Rose And Gun:Soumay Tcheng’s Lgedary Life

The first woman Doctor of laws,Soumay Tcheng,is a legendary woman in Chinese modern history. At the risk of the life, Soumay Tcheng brought the boom from Tianjin to Beijing to preare for the assassination plan of Yuan shih-k’ai in November to December of 1911. She was a woman revolutionary who faced death with no regreats.In order to keep Lu Zongxiang from signing the Paris peace treaty, Soumay Tcheng threat his secretary Yue Zhaoju with a rose branch whic pretended to be a gun at dead of night before the date of signature.She was a female student with the love of country.In July of 1924,Soumay Tcheng received the Doctor of law from the Paris University in France and became the first woman in China.All of the Chinese women were proud of Dr Zheng.In November of 1928,both Soumay Tcheng and the Madame Chiang Kai-shek Soong May-ling were voted as thet first legislators in the National Governmen.She was a Political star with unusal proformance.In January of 1933,Soumay Tcheng was acused of the corruption on account of repeating to spend the country’s money.The corrupt money was more than Twenty-five thousand.The sum was so enormous that she was caught in a impeachment scandal.In 1955,the cancer carried away her left leg and made her peromelia.Soumay Tcheng had experienced the outstanding achievement,shameful low point and arduous sunset. In the glory days,Soumay Tcheng was well-renowned Dr Zheng and the first woman lawer.She made the best use of her professional knowledge and held several posts simultaneously such as tribunal officer,legislator,committee member of provincial government and university president.Not only had the large number of government positions brought her the high houour,but also set a precedent for women.Being reviled as offenders,neither was Soumay Tcheng able to certify her innocence,nor did she want to go to jail.It was the judgment by default that could not have the crimes solved in time. She left Shanghai to Europe so that she could avoid the criminal punishment.The corruption case had left the psychological shadow for her in spite of getting away from the punishment.In her later life,Soumay Tcheng and her husband Wei Taoming experienced unsteady and hard life without government positions and social status.The cancer of the left arm caused her the huge blow on both mind and body.The academic research on Soumay Tcheng is weak at present,especially the study on the role of rose gun event,the relationship between doctoral dissertation and Wang Chonghui as well as the corruption,which are the paper’s focus and innovation.On the basis of having the comprehensive understanding about her life activities,the writer expound Soumay Tcheng’s life path by literature research method and comparative research method.Then the writer tried to analyze and evaluate to represent the elegant demeanour of the prominent woman.