Thirty years ago today, on September 8, 1995 (August 14, 1995 lunar calendar), female writer Zhang Ailing passed away in Los Angeles, USA. Zhang Ailing On September 8, 1995, the famous female writer Zhang Ailing passed away in Los Angeles, USA at the age of 74. Born in Shanghai on September 30, 1920, she was famous. Her grandmother, Li Jukuan, was the daughter of Li Hongzhang, Cixi's confidant Zhongtang. However, her childhood was dark. Her biological mother traveled to Europe, leaving her and her younger brother to grow up under the supervision of her father and stepmother. During her middle school years, Zhang Ailing was regarded as a genius and passed the entrance examination of the University of London. Later, the war forced her to give up the opportunity to go to London and choose the University of Hong Kong. After returning to Shanghai, because of economic relations, she used her only means of survival - writing to tide over the difficulties. "First Incense" and "Second Incense" became her famous works, "Red and White Roses", "Love in the City" and "The Book of Golden Locks" established her important position in modern Chinese literature. Just as she was recognized as the leading female writer in Shanghai, her career was booming, she fell in love. It was Hu Lancheng, who served the Ministry of Culture of the government of the traitor Wang Jingwei, who fascinated her. She gave her all for this relationship. In the "History of Cultural Traitors" published in 1945, Zhang Ailing was named on the list, which was more or less thanks to Hu Lancheng. After liberation, she left the mainland. Her representative works include "Love in the City", "The Book of Golden Locks", "Red Roses and White Roses", "Half-Life Fate", etc. Introduction to Zhang Ailing: Born in Shanghai on September 10, 1920, her father Zhang Tingzhong and mother Huang Yifan, originally from Fengrun, Hebei, her real name is Zhang Ying. In 1922, the family moved to Tianjin. In 1927, she began to try out short stories. In 1928, the family returned to Shanghai. In 1931, she entered Shanghai Santa Maria Girls' School, where she was named Zhang Ailing, and changed her English name to Eileen. In 1932, she first published "Unfortunate Her" in the school magazine. From 1933 to 1936, she published works such as "Late Dusk" and "Autumn Rain" in the school magazine, and wrote "Ideal Village in the Ideal" and "Dream of Modern Red Mansions". Graduated from middle school in 1937. Imprisoned by her father in the same year. In 1938, he escaped from his father's house. He defected to his mother and aunt. He took the entrance examination of the University of London and achieved the first place in the Far East. In 1939, he entered the University of Hong Kong with the results of the University of London. 1940-1941 "My Genius Dream" won the 13th place honorary award for "West Wind" essay. He won the only two scholarships in the liberal arts at the University of Hong Kong, NEMAZEE and HOFOOKAWARDFORBESTSOPHOMORE. He dropped out of school at the beginning of the Pacific War in 1941. In 1942, he returned to Shanghai and began his writing career. Written articles for the English magazine "Twentieth Century". In May 1943, "Agarwood Crumbs - First Incense" was published in "Violet" magazine, "Jasmine Fragrance Piece" was published in "Magazine Monthly" in July, "Heart Sutra" was published in "Vientiane" in August, and "Golden Lock Book" was published in "Magazine Monthly" in November. Other novels and essays appeared, becoming a rising star in Shanghai's literary scene, attracting attention. In 1944, he published novels such as "When You Were Young", "Flower Withered", "Red Rose and White Rose", the collection of short stories "Legend" was published by the magazine publishing house, and the collection of essays "Gossip" was published by China Science Corporation. He married Hu Lancheng in the same year. In 1945, he published "Genesis" and wrote his own drama "Love in the City", which was performed in Shanghai. