The famous literati of the Republic of China have more or less some relations with each other, and there are also some surprising deeds in the family. Just like a generation of talented women Zhang Ailing, people who don't know will never think that she is related to Li Hongzhang, and only after reading her works to understand her birth know that Zhang Ailing's childhood was not very happy. Similar to her is the childhood of another talented woman, whose mother had a son and fell to her death, and then her husband took a concubine and drove her to the backyard with her daughter, unexpectedly, the daughter finally became a well-known talented woman.
In ancient times, special attention was paid to the matter of having children, and there is a saying that there are three filial pieties, and no queen is greater. And the queenless here in the eyes of the ancients generally refers to the absence of a son, without a son to find a way to take a concubine to give birth to ah. Speaking of this, I have to say that how did the ancients know that women could not give birth, not that men could not give birth? The He Xueyuan I want to talk about today is because her son is favored and because her son is out of favor.
He Xueyuan was born in a relatively solid family, the rank is relatively small, and some girls have willfulness. Lin Changmin has an original match called Ye Shi, Lin Changmin and Ye Clan belong to the kind of finger belly for marriage, the two lived a bad life after marriage, but it was not long before Ye Clan died of illness. Without leaving a son for Lin Changmin, the Lin family married him He Xueyuan, a small family of jasper. He Xueyuan did not like her mother-in-law much because of her wayward personality, and gave birth to a daughter after marriage, and then gave birth to a son.
Originally, her son and mother-in-law would not show much of her opinions, unfortunately, He Xueyuan accidentally fell while walking with her son who had just been born not long ago, she had nothing to do, but her son fell to his death. At this time, the mother-in-law was very dissatisfied with her, Lin Changmin was away for many years, and the Lin family had never had a concubine. Later, He Xueyuan became pregnant with the child again, and as a result, the child also died prematurely, and she never had a child again.
The mother-in-law couldn't help it, and Father Lin couldn't help it, in the eyes of the ancients, no son was a big thing. Therefore, he let Lin Changmin take a concubine and marry a woman named Cheng Guilin, this woman was very docile and very popular with the Lin family, and she gave birth to several sons in succession. He Xueyuan's mother-in-law drove He Xueyuan and her eldest daughter to the backyard, and this eldest daughter was Lin Huiyin. The Lin family is not bad at money, and there is almost no lack of He Xueyuan's mother and daughter in money. It's just that Lin Huiyin's father has been away for many years, and when he returned home, he only went to the mother and son of Cheng Guilin.
He Xueyuan is a traditional woman, but also the kind of person who has less knowledge, and she has little help for Lin Huiyin's growth. Later, she grew up slowly, and the talented eldest daughter also made Lin Changmin refreshed. He cultivated this daughter in the direction of a scholar, Lin Changmin belonged to the kind of knowledgeable and upright literati in that era, and under his education, Lin Huiyin also had more of a bookish atmosphere. Among the many talented women in the Republic of China, Lin Huiyin's talent is also more comprehensive than that of Zhang Ailing and others, and her life experience is also more fortunate.
In the spring of 1920, Lin Changmin went to Europe to investigate, and he took Lin Huiyin with him. Lin Huiyin also saw a lot with her father, and her father's upright style also gave her a lot of influence. By contrast, her mother spent her entire life trapped in the backyard. After Lin Changmin's death, he often resented and cursed Lin Changmin and his aunt. He Xueyuan often quarreled with him after Lin Huiyin took in his younger brother Lin Heng, which made Lin Hui feel very tired because he was caught in the middle to persuade him, and the negative impact of her mother on her was also reflected in her personality.
References: "Letter to Fei Wei Mei", "Biography of Lin Huiyin"