作者：司空先让
编辑：钟然 校对：程筱筱 翻译：周敏
在浙江有这么一个类似当年沙俄时期“十二月党人”夫人的群体，这个群体的代表人物就是中国民主党人毛庆祥的夫人胡晓玲女士。
胡晓玲女士出生于名门之后，母亲祖上是嘉兴名门望族蒋光焴，蒋光焴，清著名藏书家。(1825—1892)当年在嘉兴赫赫有名的“衍芬堂”就是祖上在嘉兴府的府邸。
胡晓玲女士的母亲，年轻时非常漂亮，接受过现代西方教育，能说上一口流利的英语。加上性格活泼，更是受人尊敬喜爱。胡晓玲的母亲在民国时期就在杭州铁路公司重要部门工作。
1947年胡晓玲的母亲，因曾无意间被同学拉进过国民党的“三青团”组织，加上其出生成分不好，在共党掌权后的历次政治运动中经历过不同程度地政治迫害甚至差点送命。胡晓玲也因此从小就遭受歧视和不公，这经历对胡晓玲之后支持民主党人毛庆祥反中共政权是有着不可分割关系的。
1980年，被政治运动整怕了的胡晓玲女士的母亲得知胡晓玲与79年“民主墙”的热血青年毛庆祥谈恋爱时，是坚决反对不同意的。
毛庆祥杭州人，出生于1950年。曾在上海警备区服役，1971年服役期满，退伍后分配到杭州磁钢厂工作。
1979年，发端于北京西单民主墙的民主运动影响到浙江，以76年“四五”运动参与者（毛庆祥曾参与天安门“四五”运动被判过刑，后平反）为基础的浙江有志之士也纷纷行动起来，将杭州的民主墙活动搞得红红火火。形成了一个部落“黑暗中的盗火者”，相互交流思想与认识，并萌发了许多生机勃发的民刊（起源“出自民间”“宣扬民主”故称民刊），而毛庆祥就是参与其中的杰出人士之一。
正是这段时期，冥冥之中自有天意，有着共同志向的胡晓玲与毛庆祥在一次偶然的相遇之后，进入了爱恋阶段。在世俗人的眼里出生于名门望族之后的胡晓玲下嫁出生贫寒的毛庆祥是件不可思议的事，尽管受到胡晓玲家人的强烈反对，但意志已定的胡晓玲还是将户口本偷了出来决然毅然地与毛庆祥走进了民政局登记拿到了结婚证书。
1981年4月1日，毛庆祥先生和胡晓玲女士喜结伉俪，婚后不久借蜜月之旅，花了一个多月的时间游历了福州、广州、桂林、北京、青岛、上海等地，见到了王希哲、刘国凯等民运先驱，还带回了《告各界（行业）人民书》广为应用，加强了浙江民运与全国各地同仁的交流与联系。同年8月13日，新婚不久的毛庆祥被中共当局抓走。不久，被浙江省杭州市中级人民法院杭法刑（81）第47号以“反革命宣传罪”判刑三年。
1984年8月刑满释放后，毛庆祥不畏当局的打压继续从事民运活动。
1999年6月因参与组建中国民主党再次被捕，11月9日被当局以“颠覆国家政权罪”判处有期徒刑8年，剥夺政治权利3年，毛庆祥拒绝认罪服法，服满刑期。
浙江自成立中国民主党以来在监狱中一直有中国民主党人在坐牢，前后坐牢的达36人，至今仍在坐牢的有3人。这些民主党人的刑期加起来近200年。
胡晓玲每当看到中国民主党人被判刑心痛无比。她深知，在这个艰难的时刻，被判刑的民主党人家人最需要的就是支持和陪伴。于是，她毫不犹豫地站了出来，主动联系其家人尽可能提供帮助和情绪安抚……在胡晓玲的带动和帮助鼓励下，这些民主党人的夫人们也坚强了起来，在狱中的丈夫如受到不公或虐待就会自发团结起来与当局抗争并呼吁国际社会予以关注和谴责。
在毛庆祥坐牢期间，胡晓玲不仅要照顾年老的双亲、抚养孩子、上班工作，还坚持每个月去监狱探望夫君。
就探监这事，对于中国民主党人夫人这个群体来说，是件很重要的事，因为只有通过探监，才能知道丈夫在里面有没有遭受不公或虐待，更重要的是通过探监能安抚亲人情绪，可以想像，一个人在大牢里呆着，如果没有亲人的关心和探望，是一件多么痛苦的事啊！这种痛苦有时可能比坐牢本身还受煎熬！
这里我特别提一下，民主党人吕耿松第二次坐牢11年，在浙江长湖监狱服刑期间，其妻汪雪娥每月至少一次前往探望。算了一下，杭州至湖州长湖监狱为90公里，来回是180公里，刑期是11年要来回跑132次（132次x180公里=23.760公里）相当于绕地球大半圈还多呢！
