Zhang Ailing, 1922 was born in Shanghai on September 30th, formerly known as Natalie. Father Zhang, mother. Grandfather Zhang Peilun and grandmother Li Ju are Li Hongzhang's daughters. Grandfather Huang Zongyan and grandmother are the concubines of Xiaoying. 1922 moved to Tianjin. 1924, she began to receive private education. In summer, her mother and aunt went to England to study together. 1928 Tianjin to Shanghai, mother returned home. 1930, Natalie entered the yellow primary school run by the U.S. Congress, transferred to the sixth grade, and officially changed her name to Zhang Ailing. My parents divorced and my mother went to France. 193 1 In the second half of the year, Zhang Ailing entered Shanghai Santa Maria Girls' School to attend middle school. 1932, the short story "Unfortunate She" was first published. Father remarried 1934. Mother 1936 returned to China. Zhang Ailing 1937 graduated from middle school and took the examination for studying abroad. 1938, Zhang Ailing took the Far East Entrance Examination of London University and won the first place, but transferred to the University of Hong Kong because of World War II. 194 1 year, Hong Kong fell and schools were closed. From 65438 to 0942, Zhang Ailing returned to Shanghai with her good friend Yan Ying to study at St. John's University, but she dropped out of school to start formal literary creation and made a living by selling articles. 1943 published "Love in the Whole City" and "The Golden Lock", and got to know Zhou Shoujuan, Ling Ke and Su Qing. The golden age of Zhang Ailing's literary creation came, which lasted until she 1952 left the mainland. 1944 I first met Hu Lancheng in February and married him in August and September. (See "This Life" written by Hu Lancheng for details) 1945 Victory in the Anti-Japanese War. 1947 Zhang Ailing divorced Hu Lancheng. 1948 mother officially moved to Britain. The most successful novel written by Zhang Ailing is Eighteen Springs. 1952 moved to Hong Kong. 1953 father died of lung cancer. 1955 Leave Hong Kong for America. 1956 In February, Zhang Ailing met the playwright Yala in the United States, and in August of the same year, she married Yala in new york. 1957 My mother died in England. 1958 Zhang Ailing specializes in writing in California, USA. 196 1 year, Zhang Ailing flew back to Hong Kong and Taiwan from the United States to collect writing materials and write plays. 1966 Zhang Ailing became a resident writer at the University of Miami. Laya died in 1967. Zhang Ailing went to Drake Reeve Women's College in Cambridge, Massachusetts as a resident writer and translated Flowers on the Sea. 1968, Zhang Ailing changed Eighteen Springs into Half-Life Fate. After the English version of Flowers on the Sea, Zhang Ailing made a comeback in Hong Kong and Taiwan. From 65438 to 0969, Zhang Ailing went to the China Research Center of the University of California, Berkeley. 1972 moved to los Angeles. 1994 won the special achievement award of the times. 1995 died in the apartment in Los Angeles on September 8th at the age of 74. The ashes were cremated and scattered into the sea.