Sheng Nan Hsu

Sheng Nan was born on January 1, 1930, to Mr. Bin Li Hsu and Mrs. Wen Ching Chang in Din Tou, Shandong Province, China. Her father was a professor at the National Shandong Normal University. She was the beloved daughter of her parents, who named her Sheng Nan, meaning “better than boys.”

She met her future husband, Mr. Ri Lian Liu, on the roof of a train while escaping from China with her high school classmates. She arrived in Taiwan in 1949.

Although she dreamed of becoming a physician, the war led her life down a different path. Sheng Nan attended the National Taiwan University College of Law in Taipei in 1951. She and Ri Lian married and had four children: Ze Hang, Kai Hang, Hui Hang, and Kai Chun. Her husband passed away on September 24, 1971, and she single-handedly raised their four children with courage and devotion.

In 1980, Sheng Nan attended her second daughter Hui Hang’s wedding in Hong Kong. It was also the first time she reunited with her parents since she left home at age 17. There had been no communication between them for 31 years. After that reunion, she returned to Jinan, Shandong in 1990 for the first time with her daughter Hui Hang to visit her mother. Since then, she visited her mother and siblings almost every year afterward.

Sheng Nan worked at the General Post Office for more than 35 years, retiring as an Administrative Director in 1995. Shortly after retirement, she moved to Boston to live with her youngest daughter, Kai Chun, the son-in-law Shien Chi Chen, and three grand sons, Kelvin, Terry and Jeffrey.

In 2009, Sheng Nan moved to Vancouver to live with her son, Kai Hang, daughter-in-law, Shu Yuan, and grandchildren, Joseph and Jocelyn. In the years that followed, she frequently traveled between Boston, Vancouver, Taiwan, and Wellington, New Zealand, cherishing time with her family across continents. She spent treasured periods in Taipei, Taiwan, with her eldest daughter, Ze Hang and granddaughter, Sammy. She also spent memorable periods in Wellington with her second daughter, Hui Hang, son-in-law, Henry Wong, and grandchildren, Michael, Jenny and Richard.

Sheng Nan lived a full and joyful life surrounded by family and friends. She traveled around the world, sharing her warmth, wisdom, and love with everyone she met. She was blessed with nine grandchildren and five great-grandsons.

Her love, strength, and spirit will remain in our hearts forever.

許聖南女士生平簡介

我們敬愛的許聖南女士，慟於2025年10月28日，在摯愛家人的陪伴下安詳辭世，享壽九十六歲。

聖南於1930年1月1日出生於中國山東省荷澤地區定陶縣，生肖屬蛇。

父親許炳離先生為國立山東師範大學教授，母親張宛青女士師專畢業後即嫁入許家，相夫教子。

她有2個哥哥，一個弟弟，2個妹妹，排行老三。

由於深受父母疼愛，父母為她取名「聖南」，寓意「勝於男兒」。

1948年為躲避國共內戰， 與高中同學一同隨流亡學校南下，途中，聖南在火車車頂上結識了她未來的丈夫——青年軍復員的劉日蓮先生，從此同甘共苦。他們輾轉經廣州、澎湖，於1949年抵達台灣。

聖南原本懷有成為醫師的夢想，但戰亂改變了她的人生方向。1951年，她進入國立台灣大學法律學系就讀。

其後與劉日蓮先生結婚，婚姻美滿幸福。育有三女一子：自航、凱航、惠航與凱群。

1971年9月24日，丈夫因病辭世，聖南以無比堅強的意志力與愛心，獨自撫養四名子女成人。

聖南在大學畢業後，曾在警察機關任文職人員，後考入交通部郵政管理局，在郵政單位從基層一直做到高階主管，於1995年退休。

旋即移居美國波士頓與么女凱群，女婿陳憲淇及三個外孫雨耕、雨果，雨田同住.

聖南公職業餘，還自費學習針灸，沒事就紮自己試針，待學成後，經常參加義診活動。

1980年，聖南前往香港參加次女恵航的婚禮，並首次與失散多年的父母重逢。此時距她十七歲離家，與老家失去聯繫已經過了三十一年。

自那次相聚後，又隔了10年，兩岸開放探親，她終於在1990年夏，在惠航的陪伴下，第一次回到山東濟南探望老邁的母親。自此以後幾乎每年都會返鄉探望母親和兄弟妹妹們。

1992年，因次女惠航舉家移民紐西蘭，聖南特意前往探親女婿王秉雄，及外孫永德，永欣，永瀚。

2007年，聖南率長女自航，長子凱航，媳婦蕭淑媛，長孫長鑫，長孫女瓊婷，次女惠航，三女凱群，三女婿陳憲淇及三個外孫，等共11人，一同返鄉探親（濟南、蓬萊）。

2008年與自航，凱航回夫君日蓮老家山東蓬萊探親，並修袓墳立碑。

2009年冬，聖南移居加拿大溫哥華，與凱航全家同住。2010年夏，長女自航和外孫女祝翔來溫哥華探視母親。

2012年夏，聖南在法鼓山溫哥華道場皈依三寶，適時由方丈果東法師主持皈依大典。隨後參加過快樂學佛人等課程。

2013年至2019年期間，聖南曾先後再到2位女兒家，短暫住過一段時間。2020年後，在溫哥華家中，潛心修學佛法。

聖南熱愛旅遊，她曾遊歷中國和東南亞多地，橫跨美洲，及歐洲多國。

在與子女共同度過的美好歲月裡，她們一同環遊世界，盡情享受生活中的美好事物。

聖南共有九名孫輩及一位曾孫和四位曾外孫，四代同堂，無比喜悅與驕傲。

聖南一生熱愛生活，樂觀開朗，與家人朋友情誼深厚。她的慈愛、堅毅與智慧將永遠留存在我們心中。