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Hu Lancheng fled to Wenzhou. In 1946, the updated version of "Legend" was published by Shanhe Book Company. From 1947 to 1949, he wrote "Long Live the Wife" and "No Love" for Mandarin Film Company. In 1947, he broke up with Hu Lancheng. In 1950, he serialized "Eighteen Spring" in "Yibao" under the pseudonym of Liang Jing, and "Xiao Ai" in "Yibao" in the same year. In the summer of 1952, he went to Hong Kong from Shanghai and began to work as a casual translator for the US Information Office. Therefore, he met Song Qi and Kwong Wenmei and became lifelong friends. In the same year, he published a translation of "The Old Man and the Sea". In 1953, he published translations of "Little Deer" and "Emerson Anthology". In 1954, "Zhang Ailing's Collection of Short Stories" was published by Hong Kong Tianfeng Publ Published "Yangko" and "Love on the Red Land", translated as "Headless Horseman". In the autumn of 1955, he left Hong Kong to New York, USA. The English "Yangko" was published by Scribner Company in New York. In March 1956, he received support from MacDowell Colony and went to live in Peterborough, a small town in New Hampshire. He met American writer Ferdinand Reyher and got married in New York on August 18 of the same year. "The May 4th Remains" was published in English. In 1957, CBS released the English screenplay "Yangko". Xia Zhiqing's "On Eileen Chang" was published in Taipei's "Literary Magazine", which first affirmed the importance of Eileen Chang in the history of fiction. In the autumn of 1958, he went to live in Hengtingtun-Hartford Art Camp in California for half a year, and at the same time worked on the English translation of "The Biography of Di Village". In 1959, he moved to San Francisco. In addition to writing English novels, he made a living by writing movie scripts. From 1956 to 1963, through Song Qi, he edited "Love Field is Like a Battlefield", "People and Wealth", "June Bride", "Little Children", "Gentle Township", "Peach Blossom Luck" and "North and South Family" for Hong Kong Dianmao Company. He became an American citizen in 1960. He visited Taiwan in the autumn of 1961. He went to Hong Kong to edit the first and second episodes of "Dream of Red Mansions" for Dianmao Company (not filmed). In 1962, he returned to Washington to reunite with his husband. In 1963, he published "Return to the Front" in "Reporter" From 1964 to 1966, he edited a radio drama for the Voice of America, adapting the works of Maupassant, James, Susinizin and others. In 1966, he became a writer-in-residence at Miami University and went to live in Oxford, Ohio for about nine months. "Crown" published "The Wretched Girl". In 1967, he went to Cambridge, Massachusetts, and was awarded the foundation of Zhongpengding College at Rydcliffe University to translate "The Biography of Flowers at Sea" in English. Lai Ya died in Cambridge the same year. "Eighteen Springs" was changed to "Half Life" and published in "Crown". The English version of "The Wretched Girl" (Rouge of the North) was published in London by Cassell. 1968 Crown Publishing House republished "Zhang Ailing's Collection of Short Stories", "Rumors" and "Yangge". Zhang Ailing made a comeback in Taiwan and Hong Kong. 1969-1971 Worked at the Center for Chinese Studies at the University of California, Berkeley for research on the terminology of the Communist Party of China. 1972 Moved to Los Angeles. 1976 "Zhang Kan" was published. 1977 "Dream of the Red Chamber" was published. 1978 The last three short stories were published in "Crown", including "Lust-Caution". 1981 Zhang Ailing's annotated translation of "Flowers on the Sea" was published. 1984 Shanghai "Harvest" magazine republished "Golden Lock", which also received renewed attention in the mainland. 1987 "Rhyme" was published. Taipei "United Literature" published "Zhang Ailing Special Number". 1988, "Sequel" was published. From 1991 to 1994, Crown published "The Complete Works of Eileen Chang". In 1994, the last living work "Comparison" was published. In the same year, The Times "Special Achievement Award". Died in Westwood, Los Angeles in early September 1995, at the age of 74. Photos of Eileen Chang as a child Rochester Street Apartment in Los Angeles, Eileen Chang's last living residence Photos published in the 1944 Magazine Monthly