| Lu Jianping | |
| Birth: | February 1894 Qing dynasty (China) |
| Death: | 2 October 2005 Yangpu, Shanghai, China |
| Age: | 111 years, 216-243 days |
| Country: |  CHN
|
| Unvalidated | |
Lu Jianping [Chinese: 陆涧苹] (February 1894 – 2 October 2005) was a Chinese supercentenarian whose age is currently unvalidated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).
Biography[]
Early Life[]
Lu Jianping claimed to have been born in Qing dynasty (China) in February 1894. She was born in an intellectual family, and she was an only child. Her mother died shortly after having given birth to her.
When she was a child, Lu read poetry. She read the Four Books and Five Classics. She knew by heart some citations of the Classic of Poetry, Water Margin and Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
With the help of Tang Wenzhi, Lu got engaged with Kang Shiqing [Chinese: 康时清] (1890–1988), a student in Shanghai Nanyang Middle School. While Kang was sent studying to the University of Birmingham by the Qing government, she was taken by her father in Shanghai. A teacher learnt her handwriting and English.
After Lu's fiancé returned to China in 1915 (as he obtained his diploma), they married in Shanghai. They were wearing a jacket and white gauze, and it was a modern wedding.
Later Life[]
One day, Lu suffered vasculitis, and had wounds on the leg and on the heel. She refused to be amputated, and after one year of wound cleansing, her injuries closed up.
In October 2001, Lu was reported as the third-oldest living person in Shanghai, after Sha Yunrui and Zhou Qiaoyun. Following the death of 109-year-old Zhou Qiaoyun on 11 October 2002[1], she became the oldest living person in Shanghai.
As of May 2004, Lu was living in a nursing home in Shanghai. Her oldest son was living abroad. Also, one of her grandsons is a medecine at Harvard, but can't speak Chinese.
Lu Jianping died in Yangpu District, Shanghai, China on 2 October 2005, at the age of 111 years, 216-243 days. Following her death, then 110-year-old Hu Amei became the oldest living person in Shanghai.
References[]
- ↑ 上海最高寿老太太昨夜辞世 享年109岁跨越三世纪 Sina Net, 12 October 2002
- 南洋院士风采录（康时清） Shanghai Nanyang Middle School
- 105岁还算“小弟弟” 上海百岁老人增至421位 Sina Net, 23 October 2001
- 上海百岁老人：428人, Jiefang Daily, 31 March 2003
- 最高寿者110岁 Sina Net, 30 April 2004
- 哈佛博士护理本市“高寿王” Sina Net, 26 May 2004
- 上海市百岁老人达548位 最高寿者111岁(图) Sina Net, 8 April 2005
- 上海第一寿星2日仙逝 享年111周岁 Sina Net, 3 October 2005