Old photos: Figure 1 shows a woman who was "violently corpse" by Zhang Zuolin, Figure 6 shows Yuan Shikai's foreign concubine.

(Woman who talks about history-No.943)

Due to some special reasons, many famous beauties in history have short lives. For example, the four famous beauties in ancient times, except The Story Of Diu Sim's birth and death are unknown, the other three, Xi Shi, have short lives. In addition, famous beauties in history, such as Yu Ji of Xiang Yu, the overlord of the Western Chu Dynasty, Zhen Fu, the "goddess of Luo" in the Three Kingdoms period, Bayan in Qinhuai in the late Ming Dynasty, and Shi Pingmei and even Lin Huiyin in in the Republic of China, all have short lives (most of them are within 3 years old, only Lin Huiyin has just passed 5 years old), so there is a saying that "the beauty has been unlucky since ancient times".

However, there was a real beauty in the Republic of China. She was the first beauty in the history of Fudan University. She broke the law of "beauty is unlucky". She not only got happy love twice in her life, but also lived to be 112 years old. The secret of her longevity of 112 years old is only four words. So what's different about her life? This period is decomposed.

(1) The first beauty in the history of Fudan University

This beautiful woman is Yan Youyun (195—217), whose ancestral home is Ningbo, Zhejiang, and she was born in Tianjin. She is an out-and-out lady. His grandfather Yan Xinhou is a famous industrialist, painter and businessman. He was once a member of Li Hongzhang's think tank, and his life was brilliant: he founded the first machine ginning factory in China in Ningbo; Invested in sack factory, flour mill, oil mill and inland shipping industry in Shanghai; And opened the famous Laojiu Zhangsatin Village in Nanjing Road.

In 1897, Yan Xinhou was appointed as the first general manager of China Commercial Bank and participated in the establishment of Siming Bank. In 192, he served as the first business group in Shanghai, the first prime minister of Shanghai Commercial Conference Office, known as the "First Chamber of Commerce" in China; In 195, he participated in the establishment of Huaxing Insurance Company, the first insurance company in China. He is a patriotic Confucian businessman. He has donated money to set up voluntary schools in his hometown, such as Yangzheng School, Zhixiu Yishu, Zhitian Yishu, and other medical institutions, and also initiated the establishment of Chucai School (now the predecessor of Ningbo Middle School).

Yan Zijun, the father of Yan Youyun, is also a successful businessman. He once presided over Yuanfengrun Bank and Yuanji Bank in Shanghai. Yan Youyun was born in Tianjin on September 27th, 195. She lived in a big family with warm, harmonious and rich cultural atmosphere since childhood. She is intelligent and likes reading. Because of its many brothers and sisters, the family invited two university teachers, one to teach Chinese and the other to teach English. Later, Yan Youyun and her elder sisters, Cai Yun and Lian Yun, successively studied in Tianjin Chinese and Western Girls' School.

in the 192s, higher education in China was still in its infancy. In 1925, the total number of college students in China was only over 3,, and girls were even more rare. Yan's three sisters were admitted to institutions of higher learning successively, and Yan Youyun was admitted to Hujiang University in 1925. In 1927, she transferred to Fudan University for business, becoming the first group of girls in Fudan University. Later, she was called the first girl in Fudan University.

Because Yan Youyun was outstanding in appearance, read a lot of poetry books, and was rich in family resources and elegant in dressing, she was even more extraordinary among the girls who were scarce at that time, just like heaven and man. At that time, when she went to school, she had a special car (she could drive herself), and its license plate number was "84". Some boys pronounced her English EightyFour as "the flower of love" in Shanghai, so Yan Youyun became the beauty queen of Fudan University. Because she was the first group of girls in Fudan, she was called "the first beauty queen of Fudan". For a time, its fame spread all over Shanghai beach and became one of the famous ladies in Shanghai in the 192s.

(2) The young diplomat's wife

Yan Youyun had become the object of many rich children's pursuit when she was studying in Fudan, but she ignored all the dude children. She was not a vase-like girl, but she also had lofty ideals. She studied hard at Fudan University and achieved excellent results. In just two years, she took a full 135 credits. What she wants is a real talent. Finally, he chose a young diplomat.

His name is sheng, a native of Zhejiang, and his father is a big silk merchant in Huzhou. Yang Guangling studied in Shanghai Jingye Middle School in his early years, and then went to Tsinghua School (the predecessor of Tsinghua University). Because of his excellent grades, he was sent to the United States to study after graduation in 192, and obtained a doctorate in international law from Princeton University. When he was in the United States, he worked as an attache in the Embassy of China in the United States. Yang Guanghao once taught in Tsinghua University after returning to China. Soon he joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Beiping Government. When he became a diplomat at a young age, Yang Guanghao had a bright future. In 1925, he participated in the China delegation as an expert and attended the International Opium Conference held in Geneva.

