Hu Shi was a first-class figure in that period. Compared with his outstanding contribution to the New Culture Movement and outstanding academic achievements, his marriage and love life has always been talked about by people.
Hu Shi was born at 189 1 in the 17th year of Guangxu reign, while his wife Jiang Dongxiu was born at 1890, one year older than Hu Shi. At first glance, it is hard for people to understand that they can get married and live together.
First of all, there is a long-standing saying in Hu Shi's hometown: "It is better to be ten years older than a woman." In other words, if the woman happens to be one year older than the man, she is not an ideal marriage partner.
Secondly, according to the zodiac, Hu Shi belongs to the rabbit, Jiang Dongxiu belongs to the tiger, the rabbit matches the tiger girl, and the rabbit is eaten by the tiger. According to the statement, it is also against the zodiac and is not suitable for marriage.
It would be strange if there is only one taboo, but Hu Shi and Jiang Dongxiu are taboo at the same time, and they can still get married.
In fact, Feng Shundi, Hu Shi's mother, was really worried about this at first. After all, she is a rural woman with a traditional concept, and it is impossible to be indifferent to issues related to her son's lifelong events. But it is not good for her to directly reject the marriage proposed by the Chiang family, because Hu and Jiang are distant relatives.
Feng Shundi wanted to think, can't find any good way, so we have to take two seemingly different countermeasures, which is actually the same thing. First, she went to a fortune teller to calculate the date of her son's birth in Jiang Dongxiu. Unexpectedly, the fortune teller came to a completely different conclusion from a group of relatives and friends, saying that the two children were a good match.
Feng Shundi still don't trust, and start a new stove "guidance". Her idea is to write a piece of paper for the birthdays of Jiang Dongxiu and several other candidates, put it in a box and put it in front of the tablet computer in the kitchen, waiting for the "instructions" from the kitchen.
Unexpectedly, after a long time, without any writing on the wall, Feng Shundi didn't believe that these girls and their sons didn't make mistakes. But there are so many candidates, I can only choose one. She solemnly took out a piece of paper whose name happened to be Jiang Dongxiu.
Until now, Feng Shundi just swept away the haze in her heart and officially got engaged to Gu Jiang. Of course, 13-year-old Hu Shi and 14-year-old Jiang Dongxiu did not participate in their mother's engagement. Because according to the prevailing times, adults have the final say in marriage, and underage children are not qualified to interrupt or vote.
No matter how Hu Shi and Jiang Dongxiu felt when they learned of their engagement, in a word, their lifelong events were decided under the guidance of their two mothers and under the hint of fortune tellers and stoves. This old-fashioned engagement has also become the main attack point of their marriage and has been widely criticized.
In fact, the fundamental reason for the final combination of Hu Shi and Jiang Dongxiu is not only the calculation of fortune-teller and the prediction of kitchen god, but also its deep-seated reasons.
One of the factors is that Hu Jia and Jiang Jia are relatives (Hu Shi's aunt is an aunt, and there is still a little seniority), and they know each other well, which is completely in line with a major feature of Huizhou marriage in the late Qing Dynasty: neighbors marry each other.
The second factor is that the marriage between the two parties can be described as suitable. Both Hu's family and Jiang's family have ancestors who served at the level of Qing state capital, which is regarded as a poetic ceremony in the local area and has considerable prestige.
The third factor is that both Hu Shi and Jiang Dongxiu died young, and their mothers were in the overall situation. Similar family background undoubtedly adds points to this marriage.
The fourth factor is that both Hu and Jiang are satisfied with their future daughter-in-law. Hu Shi's personality is relatively calm since he was a child, and he is very talented in reading. Naturally, he became an ambitious teenager and promising young man in the eyes of his elders. As for Jiang Dongxiu, although most of the photos she can see now look round and fat, in her girlhood, her appearance was dignified and delicate.
Perhaps it is because of the above factors that Hu Shi and Jiang Dongxiu got married even though the woman is one year older than the man and the zodiac signs collide. They got married on 19 17. Although Hu Shi had an emotional entanglement with another female relative, Cao, after several years, his marriage with Cao never broke down. Until Hu Shi died in 1962, Jiang Dongxiu lived alone for 13 years. That is to say, Jiang Dongxiu, a woman who was not suitable for people to marry Hu Shi at the beginning, became Hu Shi's only wife, and it was no exaggeration to accompany him and take care of him until his death.
The above is about the marriage of a male tiger and a female rabbit, and it is about Jiang Dongxiu's sharing. I saw the combination of a male tiger and a female rabbit. I hope this will help everyone!