附录三
Tang Shih-hsia, the Poet, Calligrapher and Painter
Tang Shih-hsia is of the Manchu origin and comes from an honorable family in the Ching dynasty. Her great grandfather had been governer of Hu Kwang and Kansu-Shensi provinces and her grandfather was vice-president of the board of Revenue and Population. Her the aunts Ching and Chen were married to Emperor Kuang-hsu and became Kwei-fei (Second Empress). After the death of Kwei-fei Ching under the pressure of Dowager Empress Tzh his and the feilure of a reform movement during the reign of Emperor Kuang-hsu, Miss Tang’s father fled to Shanghai for safety but she mained in Peking.
Miss Tang has been interested in painting and poetry since childhood. When in the courty she was greatly loved by Kwei-fei Chen. Best learning painting and calligraphy, she often companied the Kwei-fei to visit the Yen-K Palace where there was a very beautiful garden during the reign of Hsuan-tung, she remained in the court and the Emperor and Empress were very kind to her. She had a very pleasure and memorable life in her childhood.
She was espo used to Pu Chieh, Pu Yi’s gounger brother. Pu Yi was the last emperor the Ching dynasty and later became a puppet under the control of the Japanese imperialiot. When Pu Chieh went to Manchuria to join his brother, she was much griered and outrage and left the Northe to go to the South by herself.
She visited Taiwan in the spring of 1948 and afterward went to Hong Kong and became an instructor in the Oriental Languages School of Hong Kong University at the invitation Prof. F.S.Drake. Though busy with teaching she still has time to devote herself to painting. She came to Taiwan in the spring of 1961 and hold an exhibitiong here with great success. Last winter she visited Taiwan again for a short stay and now is living in Hong Kong.
附录四
访唐舜君女士
刘脩如
刘脩如先生为五姑父雷嗣尚之友,于国民六十七年(1978年)任“湖南文献季刊”发行人,常思欲为近代湘籍杰出人士留下些历史资料,以传示后人,因念及雷嗣尚先生其人,英年早谢,今知之者不多,欲为文以纪之。故登门拜访其遗孀唐舜君女士。世变沧桑,忽而三十年,晤对之下,回忆往事,彼此都不禁怆然!
唐说:
“季尚湖南嘉禾人,父为雷飞鹏先生,曾任湖南省议员,有名于时,早逝,我不及见到。季尚早年名雷同,字季尚,又字不同,笔名常署“平地一声”,从政后改名嗣尚。我为满族,生长北平,与清室有戚谊,光绪的妃子瑾妃为我的四姑母,珍妃为我的五姑母。我中学毕业后,入国立艺专习美术,没有毕业,即于民国二十五年与季尚在北平结婚,时季尚任北平市社会局长,年三十一,予年二十二,少他九岁。直到他在嘉禾故里去世,前后只相处十年,我所知者乃此十年间事。
季尚性豪迈、开朗、有胆识、不拘小节、慷慨好义、能周人之急,一掷千金、无吝啬、乐于助人,青年人来求介绍工作者,很少拒绝,对朋友亲切诚恳,十年间我未曾闻其道人之短。他毕业于北京师范大学,公馀手不释卷,常喜读廿五史及曾文正公全集,过目不忘,能摄其精要。听说他学生时代,不但名列前茅,还常跳级,也很顽皮捣蛋。
有一天季尚对我说:我的个性浮华粗放,太露锋芒,不适宜于从政。西方政治家常先事于工商企业,赚了钱有了社会地位再来从政。我现想改事工商实业。旋得四川企业巨子刘航琛氏暨有关人士集资相助,于三十一年(1942年)离重庆,回湖南,兴办实业。设华南实业总公司于衡阳,陆续开办木材厂、酒精厂,农坊,暨湘粤间贸易,并兼川康银行衡阳分行经理。一年多之间,开展急速,也颇顺手。三十二年(1943年)冬亲去重庆,接我全家迁居衡阳。飞机上曾遇到了你(即刘脩如)。
不意三十三年抗日军事逆转,日军侵犯湖南,季尚二年多心血产生的成果,全毁于炮火。
季尚以区司令兼县长职司所在,临危受命作兰山保卫战,一连三昼夜,未睡。疲困劳顿,几于不支,待敌军过境西去之后,就病倒了,最后抬回原籍嘉禾老家疗养,地僻无医院,也无良医,眼见逐日消瘦,迭经土医疗治,间常得重庆好友远道寄药,服之亦无效,始终不曾找出病根,现在想来,大概就是今天之所谓直肠癌,终于三十五年(1946年)一月,阴历十二月二十四日含憾以终。死时才四十岁,葬于嘉禾定里祖墓。临危告我:……你还年轻,我死后你别留在嘉禾,乡下人不可能有助于你,你应该携三小孩回北平,遇到谁是英雄便嫁给谁,只要他能真爱护你和我的儿女就好。
我于料理丧事后,携三小孩回北平,旋于三十五年(1946年)冬至南京,晤诸生前旧友为之在南京举行了追悼会,国民政府颁发褒扬令,并给予七年抚恤金,友好又为我凑了子女教育金,友情之厚,永不能忘。我能奉告与你者止于此。综括言之,季尚有抱负,也有才气,但时代环境没有给他以展布的机会,政治上昙花一现,未能显著成效;改事实业,又被炮火连根拔掉,最后以身殉之。”
刘脩如先生又问我五姑爸为何不再嫁之事。唐说:
“……我负有抚育三个孩子的责任,孩子带在身边,人家要考虑,我也要考虑,常见有人带孩子再嫁,弄得双方心情难过,何必?又何况我于行宪时膺选为国大代表,来台后,有岁公费可以自给,也用不着再找麻烦了。现在小女文莊,大儿道馀及二儿孝琛均已大学毕业,成家立业。三代虽不同堂,但亦时相往来。我平日除参加国大有关的会议外,闲来无事,画画消遣,每周和三五姊妹同好吊吊嗓子,唱唱京戏,只要自求多福,知足常乐,人生数十年,流光如矢,没有什么不好过的!”
唐女士于民国三十六年(1947年)南京第一次国民大会开会时,姿容美艳,被全体国代同人誉为“国代之花”,今历三十余年,望之若三十许人,风姿体态,仍与“国代之花”的美誉,同样不减当年,永不褪色。(作者对此文略有删减)
作者介绍
唐小曼 北京人,满族
一九五七年毕业于哈尔滨外国语学院。工作于上海中国水产科学研究院东海水产研究所科技情报研究室。编著有《俄汉渔业辞典》(北京科学出版社)、《鱼类的行动》、《远洋渔业》等;译著有《鱼类生态学》、《鱼类早期生活史》等(均由北京农业出版社出版)。
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