On January 26, 2008 (December 19, 2007 in the lunar calendar), Zhang Hanzhi, a famous Chinese diplomat, died of illness at the age of 73. Celebrity Zhang Hanzhi At 8:25 a.m. on January 26th, 2008, Zhang Hanzhi, a famous Chinese diplomat, died of illness at Chaoyang Hospital in Beijing at the age of 73. Her daughter Hong Huang accompanied her through the last moment of her life. Zhang Hanzhi, born in Shanghai in 1935, is the adopted daughter of Zhang Shizhao, a famous patriotic democrat in China, the English translator of Mao Zedong and the wife of Qiao Guanhua, a former diplomat. Graduated from the postgraduate class of English Department of Beijing Foreign Studies University in 1960. In 1971, Zhang Hanzhi ended his 14-year teaching career and was personally assigned to work in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs by Mao Zedong. He said, "China needs female diplomats. I think you can. You can speak and write, and you have great courage." She started as a clerk, went up the stairs through the section chief, deputy director and director, and went all the way to the deputy director of the Asia Department. He once attended the UN General Assembly and served as deputy representative of the Chinese delegation. She was one of China's outstanding diplomats in the 1970s. In the early 1970s, she participated in the talks on the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States, and participated in a series of major activities such as Nixon's visit to China and the Shanghai Communique negotiations. He was a member of China's first delegation to the UN General Assembly in 1971, and one of China's deputy representatives to the UN General Assembly from 1973 to 1975. Together with her husband Qiao Guanhua, Zhang Hanzhi was active in the diplomatic arena of the United Nations. In 1983, he served as the executive director of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries. In 1987, he was transferred to the director of the International Department of the Rural Development Research Center of the State Council, and in 1990, he was transferred to the director of the International Department of the Development Research Center of the State Council. Extended reading of Zhang Hanzhi, a celebrity: The life legend of Zhang Hanzhi, the last celebrity in China Extended reading: The life legend of Zhang Hanzhi, the last celebrity in China About Zhang Hanzhi, apart from the unanimously agreed beauty and intelligence, the title added to her head has always been so eye-catching: in the Republic of China, she was the adopted daughter of barrister Zhang Shizhao; In the Republic era, she was the English teacher of President Mao Zedong; Later, she became the wife of Qiao Guanhua, then Foreign Minister. Ten years of spring and autumn, mutual affection, Zhang Qiao's love, inseparable. At 8:20 a.m. on January 26th, 2008, Zhang Hanzhi, an outstanding Chinese female diplomat in 1970s, died of lung infection in Beijing at the age of 72. A group of famous artists in literary and artistic circles are saddened. They said: Zhang Hanzhi left with a piece of history. She brought with her a classic image of old Shanghai, a life-and-death love affair with Qiao Guanhua, and anecdotes of Zhongnanhai. Zhang Hanzhi's biological mother named Tan Xueqing, a famous social butterfly on the Shanghai beach. She used to be a salesman at the Kang Keling pen monopoly counter of Yongan Company, known as Kang Keling Xi Shi. His biological father is Chen Du, the son of warlord Chen Tiaoyuan. The two live together unmarried, and after talking about being pregnant, they don't want to be concubines. Chen Tiaoyuan asked Zhang Shizhao to come forward to mediate the private matter, and entrusted the daughter born to Zhang, named Zhang Hanzhi. Becoming Chairman Mao's English teacher 1963 was a memorable year for Zhang Hanzhi. This year she became Mao Zedong's English teacher. Zhang Hanzhi's lucky opportunity is entirely rooted in the relationship between her father and Mao Zedong. As Zhang Shizhao said, he and Mao Zedong have been friends for decades. December 26th, 1963 is Mao Zedong's 70th birthday. In addition to relatives, Mao Zedong invited four fellow Hunan villagers, Cheng Qian, Ye Gongchuo, Wang Jifan and Zhang Shizhao, to a family dinner. When inviting, it is specifically stated that you can bring a child without your wife. Zhang Shizhao took Zhang Hanzhi with him. After Mao Zedong asked her about her work, he said, "Teacher Zhang, would you like to be my teacher? I will learn English with you." Zhang Hanzhi thought Mao Zedong was joking: "Chairman, how dare I be your teacher? You are all our teachers." Mao Zedong was very serious: "I can't be a teacher when I teach English, but I have to worship you as a teacher!" So, from the Sunday after New Year's Day in 1964, Zhang Hanzhi went to Mao Zedong to teach English, each time for more than an hour, lasting for half a year. Every time he finished reading English, Mao Zedong had to talk with Zhang Hanzhi about other things for a while. At the end of March, 1971, Zhang Hanzhi entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. First, he did general work in the Asia Division, then became deputy director, and soon was promoted to deputy director. But her regular job is to be an English translator in various foreign affairs occasions. The special job made her have as many opportunities to see Mao Zedong as she taught English in Zhongnanhai, but times have changed, and she can no longer find the frank and quiet atmosphere of the 1960s. Zhang Hanzhi and Hong Junyan's sensational divorce truth about Zhang Hanzhi Before marrying Qiao Guanhua, Zhang Hanzhi had a failed marriage. This failed marriage: one is a 15-year-old girl in junior high school, and the other is Hong Junyan, a high flyers from Peking University, who have been in love for eight years. Zhang Hanzhi's marriage is not happy, but it has been dragging on without divorce. The day before the delegation went to the United Nations General Assembly in new york, Chairman