What is history: it is the echo of the past to the future, the reflection of the future on the past. - Hugo
Lin Huiyin and Lu Xiaoman are both famous talented and beautiful women in the Republic of China, and they both have a romantic love affair with Xu Zhimo, so they are often compared. It is often said that the woman in the eyes of a man and the woman in the eyes of a woman are completely two faces, and if you want to see the true face of a person, it is best to ask the same sex.
(Lin Huiyin)
As we all know, Lin Huiyin's male popularity is very good, but the female relationship is very poor, among the women of the same era, there are not a few who hate her, criticize her, and even write articles to satirize her, the most widely known of which is Bingxin.
Bingxin's famous work "The Wife's Living Room" was specially created to satirize Lin Huiyin, which is easy for discerning people to see. In the text, Bing Xin unceremoniously revealed: "Our wife" has only one female friend, fat and black, and "our wife" makes friends with her in order to set off herself "slim and white".
(Ice Heart)
In addition, Bing Xin also ridiculed Lin Huiyin for speaking English and pretending to be elegant. But this is not the most ruthless, the most cruel is Bingxin in "Mrs.'s Living Room" satirize Lin Huiyin like to engage in living room culture salon, the purpose is only to show their charm in front of many men, enjoy the vanity of the stars and the moon.
Bing Xin was so disgusted with Lin Huiyin because he was not accustomed to her ambiguous style and green tea behavior. However, Lin Huiyin's fans believe that it is because Bingxin is not as beautiful as Lin Huiyin and no Lin Huiyin is likable, so because of jealousy and hatred, malicious denigration.
In addition to Bingxin, there is also a well-known Talented Woman of the Republic of China who expressed her dislike for Lin Huiyin, she is Zhang Chonghe.
(Zhang Chonghe in the teenage years)
Zhang Chonghe is the little sister of the famous "Four Sisters of Hefei", the fourth daughter of educator Zhang Wuling, she is born into a famous family, poetry, song, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are all familiar, especially good at calligraphy and Kunqu, although the mathematics scored zero, but still by the talent of Peking University out of the box.
Later, Zhang Chonghe married Fu Hansi, a German-American-American professor of sinology at Peking University. In 1949, Zhang Chonghe went to the United States with her husband, and for more than 50 years, she has been teaching calligraphy and Kunqu opera at famous schools such as Harvard and Yale, promoting traditional Chinese culture.
In 2015, Zhang Chonghe died in the United States at the age of 102, known as the "last talented woman".
(Zhang Chonghe in his later years)
As talented women of the same era as Lin Huiyin and Lu Xiaoman, their lives have intersected, so what does Lin Huiyin and Lu Xiaoman look like in Zhang Chonghe's eyes?
During Zhang Chonghe's stay in the United States, he was a neighbor with su Wei, a writer in the United States, who was very interested in the past affairs of the Republic of China and often went to zhang chonghe for advice, and later the two simply cooperated to write a memoir " Tianya Evening Flute " - Zhang Chonghe dictated, written by Su Wei.
In "Tianya Evening Flute", when asked about his impression of Lin Huiyin, Zhang Chonghe replied: "Everyone likes it, I may not like it, just like Lin Huiyin, everyone likes her." When she was in Kunming, she loved to talk, and she was always the center of the people, as long as she was there, everyone had to listen to her, and when no one else spoke..." When asked about his impression of Lu Xiaoman, Zhang Chonghe replied: "But I have a good impression of Lu Xiaoman. She is very gentle, does not talk much, can also sing, a painting of landscapes, flowers and birds, painted very decently..."
(Lu Xiaoman)
It is not difficult to see that Zhang Chonghe likes Lu Xiaoman, but does not like Lin Huiyin. As for the reason, she also said very clearly, Lu Xiaoman has a gentle personality, is real, low-key, and versatile, can sing and draw. And Lin Huiyin, too high-profile, too love to talk, too much love to show superiority, too self-centered, too like to be the focus of everyone, leaving a very bad impression on Zhang Chonghe.
Unlike Bingxin, Zhang Chonghe did not have any evaluation of Lin Huiyin's style problems, although he also expressed his dislike for Lin Huiyin, but there was no malicious denigration, which is why Lin Huiyin's fans generally hate Bingxin but do not hate Zhang Chonghe.
(Lin Huiyin old photo)
In real life, people who are self-centered and like to show superiority are really unpleasant, and I believe that most people have personal feelings about this. But from another point of view, Lin Huiyin is indeed good enough, whether it is looks or talent, there are "shows".
Lin Huiyin's bad wind evaluation is not due to jealousy and prejudice? The author believes that this is difficult to say, after all, the literati are light and the opposite sex is repulsive, which is indeed universal. To be fair, Lin Huiyin's talent and achievements are indeed difficult for other women of the same era to match, and as for whether there are character defects and moral flaws, it is benevolent to see the wise.