由于组建中国民主党案同案的民主党人吴义龙是外地人，在杭州生活相当困难，胡晓玲时常给他送些钱物，在杭州的其他中国民主党人夫人群体也会伸出援助之手，让他度过艰难困苦时期。
如今胡晓玲已70多岁了，身体也不是很好，可还经常去养老院看望照顾身陷囹圄的中国民主党人邹巍90多岁的老母亲。
中国民主党主要创始人之一朱虞夫先生，在谈到胡晓玲帮助受难者民主党人家人时是深有体会和感触的。当朱虞夫先生第一次坐牢时，最担心的是自己的夫人性格内向懦弱，怕接受不了这突如其来的打击。朱虞夫先生首先想到是托人带话给胡晓玲，希望帮助其夫人克服恐惧和焦虑。在胡晓玲的鼓励帮助下朱虞夫先生的夫人走过了那段最难熬的日子。
就这样在浙江中国民主党人的夫人群体一直以来相互鼓励，相互支持下度过了一个个的艰难时刻。
在民主党人毛庆祥前后获刑11年多中。胡晓玲和儿子相依为命，艰难地过着常人不可想象的日子。
胡晓玲就靠一点微薄的退休工资维持生活。到孩子念大学了，教育费很高，只靠这点退休金根本不够。还要打零工，跟朋友借点钱和亲友的资助。儿子13岁的时候，爸爸就不在身边，在性格等方面对孩子的成长都可能产生负面影响。
就在这样艰难日子里，胡晓玲坦然面对现实，引导鼓励孩子要坚强，不要因为爸爸的事情而自卑，自暴自弃；培养其积极向上的性格。儿子在母亲良好品格的潜移默化影响下，非常努力地读书学习。大学毕业后只身一人前往迪拜发展，历经千辛万苦和不懈努力终于在迪拜站住了脚跟。
创办了《迪拜人传媒》的网络媒体，传播介绍阿联酋（迪拜）和中国的历史、文化、经济、旅游、美食……架起了两国交流相互了解的桥梁……经过多年打拼发展《迪拜人传媒》在阿联酋（迪拜）和中国有了一定的影响力和知名度。
去年还出版了《迪拜往事》一书，这是一部描述迪拜华人创业的史诗篇章。受到相关读者和专业学者的广泛赞誉。
胡晓玲以坚韧不拔的品格和实际行动不仅默默守护着心中的信念，更是守护支撑起了一个被当局破碎了的家庭。是当之无愧中国现代版的“十二月党人”夫人！
向中国民主党人夫人群体致敬！
杭州司空先让
2026年2月22日
Remembering Ms. Hu Xiaoling, Wife of Chinese Democrat Mao Qingxiang
Author: Sikong Xianrang
Editor: Zhong Ran Proofreader: Cheng Xiaoxiao Translator: Zhou Min
Abstract: Mao Qingxiang’s wife, Hu Xiaoling, has stood firm in her convictions, providing long-term support to Mao Qingxiang and the families of the sufferers of the China Democracy Party. She organized mutual aid for prison visits, guarded her family, and passed on resilience and courage.
In Zhejiang, there exists a group similar to the wives of the “Decembrists” during the Tsarist Russian era. A representative figure of this group is Ms. Hu Xiaoling, the wife of Chinese Democrat Mao Qingxiang.
