Chronology of Zhang Ailing: She was born on September 30, 1920, on Magen Road (now Taixing Road), Shanghai, and named Zhang Ying. Originally from Fengrun, Hebei Province. She is the granddaughter of Li Hongzhang, a famous Westernization official in the late Qing Dynasty. Moved to Tianjin in 1922 and started private school education in 1924. While reading poems and memorizing scriptures, he began to write novels. If the first novel is about a family tragedy, we can see the influence of the family environment on her, then the second novel is about a girl who commits suicide due to a lovelorn relationship, which fully demonstrates her literary creativity. In 1925, her mother Dong Suqiong (Yi Chu) went abroad to study. In 1927, 7-year-old Zhang Ailing returned to Shanghai with her family. Soon after her mother returned to China, she learned painting, piano and English from her mother. Zhang Ailing is extremely sensitive to colors, notes and words. She once said: "I am a weird girl. I was regarded as a genius since I was a child. I have no other goal of survival except developing my genius. In 1928, I moved back to Shanghai from Tianjin to study. "Dream of Red Mansions" and "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" In 1930, she changed her name to Zhang Ailing, her parents divorced. In the fall of 1931, she attended Shanghai St. Mary's Girls' School. In 1932, she published her debut short story "Unfortunate She" in the school magazine of St. Mary's Girls' School. In 1933, the school magazine of St. Mary's Girls' School published the first essay "Twilight". In 1937, "Guoguang" published the novels "Ox", "Farewell My Concubine" and "Three Reading Reports" and "Ruoxin Review" "Feng Bath" published "On the Future of Cartoon Painting" After graduating from high school in 1938, Zhang Ailing, who finally grew up in the difficult situation, once again accepted the test of fate. Although she was admitted to the University of London in England, she was unable to go because of the fierce war. In 1939, he was admitted to the University of Hong Kong. In 1941, the Pacific War broke out and Hong Kong fell in 1942. He returned to Shanghai before graduating and wrote drama and film reviews for the English-language "The Times" and also worked for the German-run English magazine "Twentieth Century". 》Write articles such as "Life and Clothing in China". Dropped out of school and began to devote himself to literary creation. "Twentieth Century" magazine published "Between Mother-in-law and Daughter-in-law", "Autumn Song", "Chinese Life and Clothing" and "My Genius Dream", which won the thirteenth place in the "West Wind" magazine essay competition in 1943. "Violet" magazine serialized the novella "Agarwood Shoulder - The First Burning Incense" and "The Second Burning Incense". The magazine's monthly magazine published "Jasmine Fragrance Pieces", "Is It a Shanghainese", "Love in a Fallen City", "Golden Lock" and "Everything" The monthly magazine "Heart Sutra" and "Glazed Tiles"; the monthly magazine "Heaven and Earth" published "Sparse Opera", "Blockade" and "Memories of Apartment Life"; the monthly magazine "Ancient and Modern" published "Foreigners Watching Peking Opera and Others" and "Changing Notes"; I got to know Zhou Shoujuan, Ke Ling and Su Qing , Hu Lancheng and three others. In Shanghai at that time, Zhang Ailing was not only a famous talented woman, but also a famous fashion person. The clothes she wore were all designed by herself. These clothes were very bold in both style and color at the time. This became a hot topic in Shanghai newspapers and insiders at that time. There are a lot of contradictions in Zhang Ailing's character: she is a hedonist, but also a person full of tragedy in life; she is from a famous family, but proudly declares that she is a self-reliant citizen; she also stated in the article The reader has a homely and sophisticated manner, but she always maintains a certain distance from others in life, preventing outsiders from peeking into her heart. All this seems to foreshadow the bleak ending of the rest of her life. In 1944, the "Wanxiang" monthly magazine serialized the novel "Serial Series". The "Magazine" monthly magazine published "Red Roses and White Roses", "Yin Baoyan Sends Flowers to the House Party", "On Writing", "A Girl in the Car", "Let's Go! Walk to the Floor" Go up!", "Talking about Carrots", "Poems and Nonsense", "What to Write", "Unforgettable Paintings", "Waiting", "When I Was Young", "Flowers Withered", "Love", the first collection of short stories "Legend" published by the magazine Monthly The magazine "Tiandi" published by the company published "Tong Yan Wuji", "Creating Humans", "Hitting People", "Whispering", "Chinese Religion", "Talk about Dancing", "The Road Is Eyed", "Remnants of Ashes" and "Talk about Women". "Little World" magazine published "San Opera, "Ying Ying Quotations" and "Bitter Bamboo" monthly magazine published "Talk about Music", "Own Articles" and "Osmanthus Steaming A Little Sad Autumn". Married Hu Lancheng. In 1945, "Magazine" monthly serialized "Genesis" "Quotes from Aunts", "Relentless Love", "Conversations between Su Qing and Zhang Ailing", "Geely", "The Prodigal Son and the Good Woman" were translated into "Little World" and published in the monthly magazine "Short Breath, Long Love and Others" "Tiandi" monthly published "Jade Photos in the Front Page and Others" "Double Voices" ""I See Su Qing"'s self-titled "Love in a Fallen City" was performed in Shanghai after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War. In 1947, "Everyone" monthly magazine published "Magnificent Fate" and "How Much Hate". The expanded version of "Legend" was published by Shanhe Book Company. "Long Live My Wife" Adapted movie: Divorce with Hu Lancheng. In 1948, Shanghai "Yi Bao" serialized "Eighteen Spring" (later renamed "Half Life"). After Shanghai was liberated in 1949, he published a novel in Shanghai "Yi Bao" under the pen name of Liang Jing. 1950 Participated in the First Congress of Literary and Art Circles in Shanghai. 1952 Escaped to Hong Kong. 1954 "Yangko" and "Love in the Red Earth" were serialized in "Today's World" and later published in English and Chinese in Hong Kong. "Legend" was renamed "Collection of Zhang Ailing's Short Stories" and was published in Hong Kong by Tianfeng Publishing House. Today's World Publishing House published the translation as "The Headless Horseman". In the autumn of 1955, he left Hong Kong to visit Hu Shi in the United States. In 1956, he received the writing bonus from Edward MacDowell Colony. In August 1956, 36-year-old Zhang Ailing married 65-year-old Lai Ya.

The novel "The Resentful Girl" was serialized in Hong Kong's "Sing Tao Evening News" on 66. "The Resentful Girl" was published by Crown Publishing House. In 1967, Lai Ya passed away and was invited to serve as Ray in New York, USA

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