Chiang Kai-shek -- Family Affairs. Family Letters

Author: Chunming
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Publish Date: 2000-06-01
Features: Jiang Jieshi was a man who excelled in cunning. He deeply understood the meaning behind the famous saying of Master Meng, "Heaven will bestow great responsibilities upon those who suffer hardships in mind, labor in body, starve in body, and are destitute in spirit, so that their actions are constantly thwarted." He believed it was entirely necessary for his son to suffer more hardships and encounter more obstacles in real life in order to be tempered and to strengthen his willpower. This book narrates the story of the Jiang family with substantial historical records, while also selecting some of Jiang Jieshi's family letters. It not only tells the life story of Jiang Jieshi but also describes the second and third generations of the Jiang family. As the saying goes, "Mountains are not high, but fame comes with sages; waters are not deep, but spirits come with dragons." It was just an ordinary Jiangnan town that, thanks to the emergence of a "great hero of the age," suddenly shrouded itself in layers of mysterious aura, making even the bricks, tiles, grass, and trees in the place seem to be glorified. It appeared that this place had truly become the "Dragon Ascending Land," a place to raise a "true dragon king." This "great hero of the age" was Jiang Jieshi, and this Jiangnan town was Xikou.