Yan Youyun met Yang Guangling, a talented and handsome man at a dance, and they admired each other. In September, 1929, a 24-year-old proud and beautiful school beauty married a 29-year-old handsome diplomat. They held a luxurious wedding in Shanghai Dahua Hotel, which was presided over by Foreign Minister Wang Zhengting. The family status of the two sides was prominent, and they were perfect for each other. At that time, they shocked the whole Shanghai beach and became a much-told story.

Shortly after her marriage, Yang Guanghao was sent by the National Government to work in Europe, and successively worked in London, Geneva, Paris and other places. Yan Youyun accompanied her as a diplomat's wife. Yang Guanghao was the Consul General of China in London, and participated in the work of China's delegation to the League of Nations. In Europe, Yan Youyun has been studying in a missionary school and learned to speak fluent English. Their first daughter was born in Switzerland. The birth of her daughter kept the Shanghai socialite busy overnight, not only managing the housework, recruiting and training servants, guiding chefs, but also planning and hosting various banquets. As a young diplomat's wife, Yan Youyun is hard and happy.

(3) Losing his lover and shouldering the heavy burden of life alone

In 1938, Yang Guangling became the Consul General of the Republic of China in Manila, the capital of the Philippines, as a minister. At a time when the domestic military and civilians were struggling to resist the Japanese invaders, he gave full play to his diplomatic skills and made outstanding achievements in raising patriotic donations among overseas Chinese. Yan Youyun personally designed and arranged the decoration of the Consul General's residence, accompanied her husband to attend various diplomatic activities, and the hostess, who is good at housekeeping, capable and hospitable, often entertained Philippine and American officials and overseas Chinese leaders.

At that time, overseas Chinese and women in the Philippines initiated and organized the China Women's Comfort and Self-Defense War Soldiers' Association and the Philippine Branch. The main task of the Women's Comfort Association is to mobilize overseas Chinese women from all over the Philippines to participate in the anti-Japanese national salvation movement and take various measures to comfort the soldiers in front. In July 1939, under the leadership of honorary chairman Yan Youyun, the association went deep into factories, shops, newspapers and streets to persuade donations, and raised tens of thousands of pesos a month, all of which were remitted to the motherland to support the Anti-Japanese War. Yan Youyun is busy and happy at this time.

however, happy days are too short. After the outbreak of the Pacific War, the Japanese army captured Manila in early 1942. Jitaro Muhara, the Japanese vice consul in Manila, threatened Yang Guangling to gather overseas Chinese leaders in the Philippines and forcibly raise money from them. Yang Guangling resolutely refused, so the Japanese army imprisoned Yang Guangling. On April 17th, Yang Guangliang, who was only 42 years old, and seven other China diplomats who stayed at the Consulate General were all killed by the Japanese.

At this time, 37-year-old Yan Youyun was the mother of three daughters. In the face of this huge disaster, this Shanghai celebrity, who has lived a carefree and prosperous life since childhood, has shed many tears and suffered much pain. No one knows. But she was not frightened by the disaster, and she suffered all this silently. Without her husband's protection, she has to support herself!

Yan Youyun not only has to take care of her three children, but also feels that she has the responsibility to take care of the wives and children of the other seven diplomats, so she took over all their children. They formed a big family of dozens of people.

In the next three years, Yan Youyun led the widows and children of other diplomats who died, overcame many difficulties and lived tenaciously in Manila until the Japanese defeated and surrendered.

At that time, this big family had nearly 4 relatives and friends who fled the war. This former Shanghai celebrity led everyone to grow vegetables, beans and peanuts by herself, make shoes by herself, raise chickens and pigs in the yard, and learn to make soy sauce and soap. Although those days were very hard, Yan Youyun always kept an optimistic attitude. In her spare time, she even sat in front of the piano and played a song.

(4) Bury your sadness in your heart, live with a smile, and gain a second love in your life

In 1945, the Anti-Japanese War ended. Yan Youyun and her three daughters came to new york, and soon became the United Nations protocol officer, which was her first official job. The work of the Protocol Department is to receive ambassadors from various countries, arrange for them to submit credentials, and receive heads of state attending the United Nations General Assembly, etc., which involves all official etiquette matters of the United Nations. These tasks are very complicated and cannot make any mistakes. She worked hard and became an outstanding female diplomat until she officially retired in October 1959. Yan Youyun was one of the earliest China employees of the United Nations.

