"Baby: Mom doesn't know how to tell you a lot of things, and now I'm going to tell you one by one." This is the first sentence in Lin Huiyin's letter to his daughter after the Lugou Bridge Incident in 1937. Such a simple and gentle sentence makes people feel the shock of their hearts. Lin Huiyin is a legendary talented woman in the Republic of China period. Many people first know Lin Huiyin because of the rhyme of "You are an April day on earth", or because of the fame of "China's first female architect", or because of her legendary combination of talent and beauty. And this family letter, but let us see a different Lin Huiyin.
Lin Huiyin's letter to his daughter
After the Lugou Bridge Incident in 1937, Lin Hui was separated from his 8-year-old daughter Liang Zaibing for a long time because he was inspecting historical sites in the WutaiShan area of Shanxi. This letter is the family report she wrote in order to tell her daughter about her recent situation and send her thoughts to her daughter in the midst of war and chaos. In the letter, she changed her poetic and picturesque, Qingying and gentle writing style, the words were popular, the sentences were simple, and what she wrote and felt were short and trivial things in the parents' lives, and the pages were full of Lin Hui's delicate and unique love. ▌ In order to make the daughter better understand, the mother-daughter relationship in the letter tells a total of ten events in order, and each point is listed clearly with "X". From "first" to "tenth", Lin Huiyin has highlighted the two characters one by one, reducing the difficulty of reading for young daughters. The subtleties are seen in the true chapter, and in such a small detail in the letter, her delicate and gentle love is revealed, which makes people can't help but sigh and shock.
Six pages of paper recorded her longings: "First" and "Second" explained why she hadn't replied before, "Third" to "Fifth" shared her course of action elsewhere, "Sixth" and "Seventh" told about the latest state of the war, and "Eighth" to "Tenth" expressed her nagging as a mother. Lin Huiyin wrote carefully, and every word of the six-page family letter was her instructions and teachings for the life of this eight-year-old child.
In the letter, Lin Huiyin wrote, "I left Taiyuan for Mount Wutai on June 26, and there was no way to receive the letter from my family. Not only did my father and I not receive a letter, but I couldn't even see a newspaper on the road, so I didn't know anything about Japan's trouble with China! We rode a big car with a mule on the road, walked slowly, and worked busily, so we didn't go to Dai County until July 12, and there was a newspaper, and we could call the telegraph place, so that we could know a little outside news. ”
Reading this letter, it seems difficult for you to reconcile this mother who wrote the letter and "You are love, is warm, is hope, you are the April day on earth!" "The talented girl Lin Huiyin is associated. Because there is no romantic and poetic rhetoric in this letter, but between the lines are the most ordinary and simple nagging of a mother: "You are a child, and now the most important thing is to be in good health, to read well, and nothing else to worry about." Now that I'm at the beach, I'm having fun. "Listen to your aunt." Tell her that her parents thank her for taking care of you and 'growing pounds' for you. The clothes you want will be sent with the book. ”...... So ordinary, and so precious, even the words reveal Lin Huiyin's gentle maternal love. The letter contains not only gentle and delicate words, but also rigorous and thorough drawings. When Lin Huiyin explained his action route to his daughter, he also specially drew a map: "My father and I panicked and went around to Datong from Pingsui Road back to Beiping. Now I draw a map and you look at it, and you will understand. Please see the second and third editions." The maps in the appendix are very detailed, and the different terrains and landmarks are marked with different legends and colors, without any perfunctory prevarication.
Lin Huiyin drew a road map
The letter reads: (To you should understand the route I took) I want to tell you that I will hang up your little brother on the road, but there is no way to receive the letter, wait until I get to Dai County, as soon as I hear that There is a little war in Beiping, I am a little anxious, fortunately, we are still close to Taiyuan from Dai County to Da, and it is also convenient to come back by the Pingsui Road train from Datong (see map). However, someone told us that the Pingsui Road car only passed through the mouth, and this son was really anxious to kill us!
Lin Hui because her daughter hand-painted the map of Beiping to and from Shanxi In another letter, Lin Hui because he exhorted Liang Zaibing, who was obsessed with novels, to learn to stop in moderation, and she also drew a warning cartoon, using the vivid image of a kangaroo to remind her daughter not to indulge in this, and to keep an appropriate distance.
Lin Huiyin drew a caricature for his daughter
In fact, from these words and drawings, we are more likely to taste the mother's love of equal respect. Even the smallest details, as long as it concerns her daughter, she will treat it carefully. Even though her daughter is still young, she may not be able to read the text she wrote, and even though her daughter may not look closely at the map she has drawn, she still does it seriously. This is out of maternal love, but also out of respect. Liang Zaibing recalled that for her mother, she was not only a mother, but also a friend and a teacher.
In 1932, Lin Huiyin and his daughter Liang Zaibing
▌ The family situation in the letters
In addition to the secret expression of maternal love in the letter, there is also the perseverance of the great love of the family and the country. She explained to her daughter the "July 7 Incident," "Now I'm going to tell you what the Japanese are doing with us this time." You know that they always want our "North China" place, and this time they will send a big army to fight us for a small matter!" She expressed a firm attitude with her daughter, "We hope that things can be finished without fighting; if the Japanese want to occupy Beiping, we are all willing to fight, then you will follow your aunt's side, and we will stay in Beiping and wait until we win the battle." I think that now that we are Chinese we should be brave, not afraid of anything, and determined to do anything. "You know that your mother and father are all in peace, not afraid of war, and even less afraid of Japan." Lin Huiyin's legend lies in the multi-faceted nature of her life, but when these aspects are put together, there is an unchangeable background, that is, she has always been a strong nationalist. In these turbulent times, how does a mother need to tell a child who is only eight years old what is the meaning of family? Perhaps it is Lin Huiyin who wants to express it at all costs: to be brave.
Lin Huiyin and daughter
That generation of readers had a strong sense of responsibility for the country and the nation, and all their work was related to national rejuvenation. Stimulated by the Japanese scholar 's theory that only Japanese people have the ability to measure ancient Chinese buildings', Lin Huiyin and Liang Sicheng organized intensive ancient construction surveys throughout more than 100 counties and more than 2,000 ancient buildings in northern China. She was separated from her children for a long time, and she and her husband went through several tosses and turns, in order to investigate and protect China's ancient architectural relics and inherit traditional Chinese culture in the turbulent years.
Lin Huiyin work photo
Lin Hui made world-class learning by surveying and mapping the Tang Dynasty scriptures of foguang temple, striving for glory for the nation and building a better country. What really dominates Lin Huiyin is her feelings of home and country. This feeling of home and country permeates her blood, consciously or unconsciously expressed in her sincere teachings and endless love for her daughter. But when people talk about Lin Huiyin, they relish her beauty, love and socialization. However, how could her integrity, her talent and learning, her architectural attainments, and her delicate maternal love be stuck in the phrase "April day on earth"? After reading this article, if you are moved, share it!