Editing Soong sisters (section)

=== Marriage ===
[[File:孙中山同宋庆龄、宋美龄在广州白云山留影.jpg|thumb|Soong Ching-ling, Soong Mei-ling and Sun Yat-sen in Guangzhou]]
After graduating, Ching-ling's elder sister, [[Soong Ai-ling|Ai-ling]], returned to Shanghai in 1908 and became the secretary to Sun Yat-sen.<ref name=":42">{{Cite journal |last=Brannon |first=Barbara A. |date=1997 |title=China’s Soong Sisters at Wesleyan |url=https://www.wesleyancollege.edu/about/history/soongsisters.cfm |journal=Wesleyan Magazine}}</ref> Sun became fascinated with Ai-ling, constantly gazing at her, although Ai-ling did not reciprocate his feelings in the same way.{{Sfn|Zhang|2019|pp=53-54}} Ching-ling graduated from Wesleyan in 1913, and returned to China via [[Yokohama]], Japan, where she met Sun.<ref name=":52">{{Cite web |last=China Soong Ching Ling Foundation |title=Part 2: Dr Sun Yat-sen, Madam Soong Ching-ling and Hong Kong |url=https://exhibition.hkrf.org.hk/en/exhibition-content-ii-en/ |access-date=2024-11-23 |website=“Dr Sun Yat-sen, Madam Soong Ching-ling and Hong Kong” Photos Exhibition |publisher=Hong Kong Rosamond Foundation Company Limited |place=Hong Kong |language=en-US}}</ref> Ai-ling resigned in 1914 to marry [[H. H. Kung]], passing the position on to Ching-ling,<ref name=":42" /> who admired Sun as the hero who founded the Chinese Republic.{{Sfn|Zhang|2019|p=66}} In the summer of 1915, Ching-ling returned to Shanghai, asking her parents for their permission to marry Sun, which shocked the family.{{Sfn|Zhang|2019|p=68}} Ching-ling was confined at home in Shanghai, during which Sun divorced with his wife [[Lu Muzhen|Lu Mu-zhen]].{{Sfn|Zhang|2019|p=69}}

Despite objections from her father,<ref name=":43">{{Cite journal |last=Brannon |first=Barbara A. |date=1997 |title=China’s Soong Sisters at Wesleyan |url=https://www.wesleyancollege.edu/about/history/soongsisters.cfm |journal=Wesleyan Magazine}}</ref> Ching-ling married Sun Yat-sen on 25 October 1915.<ref name=":53">{{Cite web |last=China Soong Ching Ling Foundation |title=Part 2: Dr Sun Yat-sen, Madam Soong Ching-ling and Hong Kong |url=https://exhibition.hkrf.org.hk/en/exhibition-content-ii-en/ |access-date=2024-11-23 |website=“Dr Sun Yat-sen, Madam Soong Ching-ling and Hong Kong” Photos Exhibition |publisher=Hong Kong Rosamond Foundation Company Limited |place=Hong Kong |language=en-US}}</ref> There were limited witnesses in their wedding ceremony in Tokyo, which included Wada Mizu, who provided his home for the wedding, &nbsp;[[Liao Zhongkai|Liao Zhong-kai]] and Liao's 11-year-old daughter Cynthia.{{Sfn|Zhang|2019|p=69}} The Soong family chased Ching-ling to Tokyo, attempting to dissuade her from the marriage, with her father Charlie even appealing to the [[Government of Japan|Japanese government]] to denounce Sun. Additionally, many of Sun’s colleagues did not acknowledge Ching-ling as his wife, referring to her as Miss Soong rather than Mrs Sun.{{Sfn|Zhang|2019|p=70}} 

During a visit to Sun's residence in Shanghai, Chiang Kai-shek encountered Ching-ling's younger sister, [[Soong Mei-ling|Mei-ling]], for the first time and became enamoured with her. Subsequently, Chiang divorced his wife in [[Fenghua, Ningbo|Fenghua]] and sought Sun's counsel on pursuing Mei-ling. When Sun consulted Ching-ling on the matter, she expressed her strong disapproval. Sun then advised Chiang to wait, and Chiang obeyed.{{Sfn|Hahn|1941|p=105|pp=}} In 1927, Mei-ling married Chiang, who was about to launch a purge against the CCP.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2012-10-11 |title=The Soong sisters: Women of influence in 20th Century China |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-19910975 |access-date=2024-11-23 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref> Ching-ling protested and left China after the purge.<ref name=":16">{{Cite book |last=Zhu |first=Jiulin |url=https://sswgw.org.cn/wcm.files/upload/CMSsszxw/201909/201909260147034.pdf |title=Sun Yat-sen & Soong Ching Ling: Archives & Research |publisher=Shanghai Bookstore Publishing House |year=2009 |editor-last=Shanghai Sun Yat-sen Soong Ching-ling Cultural Relics Management Committee |volume=1 |location=Shanghai |language=zh |chapter=Study on Soong Ching Ling and Deng Yanda after the Great Revolution |issue=12}}</ref>