modern scholar, linguist and musician. Zhao Yuanren successively taught at Cornell University, Harvard University, Tsinghua University in China, Institute of History and Language of Academia Sinica, University of Hawaii, Yale University, Harvard University, University of Michigan, and later taught at the University of California, Berkeley for a long time (1947-1963). And retire in Berkeley?. Zhao Yuanren received honorary doctorates from Princeton University (1946), University of California (1962), and Ohio State University (1970), "Faculty Research Lecturer" (1967) from the University of California, and honorary professor from Peking University in China. . Zhao Yuanren is a pioneer of modern Chinese linguistics and is known as the "Father of Modern Chinese Linguistics". He is also a pioneer of modern Chinese musicology and one of the founders of the "China Science Society". Zhao Yuanren's representative works in linguistics include: "Research on Modern Wu Dialect", "Grammar of Chinese Dialect", "Mandarin Phonogram Textbook", etc. Zhao Yuanren's representative works in music include: "Teach Me How to Miss Her", "Haiyun", "Xiamen University School Anthem", etc.? The representative works translated by Zhao Yuanren include "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland".
All four daughters have become talents
The eldest daughter-Zhao Rulan (Iris) was born on April 19, 1922. Radcliffe has a doctorate in Chinese music and is a professor at Harvard University. She and her husband Bian Xuexuan are both at Academia Sinica. academician.
The second daughter-Zhao Xina (Nova) was born on May 14, 1923. She is a professor in the Department of Chemistry at Harvard University and Changsha Central South Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Her husband Huang Peiyun is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
The third daughter, Zhao Laisi (Lensey), was born on June 14, 1929. She graduated from the Institute of Mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley. She has published 23 books, including some children's books. Her husband, Isaac, is the author. Namioka is a professor of mathematics at Washington State University.
The fourth daughter - Zhao Xiaozhong (Bella) was born on May 24, 1931. She graduated from Cornell University in the United States with a master's degree in physics.
The above life story reveals that the author is a storyteller.
She is such a woman.
"I am also an authentic woman. Most women care about how they look, and so do I. I like some jewelry, and I like to have a lot of good clothes. I compare my beautiful daughters to my past Compared with his appearance, I am still very proud of myself. When I treat guests, I always treat them differently from the people in the Zhang family and the people in the Li family.”
It’s nice to be able to memorize poetry. thing. No matter whether you are a child, old or old, it would be great if you could memorize a few long poems from beginning to end. If "Song of Everlasting Sorrow" and "Pipa Play" are too long, "Mulan Ci" will also work.
She is a new woman in an old-fashioned society. She has been destined to marry her cousin since she was a child. However, one is to oppose the old-style marriage system arranged by her parents, and the other is not to deal with her future mother-in-law. Let’s see how she A letter to break off the engagement.
Speak appropriately and with natural reasoning. At that time, the price the woman had to pay for breaking off the engagement was to be tacitly acknowledged or ordered not to marry for the rest of her life. Her father blurted out that she would not marry in the future, and her sincere retort was, "Why do you want me to agree not to marry? My cousin doesn't necessarily mean that I won't marry. If I meet someone good and ideal, I will marry him. If I meet someone who is not suitable, why don't I not marry him?"
Her future mother-in-law, her aunt, is like this. Fortunately, she has an open-minded and caring family.
Perhaps it can be seen that no matter what era or society, there is never a real family, and everyone cares differently. Only parents' sincere love for their children will not change.
As China’s first female doctor of medicine, let’s take a look at her views on career and equality.
There is also the attitude towards the profession of doctor. Learning medicine is not easy. The general public should actually do it and cherish it.
After she turned thirty, she met her future husband, and her love and family were fulfilled for half her life.
So naturally we cannot give up hope at any time. At the same time, we must not give up on self-growth and development. As Ms. Yang said, before entering a certain threshold, you still have to develop yourself as much as possible.
"The Autobiography of a Woman" is a book that can be read in one go. As for why the author had four parents since birth, how he regretted getting engaged and became the principal of the first girls' school at the age of twenty , how she studied abroad to become the first female doctor of medicine, how she opened a hospital, and how she met the man who was later called one of the "Four Great Mentors of Tsinghua University". Read them one by one, and I won't spoil it here.