Edward Tsang 2024.07.11 14:59; updated 2025.08.11
Eileen Chang is one of my favourite writers.
In this page, I list some of the people who made her who she was.
I also list some of the major events in her life.
Key people
- Maternal Great grandfather (外曾祖父): 李鴻章 (1823-1901)
- Grandfather: 張佩綸 (1848-1903) (subordinate and son-in-law of 李鴻章)
- Grandmother: 李菊藕 (1866-1912) (daughter of 李鴻章)
- Father: 張志沂（張廷眾）(1898-1953) (son of 李菊藕, i.e. grandson of 李鴻章)
- Mother: 黄逸梵（黃素瓊）(1898-1957) (Changed name to 逸梵 based on her English name Yvonne)
- Aunt (sister of 張志沂): 張茂淵 (1901-1991) (daughter of 李菊藕, i.e. granddaughter of 李鴻章)
- Maternal Grandfather: 黄宗炎 (1864-????)
- Younger brother: 張子靜 (1921.12.11-1997.10.12)
- Step mother: 孫用蕃 (1905-1986)
- Husband (1944-47): 胡蘭成 (1906.02.28-1981.07.25)
- Husband (1956-67): Ferdinand Reyher (1891-1967)
Time Line:
- 1920.09.30: Born in Shanghai as 張煐
- 1921.12.11: Brother 張子靜 born
- 1922: Moved to Wen Zhou, Zhe Jiang (浙江溫州)
- 1924: Mother and Aunt left to study abroad
- 1928: Moved back to Shanghai; Mother 黄逸梵 and Aunt retured to Shanghai
- 1930: 張煐 changed her name to 張愛玲 (based on her English name Eileen)
- 1934: Father 張志沂 remarried to 孫用蕃
- 1938: Escaped from father to stay with mother
- 1939 Summer: Left Shanghai for University of Hong Kong
- 1941: Japan attacked Pearl Harbour in World War II; Japan attacked Hong Kong from 1941.12.25
- 1942.05: Returned to Shanghai from Hong Kong
- 1943: Published 《沉香屑·第一爐香》、
《沉香屑·第二爐香》、
《茉莉香片》、
《封鎖》、
《心經》、
《金鎖記》、
《傾城之戀》、
《琉璃瓦》
- 1944: Published 《花凋》、
《談女人》、
《紅玫瑰與白玫瑰》、
(semi-autobriography) 《私語》、
(semi-autobriography) 《燼餘錄》
- 1944.08: Married 胡蘭成
- 1947.06: Divorsed 胡蘭成
- 1950: Published 《十八春》
(later developed into the short story 《惘然記》 and the long story 《半生缘》)
- 1952: Gained permission to leave China to resume study in Hong Kong (but never resumed her studies);
she has never returned to China since
- 1954: Published 《赤地之戀》
- 1955: Published 《秧歌》
- 1955.11: Left Hong Kong for USA
- 1956: Married Ferdinand Reyher
- 1960.07: Gained American citizenship
- 1961: visited Taiwan and Hong Kong
- 1963: Completed English semi-autobiography The Fall of the Pagoda,
published in 2010 posthumously;
translated into Chinese 《雷鋒塔》
- 1963: Completed English semi-autobiography The Book of Change,
published in 2010 posthumously;
translated into Chinese 《易經》
- 1966: Published 《怨女》
(based on 《金鎖記》)
- 1967.10.08: Ferdinand Reyher died
- 1967: Published 《惘然記》 (short story based on 《十八春》)
- 1969: Published 《半生緣》 (long story based on 《十八春》)
- 1973: Moved to LA, USA
- 1978: Published 《色，戒》
- 1983: From 《海上花列傳》
(in 吳語) published 《海上花開》、《海上花落》
- 1993: Completed 《對照記》 (photo autobiography)
- 1995.09.08: found dead in LA, USA
- 2009: Semi-autobiography 《小團圓》 was published by her friends
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