Unusual Last Three Years between Li Zongren and Me (ePub)

Li Zongren, General First Class of the China's National Revolutionary Army and leader of the "e;Guangxi Faction"e; within the Kuomintang (KMT), was one of the figures who had an important influence in the Northern Expedition. He was elected vice president under the 1948 KMT constitution. After Chiang Kai-Shek was forced to relinquish power, Li served as the acting president at one time and failed to save the National Government by reconciliation. Afterwards, he left for the United States. However, he together with his wife Guo Dejie returned to Beijing in 1965 and was welcomed by * and other leaders of the CPC. He died in Beijing on January 30, 1969. Hu Yousong, author of Last Extraordinary Three Years between Li Zongren and Me (1966-1969, Full Version), was an illegitimate daughter of Hudie (primitive name Hu Ruihua) and the third wife of Li Zongren. When she was married to Li Zongren, she was only 27 year old yet Li was 76. In the third year after marriage, Li Zongren died, and since then, Hu Yousong never remarried. This manuscript is not a personal narrative of Li Zongren; instead, it tells the warm, happy and unusual three years the author spent with Li through the writing approach of XXth person, records the harmonious life moments of the couple after their marriage, and describes his military political career Li Zongren recalled to the author, the historic moments he had experienced, and the tough times and lonely life the author suffered as a single woman after the death of Li. With simple and touching text, the book is full of nostalgia, worship, and gratitude and is a piece of work that allows readers to understand Li Zongren in his later years. The book is a documentary with sincere emotion, simple language and smooth structure. It is a memoir of Li Zongren's later years as well as personality characteristics, featuring both historical value and a valuable literature leisure reading material.