The Days I Spent by the Sides of Chiang Kai-shek and His Son

Author: Weng Yuan
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Publish Date: 1994-10-01
Features: The author, Weng Yuan, served as a close personal attendant to both Chiang Kai-shek and Chiang Ching-kuo from 1946 to 1988. Through his extensive firsthand observations and experiences, he recorded the daily lives, dietary habits, health practices, leisure interests, religious beliefs, personality traits, political activities, interpersonal interactions, family dynamics, marital relationships, power struggles, family rise and fall, and even the details of Chiang Kai-shek and Chiang Ching-kuo's deaths. The book offers a rich and detailed oral history. For a long time, the Chinese public has been accustomed to viewing the complex political family of the Chiangs through two distorted lenses: one is the traditional Nationalist Party's personality cult, and the other is blindly following the condemnation of Chiang Kai-shek's enemies. However, regardless of political stance, it must be acknowledged that both Chiang Presidents had a far-reaching impact on modern China and contemporary Taiwan. Based on this macro historical reality, through the comprehensive confession of Weng Yuan, a close aide, we can objectively delve into the core of the Chiang family, moving Chiang Kai-shek and Chiang Ching-kuo from the historical altar or the historical scaffold back to the starting point of the historical wheel, restoring this political family to its true form.