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宋美龄的闪光时刻
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2011-12-27
本来是昨天要发的， 结果刚开了个头，被席一妈叫去给泡茶，茶泡完了，又陪席一点去睡觉。等一觉起来，早上4点半，一壶茶早已经见底儿了，计算机也关了，昨天写的东西，也一并消失了。是为序。
宋美龄活到100多岁，要说其人生没有闪光点，是鬼也不相信的。
更何况人家是炮公的小姨子，和凯申同学明媒正娶的一国之母，身处中国政治和经济舞台的中心，要什么有什么，而且从1927年到1949年，是中国历史上最动荡的年代之一，所谓三千年未有之变局，其间经历民国政府的十年黄金，中华民族的八年抗战和国共两党的三年内战，是想不闪光，都做不到的。
闪光之一，自然是1936年的西安事变（Sian Incident），事件发生后，正在病中的宋美龄临危不惧，处理得当，先是通过张学良的英文秘书从上海给张学良带去了凯申同学的部分日记，软化了老相识张学良的斗志，接下来派哥哥宋子文和特务头子戴笠先后到西安，给软禁中的凯申同学通风报信，然后通过大姐夫孔祥熙在南京坐镇指挥，最后自己亲自出马，使得一时间剑拔弩张的盛世危局，有了奇妙的戏剧性的收场，从而奠定了凯申同学中华民族抗日领袖和美龄无可动摇的第一夫人的地位：
When the Young Marshal, looked very tired, very embarrassed, and somewhat ashamed, came to board the plane to escort her off, she greeted her as usual and asked not to let his solders mess up her bags by searching them. When General Yang appeared, she shook hand with him as if she were arriving on a casual visit. Yang too, she said, "was obviously very nervous and just as obviously very relieved at my calm attitude".
闪光之二，是她在抗日前线和后方的战地动员、战地救护，给她赢得了中国的南丁格尔的称号。当然这其中有很多宣传的成分，但是她在飞虎队的组建和与陈纳德及飞虎队飞行员们的友谊，无疑是中国抗日战争期间最亮丽的一道风景线：
While serving as nominal head of the Chinese air force, May-ling often risked her life and her emotional well-being by going out to the airfield, a major Japanese target, to encourage the Chinese pilots. "It was strong medicine even for a man - the grim and hopeless manner as they went off to face ever lengthening odds, the long nerve-racking waiting, and the return of bloody, burned, and battle-glazed survivors," Chennault said. "It always unnerved her, but she stuck it out, seeing that hot tea was ready and listening to their stories of fighting". May-ling managed to remain calm and soling until the day four pilots were killed and five out of elven planes returning from a mission were wrecked in trying to land.
可以这样说，抗日战争期间，没有宋美龄，就没有飞虎队，也没有中国空军。
Her concern and her knowledge of airplanes endeared her to the pilots. One of the Americans described a particularly bad day:
We got out there to survey the damage, but before we got out of the auto we see Madame Chiang out walking around the airplane that had been severely damaged. She had beaten us to the airport... she was a mighty brave woman. She was taking chances all the time during the war, as if she was one of the solders herself. After an air raid she seemed to hasten to the airport to count the boys when they came back in, and she insisted on their being coffee for them and was trying to do what she could make it as easy as possible for these brave boys that really were fighting against odds and without replacements.
本来是昨天要发的， 结果刚开了个头，被席一妈叫去给泡茶，茶泡完了，又陪席一点去睡觉。等一觉起来，早上4点半，一壶茶早已经见底儿了，计算机也关了，昨天写的东西，也一并消失了。是为序。
宋美龄活到100多岁，要说其人生没有闪光点，是鬼也不相信的。
更何况人家是炮公的小姨子，和凯申同学明媒正娶的一国之母，身处中国政治和经济舞台的中心，要什么有什么，而且从1927年到1949年，是中国历史上最动荡的年代之一，所谓三千年未有之变局，其间经历民国政府的十年黄金，中华民族的八年抗战和国共两党的三年内战，是想不闪光，都做不到的。
闪光之一，自然是1936年的西安事变（Sian Incident），事件发生后，正在病中的宋美龄临危不惧，处理得当，先是通过张学良的英文秘书从上海给张学良带去了凯申同学的部分日记，软化了老相识张学良的斗志，接下来派哥哥宋子文和特务头子戴笠先后到西安，给软禁中的凯申同学通风报信，然后通过大姐夫孔祥熙在南京坐镇指挥，最后自己亲自出马，使得一时间剑拔弩张的盛世危局，有了奇妙的戏剧性的收场，从而奠定了凯申同学中华民族抗日领袖和美龄无可动摇的第一夫人的地位：
When the Young Marshal, looked very tired, very embarrassed, and somewhat ashamed, came to board the plane to escort her off, she greeted her as usual and asked not to let his solders mess up her bags by searching them. When General Yang appeared, she shook hand with him as if she were arriving on a casual visit. Yang too, she said, "was obviously very nervous and just as obviously very relieved at my calm attitude".
