蘇梅の人生年表

(1) Born on May 21, 1928, at midnight in Wenmingpu Town(In Chinese, it means “civilized town”.), Qiyang County, Yongzhou City, Hunan Province.

(2) 1930s-1940s – Both parents passed away.

(3) Around 1940 – She and her siblings were adopted by their aunt.

(4) 1946 – Married in Wenmingpu Town, Qiyang County, Yongzhou City, Hunan Province.

(5) 1947 – Gave birth to her first child, a daughter.

(6) Her eldest daughter passed away due to suffocation while she was inexperienced in childcare, leading to a tragic incident.

(7) 1948 – Gave birth to her second child, a son.

(8) 1949 – Gave birth to her third child, a daughter.

(9) 1950 – Husband enrolled at Guangxi University, prompting her to move to Guilin, Guangxi, with her son and daughter. 

-Her younger brother joined the military academy, later sent to the first campaign of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. 

-Her cousin was arrested for  a mistaken slogan during the resistance in the the first campaign of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, leading to mental illness and labor reform.

(10) 1953 – Her daughter, afflicted with rickets, was taken back to Hunan Province at the age of 4 by her sister-in-law and later passed away under unclear circumstances.

(11) 1954 – After her husband’s graduation, they settled in Yan Shan, Guilin, with their son.

(12) 1956 – Gave birth to her fourth child, a daughter.

(13) 1958 – Relocated with her family to Nanning, residing at the Teaching Experimental Farm of the Guangxi College of Agriculture. 

(14) 1959 – Gave birth to her fifth child, a daughter.

(15) 1961 – Gave birth to her sixth child, a daughter.

(16) 1962 – Gave birth to her seventh child, a son.

(17) 1962 – Underwent sterilization surgery.

(18) 1963 – Experienced postpartum depression, leading to self-talk and the initiation of tranquilizers under doctor’s guidance.

(19) June 1966 – The Cultural Revolution began, and her husband was denounced as a reactionary academic authority. Their home was ransacked, paraded through the streets, publicly criticized, and the door and windows of their residence plastered with big-character posters. Various factions rose against them, with the military representative issuing orders. Subsequently, She was taken away by the public security bureau on charges of “counterrevolution.” She was then detained in the Nanning detention center. Inside the detention center, his mental state deteriorated drastically, leading to hunger strikes and acts of vandalism.

(20) December 1966 – Her eldest son rescued her from detention and took her to Xiangya Hospital Psychiatric Department in Changsha City, Hunan, Province, diagnosed with schizophrenia, being denied hospital admission due to a background as a landlord.

(21) January 1967 – After a month of outpatient electroconvulsive therapy at Xiangya Hospital, her eldest son took her to recuperate at the home of her second brother in Wenmingpu Town, Qiyang County, Yangzhou City, Hunan province (She is only allowed to return to the place of her birth.).

(22) August 1968 – Her eldest son accompanied by her two sisters and one brother, brought Su Mei back from their home in Hunan to Nanning, where her condition improved.

(23) End of 1968 – Experienced another bout of mental illness. Her second daughter accompanied her for treatment at the Guangxi Hospital Of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

(24) 1970 – Moved outside the Guangxi Agricultural College to manage her mental health, later returning to the college after 1982.

(25) Over the next decade after 1970, Su Mei was repeatedly hospitalized in Nanning due to psychiatric relapses.

(26) 1987 – Moved to Hainan, crossing from Nanning through Xuwen Port in Guangdong Province on a large truck with the family’s belongings to live in a detached courtyard within the provincial government compound in Haikou.

(27) 1990 – Husband filed for divorce and remarriage. Court granted the divorce.

(28) 1990 – Hospitalized for treatment at Anning Hospital（Psychiatric Hospital） in Haikou, Hainan (medication and electroconvulsive therapy).

(29) 1991-1993 – Moved in with her youngest daughter, residing in the dormitory building of the Hainan Provincial Department of Science and Technology.

(30) 1990 – Su Mei was relocated to a residential area in the government compound in Haikou, Hainan. She frequently wandered away but was brought back home by her children.

(31) 2006 – Fell and fractured her pelvis, leading to exacerbated health issues, inability to move, and reliance on others for care. Her eldest daughter stayed with her, but she refused food and required intravenous nutrition in the hospital.

(32) January 13, 2010 – Su Mei suddenly said, “I am going up to sky ,” instructing her daughter to inform her ex-husband (daughter did not relay the message).

(33) January 14, 2010 – Su Mei passed away at the age of 82, shedding a tear as she took her last breath.