Ms. Hu Xiaoling was born into a prestigious family. Her mother’s ancestors were the Jiang family of Jiaxing, a prominent clan, specifically Jiang Guangyu, a famous book collector of the Qing Dynasty (1825–1892). The “Yanfen Hall,” which was well-known in Jiaxing back then, was the ancestral mansion in the Jiaxing Prefecture.
Ms. Hu Xiaoling’s mother was very beautiful in her youth, received modern Western education, and could speak fluent English. Combined with her lively personality, she was highly respected and loved. During the Republican era, Hu Xiaoling’s mother worked in an important department of the Hangzhou Railway Company.
In 1947, because she had been inadvertently pulled into the Kuomintang’s “Three People’s Principles Youth League” by a classmate, and coupled with her “bad” class background at birth, Hu Xiaoling’s mother experienced varying degrees of political persecution and even nearly lost her life during successive political movements after the Communist Party took power. Consequently, Hu Xiaoling suffered discrimination and injustice from childhood, an experience inseparably linked to her later support for Democrat Mao Qingxiang in opposing the CCP regime.
In 1980, Ms. Hu Xiaoling’s mother, who had been terrified by political movements, was resolutely opposed and did not agree when she learned that Hu Xiaoling was dating Mao Qingxiang, a passionate youth from the 1979 “Democracy Wall” movement.
Mao Qingxiang is a native of Hangzhou, born in 1950. He served in the Shanghai Garrison Command. In 1971, his term of service ended, and after being discharged, he was assigned to work at the Hangzhou Magnetic Steel Plant.
In 1979, the democracy movement originating from the Xidan Democracy Wall in Beijing reached Zhejiang. People with lofty ideals in Zhejiang, based on the participants of the 1976 “April 5th” Movement (Mao Qingxiang had participated in the Tiananmen “April 5th” Movement, was sentenced, and later exonerated), also took action one after another, making the Democracy Wall activities in Hangzhou very vibrant. They formed a tribe called “Fire-stealers in the Dark,” exchanging thoughts and understanding, and many vigorous folk publications (called “folk publications” because they originated “from the people” and promoted “democracy”) emerged. Mao Qingxiang was one of the outstanding individuals involved.
It was during this period—perhaps a destiny ordained by heaven—that Hu Xiaoling and Mao Qingxiang, sharing common aspirations, entered a stage of love after a chance encounter. In the eyes of worldly people, it was inconceivable for Hu Xiaoling, born into a prominent family, to marry Mao Qingxiang, who was born into poverty. Despite strong opposition from Hu Xiaoling’s family, the determined Hu Xiaoling stole her household registration book (Hukou), resolutely walked into the Civil Affairs Bureau with Mao Qingxiang, registered, and obtained their marriage certificate.
On April 1, 1981, Mr. Mao Qingxiang and Ms. Hu Xiaoling were happily wed. Shortly after the wedding, taking advantage of their honeymoon, they spent over a month traveling to Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Guilin, Beijing, Qingdao, Shanghai, and other places. They met democracy pioneers such as Wang Xizhe and Liu Guokai, and brought back the “Letter to People of All Circles (Industries)” for wide application, strengthening the exchanges and links between the Zhejiang democracy movement and colleagues across the country. On August 13 of the same year, shortly after the new marriage, Mao Qingxiang was taken away by the CCP authorities. Soon after, he was sentenced to three years in prison by the Hangzhou Intermediate People’s Court (No. 47, 1981) for the crime of “counter-revolutionary propaganda.”
After his release in August 1984, Mao Qingxiang, undeterred by the authorities’ suppression, continued to engage in democracy movement activities.
In June 1999, he was arrested again for participating in the establishment of the China Democracy Party. On November 9, he was sentenced by the authorities to eight years of fixed-term imprisonment and three years of deprivation of political rights for the crime of “subverting state power.” Mao Qingxiang refused to plead guilty or accept the verdict and served his full term.
Since the establishment of the China Democracy Party in Zhejiang, there have always been party members in prison. A total of 36 people have been imprisoned at various times, and three remain in prison today. The combined sentences of these Democrats total nearly 200 years.