Mao actually asked Zhang Hanzhi to make a wise choice in front of everyone. Qiao Guanhua is 22 years older than Zhang Hanzhi, and he is the Minister of Foreign Affairs. This disparity in love makes it extremely difficult for Zhang Hanzhi to leave. In 1973, Qiao Guanhua was 60 years old and was a minister; Zhang Hanzhi is 38 years old and is the director. Even if the difference in reputation and status is put aside, the difference in age is enough to make people look askance. Although Zhang Hanzhi hesitated, he accepted it calmly. Zhang Hanzhi gave up the opportunity to be an ambassador and devoted all his feelings to Qiao Guanhua. After spending 1976, which she didn't want to recall, she and Qiao Guanhua lived a civilian life. No.51 Shijia Hutong recorded everything about their heart-to-heart relationship. After Qiao Guanhua's death in 1983, 48-year-old Zhang Hanzhi has been immersed in the nostalgia of Qiao. It took another 10 years for her to gradually come out of this lost emotion. According to Zhang Hanzhi's own memoir "Wind and Rain", the relationship between Zhang and Hong broke down and even divorced due to Hong Junyan's affair. From 1993 to 2003, Zhang Hanzhi wrote articles, published books or gave interviews. Whenever she mentioned her divorce from Hong, she always said that the late Chairman Mao Zedong told her to divorce. She said that Chairman Mao criticized her for being worthless, and said to her this: "My teacher, I said that you are worthless because you have a good face, and you don't liberate yourself! Your man has already made good with someone else, why don't you divorce? Why are you afraid that others will know? The marriage has been blown away, why don't you liberate yourself?" In this regard, my ex-husband Hong Junyan expressed different opinions, which can be found in Hong Kong Ming Pao, Hong Junyan: Before and after my divorce. The article points out that after Hong suffered political persecution, Zhang not only didn't care and help, but began to associate with other men. The only mistake in life was to stand opposite Premier Zhou. Zhang Hanzhi also admitted his mistake at that time in his memoirs Qiao Guanhua and I and Crossing the Thick Red Gate: "I made two big mistakes. That mistake was for survival." "The first time was in the late autumn of 1973... a few years later, I once defended myself and Guanhua, saying that it was a tragedy caused by the times." "I said and did things against my will for my own survival and 'future'. Zhang Hanzhi and his wife did criticize Zhou for their future, but it was impossible to check whether they were sincere or against their will at that time. As for doing something to relieve the pressure on the Prime Minister, it was not difficult at first. For example, after the meeting, Ji Dengkui would go to Zhang Zuoliang (the Prime Minister's health doctor) and quietly ask, "How is it? Are you okay?". Zhang and Qiao, if you can't, you can't do it. According to Zhang Hanzhi, after a meeting with foreign guests in 1975, Qiao Guanhua painfully analyzed his cowardice in 1973 to the Prime Minister, and got the understanding of the Prime Minister. But just after that meeting, the staff asked to take a photo with the Prime Minister. Zhang and Qiao were both in the group photo crowd. After taking the photo, the Prime Minister suddenly said loudly, "I hope you won't cross my face in the future." Some scholars believe that this is pointing Qiao Zhang. Qiao Guanhua is a cadre brought up by Premier Zhou since the 1940s, and their relationship is the same as father and son. At the critical moment, it is a real sword and a real gun. On the contrary, Jiang Qing's nurse Xiao Zhao, the Prime Minister only solved her difficulty once. During the "criticism of Zhou", she actually said to Zhang Zuoliang in the Great Hall, "Dr. Zhang, you don't know yet. They sleep during the day and come to the meeting at night to rectify the Prime Minister... What are they doing!" Zhang asked her to be quiet, and she said, "Dr. Zhang, you don't have to be afraid. I speak, I am responsible, and I am not afraid of going to jail!" Zhang Hanzhi and Qiao Guanhua "She is a standard Shanghai woman." Her close friend, composer Chen Gang, commented on her-"She is a standard Shanghai woman. Just like the landlady in In the Mood for Love, she speaks Shanghainese more purely than us. Although we are the same year, she is like an old Shanghai older than me." Chen Gang recalled, "Her charm and demeanor are completely the image of a 'Shanghai woman'. She dressed fashionably but measured, familiar with international affairs, and spoke pure Oxford English, but at the same time, she was temperamental." "Although she has nothing to do, she still brought a few students. When she is so lonely, she still has to find some meaning in life. Only with a good attitude can she stand up to the ups and downs." Bai Hua said. He recalled that Zhang Hanzhi's home was filled with photos of Qiao Guanhua. "She was always immersed in love. But when chatting with us, she never mentioned the sad past, but laughed and was very optimistic." In 1985, when Japanese actress Yoshiko Nakano visited, she said that she had found very noble women in China, one was Bai Yang and the other was Zhang Hanzhi. A few years ago, Zhang Hanzhi revealed in a speech to college students that he was not a "talented woman" because of his lack of culture. Bai Hua sighed, "The more informed people are, the more they feel inadequate. For example, she can often explain international events endlessly in funny and popular language. I think few Chinese women can be like her today. The people, events and history she has dabbled in are all her personal experiences, and she can tell them without learning. Not long ago, she told me that Chinese literature and documentary works are very good, but why they can't be popularized internationally is because they can't be written in English. So she is writing her autobiography in English. It seems that it is a great pity that she can't finish it now. "