Nanjing fortune teller Stuart

1876, Si Tuleideng was born in Hangzhou in the second year of Guangxu.

His parents are missionaries. Si Tuleideng spent his childhood in China and returned to the United States at the age of 1 1.

When I returned to Hangzhou, the teenager at that time was already holding his pregnant wife.

1908 Si Tuleideng was employed by Nanjing Jinling theological seminary and began to study in China.

19 18, Si Tuleideng was invited to be the first president of the famous yenching university.

It has been 33 years since yenching university, and Si Tuleideng took great pains to make poor yenching university the best school in China at that time.

1946, Si Tuleideng celebrated his 70th birthday, and both the Kuomintang and the Communist Party sent important representatives to congratulate him. Also in this year, Si Tuleideng was appointed as the American ambassador to China.

With Si Tuleideng's knowledge of China, he was the best candidate for this position at that time.

However, how can one change an era in the torrent of history?

1949 In April, when the People's Liberation Army occupied Nanjing, Si Tuleideng did not withdraw from Guangzhou with the Kuomintang. He stayed in Nanjing to discuss with the new government.

During this period, the United States government repeatedly hindered Si Tuleideng's work. On June 24th, Si Tuleideng's birthday, Beijing invited him to Beijing for his birthday.

At this time, the White House sent a letter to Si Tuleideng, asking him not to go to Peiping in any form at any time, completely closing the door to the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States.

Si Tuleideng had to return to China and retire immediately.

However, as a symbol of American imperialism, A Farewell between the Old Man and Si Tuleideng directly declared the failure of imperialism in China. Nail Si Tuleideng to the post.

The lonely man is Si Tuleideng, not Si Tuleideng.

The old man's classic prose is worth reading again.

Si Tuleideng, who returned to the United States, was also in a bad situation. He was suspected and harassed by McKinsey. Later, he got cerebral thrombosis and spent the last 13 years in a wheelchair.

/kloc-in September, 9, Si Tuleideng died in Washington. His last wish was to be buried with his wife in Yan Garden in China.

But in that turbulent era, his last wish can only be regret.

Until 46 years later, on the morning of June165438+1October 17, 2008, Si Tuleideng was collected in Hangzhou and his ashes were buried in Anxian Garden in the Mid-Levels.

Si Tuleideng/KLOC-was born in Hangzhou 0/32 years ago. At that time, there was an emperor in China. At that time, China was always beaten by foreign powers.

132 years later, Si Tuleideng returned to Hangzhou, and the sky in Hangzhou took on a new look.

I think he should be very happy. Si Tuleideng once claimed that he was "an American, not a China".