Whenever Hu Xiaoling saw a member of the China Democracy Party being sentenced, she felt immense heartbreak. She knew deeply that at this difficult moment, what the families of the sentenced Democrats needed most was support and companionship. Thus, she stepped forward without hesitation, proactively contacting their families to provide as much help and emotional comfort as possible… Under Hu Xiaoling’s leadership, help, and encouragement, the wives of these Democrats also became strong. If their husbands in prison suffered injustice or abuse, they would spontaneously unite to struggle against the authorities and call for international attention and condemnation.
While Mao Qingxiang was in prison, Hu Xiaoling not only had to care for her elderly parents, raise her child, and work at her job, but she also insisted on visiting her husband in prison every month.
Regarding prison visits, for the group of wives of China Democracy Party members, it is a very important matter. Only through visits can they know if their husbands have suffered injustice or abuse inside. More importantly, visits can soothe the emotions of their loved ones. One can imagine how painful it is for a person to stay in a large prison without the care and visits of family! This pain can sometimes be more agonizing than the imprisonment itself!
Here I specifically mention that Democrat Lyu Gengsong was imprisoned for 11 years during his second term. While he was serving his sentence in Zhejiang Changhu Prison, his wife Wang Xue’e visited him at least once a month. Calculating this, from Hangzhou to Huzhou Changhu Prison is 90 kilometers, totaling 180 kilometers for a round trip. For a term of 11 years, she had to travel 132 times (132 times x 180 km = 23,760 km), which is equivalent to more than half a trip around the earth!
Since Wu Yilong, a co-defendant in the China Democracy Party establishment case, was from out of town and lived a quite difficult life in Hangzhou, Hu Xiaoling often sent him money and goods. The other wives of the China Democracy Party in Hangzhou would also lend a helping hand to help him through difficult times.
Now Hu Xiaoling is over 70 years old and not in very good health, yet she still frequently goes to a nursing home to visit and care for the 90-plus-year-old mother of the imprisoned Democrat Zou Wei.
Mr. Zhu Yufu, one of the main founders of the China Democracy Party, has deep personal experience and feelings regarding Hu Xiaoling’s help for the families of suffering Democrats. When Mr. Zhu Yufu was imprisoned for the first time, his greatest worry was that his wife, who was introverted and weak, would not be able to accept this sudden blow. Mr. Zhu Yufu first thought of asking someone to bring a message to Hu Xiaoling, hoping she would help his wife overcome fear and anxiety. With Hu Xiaoling’s encouragement and help, Mr. Zhu Yufu’s wife made it through those most difficult days.
In this way, the group of wives of the China Democracy Party in Zhejiang has navigated one difficult moment after another under mutual encouragement and support.
During the more than 11 years that Mao Qingxiang was imprisoned, Hu Xiaoling and her son depended on each other, living a life that is unimaginable to ordinary people.
Hu Xiaoling relied on a meager retirement salary to maintain their livelihood. When the child went to university, the education costs were very high, and the retirement pension alone was not enough. She had to take odd jobs, borrow money from friends, and receive assistance from relatives. When the son was 13 years old, his father was not by his side, which could have had a negative impact on the child’s growth in terms of personality.
In those difficult days, Hu Xiaoling faced reality calmly, guiding and encouraging the child to be strong, not to feel inferior or give up on himself because of his father’s situation, and cultivating a positive character in him. Under the subtle influence of his mother’s good character, the son studied very hard. After graduating from university, he went to Dubai alone to develop. After enduring countless hardships and relentless efforts, he finally established a foothold in Dubai.
He founded the online media “DubaiRen Media,” introducing the history, culture, economy, tourism, and food of the UAE (Dubai) and China… building a bridge for exchange and mutual understanding between the two countries… After years of hard work and development, “DubaiRen Media” has gained a certain influence and reputation in the UAE (Dubai) and China.
Last year, the book “Past Events in Dubai” was also published; it is an epic chapter describing the entrepreneurship of Chinese people in Dubai. It has received wide praise from relevant readers and professional scholars.
With her indomitable character and practical actions, Hu Xiaoling has not only silently guarded the beliefs in her heart but also guarded and supported a family shattered by the authorities. She is a well-deserved modern Chinese version of a “Decembrist” wife!
Salute to the group of wives of the China Democracy Party!
Sikong Xianrang, Hangzhou February 22, 2026
