Kung Ling-i (; September 19, 1915 – August 22, 2008), born in Taigu County,

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, was the eldest daughter of Kung Hsiang-hsi and

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Life

In 1928, 13-year-old Kong Ling-i went to Nanjing Jinling Girls' High School to study, and lived in the official residence of her uncle

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. At the end of the civil war, she moved to

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with her parents. In 1943, Kung Ling-i went to the United States in the name of studying abroad, and announced her marriage to Chen Jien in the United States. They eventually broke their engagement. On August 22, 2008, Kong Ling-i died at the age of 93 at the Fifth Avenue apartment in

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, New York, USA. On August 26, the funeral ceremony was held in Manhattan, New York, where she was buried in New York state.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kung, Ling-i 1915 births 2008 deaths Republic of China (1912–1949) emigrants to the United States Chiang Kai-shek family