The Century Legend of Zhang Xueliang: An Autobiographical Record (Vol. 1 & 2)

Author: Wang Shujun (USA)
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Publish Date: 2002-04-01
Features: This book adopts the oral recording interviews with the subject conducted by Professor Tang Degang, a Chinese-American historian, to authentically and thoroughly document every stage of Zhang's life from his birth to his death at the age of 101 in Hawaii. As one of the "Four Gentlemen of the Republic of China" in his youth, the charming "Young Marshal"; as the "King of Northern China" in middle age, who once bore the nation's condemnation as the "Non-Resisting General," and the "rival of Chiang Kai-shek" during the Xi'an Incident, later imprisoned for a long time as the "melancholy Hamlet"; and as an elderly man who returned to simplicity, a devout believer in Jesus Christ. All these personas converged into one person, further enhancing his legendary status. Even in prison, his glimpses of political affairs revealed the depth of his experiences. Among these, his enduring love for Miss Zhao spanning three-quarters of a century particularly captivated the public's attention.