She was a famous talented woman in the Republic of China and was rated as one of the "Four Beauties of the Republic of China" by the world.
She behaves well and speaks calmly. Every move, word and deed is full of beauty and vitality. She is Lin Huiyin, a strange woman who combines beauty and wisdom. When I think of her, I think of "You are April in the world" and the eternal sigh of "You are the poetic Qianxun Waterfall, the April in the world forever".
It is a pity that "since ancient times, beauties have had a bad life and are not allowed to grow old in the world." Her life's joy and suffering, happiness and sorrow were all fixed at the age of fifty-one. From then on, misfortunes and blessings took turns, leaving it up to future generations to comment.
When we mention Lin Huiyin, we will naturally think of her unparalleled elegance, her eternal charm, and her bitter love affair with Xu Zhimo.
When Lin Huiyin first met Xu Zhimo, he was only sixteen years old. At that time, Xu Zhimo was a disciple of Lin Huiyin's father, Lin Changmin. A sudden dance brought sixteen-year-old Lin Huiyin into Xu Zhimo's sight and occupied his whole heart.
After that, Xu Zhimo often found excuses to visit Lin Changmin and Lin Huiyin. Gradually, the two people's souls collided because of their love for literature. Xu Zhimo forgot about his pregnant wife at home, and his relationship with Lin Huiyin heated up sharply.
Later, Lin Changmin noticed the change in the relationship between the two, and his daughter's eyes turned from appreciation to infatuation when she looked at Xu Zhimo. In order to stop it in time, Lin's father moved his daughter to another city.
Lin Huiyin naturally understood that such feelings were against common sense, and she did not want to hurt another innocent woman because of her feelings. So she wrote a letter asking Xu Zhimo to make a choice between herself and Zhang Youyi. Unexpectedly, such a letter intensified Xu Zhimo's determination to be with her, and decisively divorced Zhang Youyi, who was already pregnant.
After the divorce, Xu Zhimo accidentally met Lin Huiyin again in Xiangshan. This time, he decided to formally pursue Lin Huiyin and marry her. But Lin Huiyin couldn't accept Xu Zhimo's abandonment of his wife and son, so she wrote a song "Willing" to reject Xu Zhimo. This was a breakup letter, but the two were always disconnected.
In 1924, under the arrangement of Liang Qichao, Liang Sicheng and Lin Huiyin went to the United States to study together, and both chose architecture. Four years later, the two got married at the Chinese Consulate General in Ottawa.
But after returning to China, although Lin Huiyin had already married Liang Sicheng, he still maintained an unclear ambiguity with Xu Zhimo. The two established the Crescent Poetry Society together, published poetry collections together, received Rabindranath Tagore together, and Starring in a drama, this kind of relationship has long gone beyond the ordinary friendship between men and women, and it also makes Liang Sicheng, a husband, feel doubly embarrassed.
As time passed, the close love between her and Xu Zhimo was spread a lot, and Lin Huiyin also changed from the talented woman in the past to a third party who destroyed other people's families, a scheming green tea. Even Qian Zhongshu commented: Among all the famous wives, she is the most beautiful and has the most friends. Moreover, her husband was the most docile and the least intrusive. The whole sentence is full of ridicule.
In 1931, in order to rush to Lin Huiyin's lecture, the plane Xu Zhimo was riding was killed. It immediately crashed into the valley and the fuselage caught fire. Xu Zhimo ended his bohemian life. With the death of Xu Zhimo, Lin Huiyin's reputation also plummeted to the bottom overnight, and she forever became the third person in the world's eyes who destroyed other people's families.
Chinese people have always maintained a strict attitude towards women, and their behavior and style are much higher than their achievements.
For Lin Huiyin's life, it is a life of honor, disgrace and passion. When we talk about her love history, we should not forget her achievements in literature and architecture.
In terms of literature, she has written prose, poetry, novels, scripts, translations and letters, etc. Her representative works include "You Are April in the World", "Lotus Lantern", "Ninety-nine Degrees of the Middle", etc. . Among them, "You Are the April Heaven in the World" is the most well-known and widely recited.
In terms of architecture, she and Liang Sicheng used modern scientific methods to study ancient Chinese architecture and became a pioneer in this academic field. Later, she achieved great academic achievements in this area and laid the foundation for the study of ancient Chinese architecture. Solid scientific foundation. At the same time, she is also one of the designers of the deepening plan for the Monument to the People's Heroes and the National Emblem of the People's Republic of China.
It is precisely because of her and Liang Sicheng’s inspection and research of the ancient architectural complexes of the Tang and Liao Dynasties that we can now have a glimpse of the vastness of the great country in the past. In addition, before the US military planned to bomb Japan, the US also approached Lin Huiyin and his wife and asked them to make plans. Lin Huiyin and his wife were not selfish. Their vision was broad, so they also worked hard to protect the ancient buildings in Nara, Japan. They worked tirelessly and with their persistence, they successfully protected Nara’s ancient architectural complex and made a huge contribution to the protection of world architecture.
Lin Huiyin’s love for architecture is obvious to all, and this love lasted until the end of her life. She consulted historical materials while sick and finally completed the design of the monument.
In the mid-1950s, the plan proposed by Lin Huiyin and his wife to protect Beijing's ancient buildings was rejected. In line with the development of that era, a large number of ancient buildings were demolished in Beijing. Lin Huiyin was deeply saddened by this. Eventually, his condition worsened and he died of illness in 1955 at the age of fifty-one.
Throughout Lin Huiyin's life, she was an elegant and dignified socialite in the upper class during the Republic of China, but she also fell to the bottom overnight because of her love story. Her life, whether sad or happy, has gone through with great vigor, and then faded away. Now when we talk about this great beauty of the Republic of China, in addition to her love and love that everyone knows, we should not forget , her contribution to our country's literature and architecture is unmatched by others.
She is my country’s first female architect. She did not forget to explore the field of architecture even when she was suffering from a chronic illness. She and Liang Sicheng visited ancient buildings around the world to protect them. And try your best.
Everyone in the world thinks one-sidedly that Lin Huiyin is a rich girl who was raised in a greenhouse since she was a child. She is a charming girl who only knows novels, music, love, hate, and love. However, they ignore that when the ancient buildings in Beijing are to be demolished, , it was she who bravely stood up despite dissuasion.
Lin Huiyin is a strange woman who has always lived in April in the world. She was born brilliantly and died calmly. She is well known for her love, and will remain famous throughout the ages for her contribution to Chinese literature and architecture.
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