"If you are not careful, you will lose everything." Even in the Republic of China era, when the broad masses of the people began to awaken their minds, the living environment of women still did not improve much.
At that time, once divorced, the woman in the marriage would immediately be criticized and criticized from all aspects of the family, clan, and social opinion, but on the contrary, the man easily changed and became an excellent object in the mouth of the matchmaker family.
"(Lu Xiaoman) is familiar with Kunqu opera, can also play Pi Huang (Peking Opera), and writes a good article." In addition, Lu Xiaoman's painting ability is also extremely strong, and he is talented in learning from everyone, however, just because he remarried after divorce, since then, a large number of articles related to him have all become this emotional history, and his literary and artistic talents and abilities have been buried layer by layer, and almost no one has mentioned it.
In the incident of Lu Xiaoman, Xu Zhimo is undoubtedly inseparable from the relationship, and in addition to Lu Xiaoman, Xu Zhimo, who is keen on pursuing women and does not care at all whether his behavior has caused trouble to women, also has relations with many women. Ling Shuhua, who was attracted to Xu Zhimo's talent and was ambiguous with him, was one of these women.
Learn from everyone
"(Ling Shuhua) was born in the cultural city of Beijing into a family of eunuchs and calligraphers." Ling Shuhua's father, Ling Fupeng, was a Qing Dynasty scholar, and Kang Youwei was a fellow scholar with outstanding literary talent. After entering the official field, Ling Fupeng relied on his work and learning ability to step by step to the positions of head of the household department and military aircraft Zhang Jing, directly subordinate to the political department.
After the overthrow of the Qing Dynasty, Ling Fupeng was not affected, but successfully went to the Beiyang government. Born in such a family, Ling Shuhua, who was already gifted, naturally received an excellent education from an early age. When Ling Shuhua was only 6 years old, he fell in love with painting charcoal on the white wall of the garden.
At that time, Ling Shuhua had not yet received systematic painting teaching, but the "landscapes, flowers and figures" he painted had already revealed his aura. After seeing these paintings of Ling Shuhua, a friend of Ling Fupeng excitedly said that Ling Shuhua's paintings are very stylish, he is a genius, and he will definitely become a great painter in the future.
After Ling Fupeng's friends told Ling Fupeng their views, under the arrangement of his family, Ling Shuhua began to worship the famous artist Miao Jiahui as a teacher.
Miao Jiahui was born in Kunming into a family of scholars, and had already made a name for her paintings in Yunnan and Sichuan before the age of 15. Later, after the death of her husband, in that chaotic era, Miao Jiahui was able to rely on selling paintings to survive and raise children.
As his fame grew, after being recommended to go to Beijing, through layers of selection and personal interviews with Empress Dowager Cixi, Miao Jiahui's "Autumn Rhymes profound" painting "with the Summer Palace scenery as the theme" was recognized by Empress Dowager Cixi, so she was able to enter the palace to paint. After worshiping Miao Jiahui as a teacher, Ling Shuhua's foundation of painting was strengthened.
In addition to learning painting with Miao Jiahui, Ling Shuhua also studied classical poetry and English with Gu Hongming, a generation of strange masters in the cultural and artistic circles at that time.
Later, when Ling Shuhua was seven or eight years old, he also worshiped wang Zhulin, a famous landscape orchid bamboo painter, and Hao Shuyu, who was once on a par with Qi Baishi and Chen Banding, as teachers. Under the guidance of these famous teachers, Ling Shuhua's painting and literary level were rapidly improving.
By the time he was studying at the Tianjin First Girls' Normal School, Ling Shuhua's literary works were already relatively famous, "The compositions are often published in the school magazine. ”
University Life
"(Ling Shuhua) was admitted to the preparatory department of Yenching University." The following year, Ling Shuhua was promoted to the Undergraduate Department of Foreign Languages with excellent academic performance and learning ability, majoring in English, French, and Japanese. University life increased Ling Shuhua's insight, and under the guidance of inspiration, Ling Shuhua created one painting after another.
After zhu Guangli saw Ling Shuhua's paintings, he said that in these paintings, he saw a literati painter who inherited the major families of the Yuan Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, "in the yearning for the classical scale of the law", revealing his unique elegance and meticulous sensitivity. In addition to having a strong talent for painting and a very solid foundation in painting, Ling Shuhua is also very good at literature.