闪光之二，是她在抗日前线和后方的战地动员、战地救护，给她赢得了中国的南丁格尔的称号。当然这其中有很多宣传的成分，但是她在飞虎队的组建和与陈纳德及飞虎队飞行员们的友谊，无疑是中国抗日战争期间最亮丽的一道风景线：
While serving as nominal head of the Chinese air force, May-ling often risked her life and her emotional well-being by going out to the airfield, a major Japanese target, to encourage the Chinese pilots. "It was strong medicine even for a man - the grim and hopeless manner as they went off to face ever lengthening odds, the long nerve-racking waiting, and the return of bloody, burned, and battle-glazed survivors," Chennault said. "It always unnerved her, but she stuck it out, seeing that hot tea was ready and listening to their stories of fighting". May-ling managed to remain calm and soling until the day four pilots were killed and five out of elven planes returning from a mission were wrecked in trying to land.
可以这样说，抗日战争期间，没有宋美龄，就没有飞虎队，也没有中国空军。
Her concern and her knowledge of airplanes endeared her to the pilots. One of the Americans described a particularly bad day:
We got out there to survey the damage, but before we got out of the auto we see Madame Chiang out walking around the airplane that had been severely damaged. She had beaten us to the airport... she was a mighty brave woman. She was taking chances all the time during the war, as if she was one of the solders herself. After an air raid she seemed to hasten to the airport to count the boys when they came back in, and she insisted on their being coffee for them and was trying to do what she could make it as easy as possible for these brave boys that really were fighting against odds and without replacements.
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发表评论 评论 (11 个评论)
- 回复 燕庐敕
- 然也，凯申的日记救国不知道效果怎样，救自己还是很有效果滴。
假如十八: 你这态度要不得，太狭隘了。蒋介石的日记不但可以救国，还可以救命，可见爱记日记修身还是有一定作用的。这个值得我们学习。 ...
再说，宋美龄对中国空军确实有贡献。
- 回复 gordon
- 德国的陆军，日本的海军，陈纳德的空军，这就是人民解放军的三大军事历史渊源。
陈纳德的空军战术一直持续到90年代我们还在用，还是近些年强调 “积极防御” 才有所改变的。不过注意一点就是陈纳德的空军战术和美国空军的不同，一个是歼击机理论，一个是轰炸机理论。
陈纳德准确地说应该是民国空军的，因为是民国政府招募的志愿人员，确实如此，和美国政府没有什么关系，不是美国政府援助的。
- 回复 gordon
- 民国的问题比较复杂，不是宋美龄一个人就怎么样怎么样的，而对于民主国家的罪恶，连凯申同学都看不下去了，要去学习德国的民主集中制。
希腊式民主没有什么问题，但是大国搞成民主的，说实话，全世界只有America 一家，连英国都不是。
希腊式民主在县那么大的区域是比较稳定的，区域的扩大会引起很多很多的问题需要解决，如果看罗马史的话就明白了，非常麻烦，不要说当年就是现在也没有解决这个问题的能力。
- 回复 gordon
- 多年的工作会让所有人明白，一个好的团队工作氛围是多么重要，一个人的力量又是多么弱小。
没有人说她人生没有闪光点，但是作为第一夫人，只是一个礼仪，毕竟不是正主，如果不是岗位上的人做了岗位上的事，这个就是政治错误了。
所以淡化自己才是明智的选择，其实美龄女士在美国国会的演讲已经为自己赢得荣誉了，不要再把空军之类的事情再和她联系起来，那样反而走向了反面。