During her fourteen years working in the United Nations, Yan Youyun not only made excellent achievements in her career, but also taught her daughters well. All three daughters achieved success in their studies, and later made great achievements in their respective fields. Yang Leimeng, the eldest daughter, is a senior editor and has published 25 books including Memoirs of Kissinger. Yang Xuelan, the second daughter, became the only Chinese vice president in the history of General Motors in 1989. Yang Qianen, the third daughter, has also made great achievements in real estate development.

Especially, after Yan Youyun retired, she got the second love in her life. She married Gu Weijun, a famous diplomat, at the age of 54. At that time, Gu Weijun was 72 years old, and the two of them stood hand in hand for the last journey of life.

Gu Weijun, born in Jiading County, Jiangsu Province (now Jiading District, Shanghai), was a famous diplomat in modern China. He graduated from Columbia University in the United States. After returning to China, he served as Secretary to the President of the Cabinet, Adviser to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Constitution Drafting Committee. Since 1915, he has served as the minister of Beiyang government in Mexico, the United States, Cuba and Britain, and the vice president of The Hague International Court of Justice. In 1919 and 1921, Gu Weijun attended the Paris Peace Conference and the Washington Conference as a member of the China delegation.

At the Paris Peace Conference, he argued for the sovereignty of Shandong, and explained with excellent eloquence that China had indisputable sovereignty over Shandong, which made contributions to safeguarding the rights and interests of the Chinese nation. In June 1945, he attended the San Francisco Conference, participated in the drafting of the Charter of the United Nations and signed it on behalf of China. As a diplomat for a long time, he was the boss of Yan Youyun's ex-husband, Yang Guangling, and met Yan Youyun very early.

Because Gu Weijun was old at that time, Yan Youyun became her husband's nanny without hesitation after she married him. She should not only be a housekeeper, but also be a good nurse, and become a person who contributes freely to love. She devoted herself to love for another 26 years! She takes good care of Gu Weijun. In her husband's later years, after waking up every morning, she has prepared a cup of hot milk for him to drink and go back to sleep, lest his fasting time be too long, which is not good for his health.

(5) A hundred years of vicissitudes, an optimistic life

Gu Weijun, her husband, lived a long and healthy life. It took him 17 years to complete a 11,-page oral memoir, which was inseparable from Yan Youyun's careful care. Gu Weijun died in 1985 at the age of 98. In 199, Yan Youyun donated 155 precious relics of her husband to Jiading Museum, Gu Weijun's hometown, and also donated $1, for the establishment of Gu Weijun's life showroom.

Yan Youyun has always been full of love. As early as 1936, the Yan Youyun sisters took a part of their father's legacy and donated it to Jinling Women's College to build a small hospital. It also invested more than 5, US dollars to set up "Guangkuai Library", "Colorful Lotus Rhyme Room" and "Colorful Lotus Rhyme Room", which made the teaching facilities of Jinling Women's College more and more perfect.

Yan Youyun, who lived in new york, USA in his later years, has lived under one roof for four generations. When she was over 1 years old, she still insisted on reading books and newspapers and cared about world affairs. She also bakes her own cakes and even darns sweaters by herself. She often goes out for meetings, travels and goes shopping in supermarkets. She likes to make new friends, and there are sixty or seventy commonly used numbers in her phone book. And for decades, when she was over 1 years old, she still wore high heels and perfume when she went out, always full of youthful vitality.

On the occasion of the centenary of Fudan University, Yan Youyun, who was 11 years old at that time, was in high spirits. As the first girl in Fudan University, she celebrated her centenary birthday with her alma mater. She presented two photos of her centenary birthday to Fudan University, wishing her alma mater a bright future. This move has won the reputation of "centenarians celebrating the centenary birthday of their alma mater".

On the evening of May 24th, 217, 32 years after the death of her husband Gu Weijun, Yan Youyun died peacefully at his home in new york at the age of 112. Although Yan Youyun lost her lover at the age of 37, she didn't lose the courage to live. Instead, she regained her confidence in life on her own, brought up her three daughters and gained a late love. Yan Youyun had two loves in his life, the first was as bright as the morning sun, and the second was as warm as the sunset.

Yan Youyun got married at the age of 24 and lost her husband at the age of 37. After living alone for 17 years, she regained her true love at the age of 54, lived with her husband Gu Weijun for 26 years, and then lived alone for 32 years. Counting, she lived alone for half a century after marriage, which can be described as bumpy and legendary. He and her husband, Gu Weijun, both lived a long and happy life, and the couple lived for 21 years, which is everlasting and rare in the world!

This old man who has experienced a hundred years of wind and rain has been asked countless times. What is the secret of your longevity? Her answer is only four words: optimistic. She keeps a diary every day, and she also wrote a memoir of her life for a hundred years: The Story of One Hundred and Nine Springs. She said that her life is 19 springs, which in itself shows that she is always full of optimism about life. Optimism may be the first secret of all health care.