From 1924, Ling Shuhua began to create literary works in the vernacular. In January of the same year, his short story "The Daughter's Life is Too Desolate" under the pseudonym of Ruitang was published in the supplement of the Morning Post, and after that, excellent works such as "The Capitalist's Christmas" and "Hamen Street in the Mist" were also published.
Because of his literary ability, more and more people know it, so when the Indian poet Tagore visited China in 1924, Ling Shuhua also went to the scene as one of the representatives.
Here, Ling Shuhua met Chen Yuan, then a professor at Peking University and head of the English Department. After this acquaintance, the two began to exchange letters occasionally on literary issues.
Ling Shuhua's appreciation of Chen Yuan at that time was only a simple literary appreciation, because the person ling Shuhua had a good feeling for at that time was Xu Zhimo. At that time, Xu Zhimo was rejected by Lin Huiyin, so he began to turn his head and communicate frequently with Ling Shuhua. There can be more than 70 letters between the two in a month, and Xu Zhimo also directly said that Ling Shuhua is the confidant who knows him best.
Ling Shuhua, who communicated very smoothly with Xu Zhimo, did not expect that when the letter was still open, Xu Zhimo was already in love with Lu Xiaoman. After learning the truth, Ling Shuhua just calmly blessed Xu Zhimo and Lu Xiaoman. Shortly after the two held a wedding, Ling Shuhua announced his marriage with Chen Yuan.
Marriage bondage
"Indifferent to Mingzhi, quiet and far-reaching." Ling Shuhua is very able to bear hardships in life, and when the living expenses are insufficient later, Ling Shuhua needs to take time to "write and sell paintings" in addition to daily housework, but he can combine the two very well. Even in a poor life, Ling Shuhua's inspiration is still gushing.
At the time of marriage, just the real estate in the dowry, Ling Shuhua's father took out "28 houses", after marriage, with the support of the Ling family, Chen Yuan's career path has become more and more smooth.
However, Chen Yuan, who has received many benefits, has always adopted a demeaning and restrictive attitude towards Ling Shuhua, Chen Yuan does not agree with Ling Shuhua's work, and also maliciously criticizes any works created by Ling Shuhua.
But fortunately, Ling Shuhua's literature and paintings at that time were already well-known, so he did not stop creating because of Chen Yuan's depreciation. Because Chen Yuan requires that women should do housework at home and should not have any creation or work, Ling Shuhua's creative conditions are more limited, and later told his daughter that he should not get married, and once a woman is married, she cannot be herself.
In an increasingly difficult survival situation, Ling Shuhua meets a young and very energetic foreigner, Julian. Julian was well known in literature and came to Wuhan University as a teacher. Because he was attracted by Ling Shuhua's intelligence, Julian approached Ling Shuhua little by little, and Ling Shuhua slowly became interested in Julian, and the two came together.
After Chen Yuan discovered this, he gave Ling Shuhua three choices, one is divorce, the other is separation, and the third is to break off the relationship with Julian and return to the family.
Ling Shuhua originally wanted to choose one, but suddenly found that Julian has many lovers at the same time, and worried about his career, Julian also advised Ling Shuhua to go back, and second, Ling Shuhua's father also wrote to Ling Shuhua, asking him not to divorce, divorce is very humiliating.
Under multiple pressures, Ling Shuhua, who was restricted by her husband's family to have no job, bowed her head and returned to the family. After this, in the face of Chen Yuan's continued restraint, Ling Shuhua insisted on writing, and created "Ancient Rhymes" in English, directly conquering Western readers.
But if it were not for marriage, the works created by Ling Shuhua in his lifetime would never be only these. After all, Chen Yuan would even use his authority to refuse the school to "hire Ling Shuhua." ”
Ling Shuhua, who later chose to bow his head and return to the family, could not help but warn his daughter not to admit mistakes with men forever.
brief summary:
"Patriarchal society has finally moved towards its own perfection in the process of both excluding and exploiting, both borrowing and obliterating women." Ling Shuhua, whose literary and artistic accumulation and talent are extremely powerful, was thus locked up step by step by her husband who was married and firmly defended the male rights and interests of patriarchal society.
Ling Shuhua, who once admired Xu Zhimo's talent and learning, was ambiguous with Xu Zhimo, who was watery, and was later tied to the family by her husband and was not allowed to go out to work, and after a short cheating life, Ling Shuhua had to bow his head because of the constraints of public opinion, family and marriage, when admonishing his daughter, he could not help but say in a serious tone that he would never admit mistakes with men.