Speaking of Lin Huiyin, the world thinks of nothing more than her aura talent, her beautiful and good appearance, and her legendary experience and gripping love story that have existed in the years.
As long as anyone who has carefully read Lin Huiyin's works, it is not difficult to see from the words written by Lin Huiyin that her attitude towards this world is idyllic, but it is also mixed with sorrow and desolation.
But what kind of experience has created her tenacious but still gentle personality? This probably starts with her childhood.
The concubine gave birth to 4 sons in anger, and drove the mother and daughter of the main chamber to the backyard, and the concubine's father regretted it after being famous in the world.
Although the crown is the mother, there is no mother responsibility
Lin Huiyin was born in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, her grandfather was a mid-dynasty Hanlin during the Qing Dynasty, and her biological father was named
Lin Changmin
She was a famous thinker and scholar, holding a high position, and her ancestral home was in Minhou, Fujian, which is now known as "Fuzhou", so her father's family has always been a well-known local clan.
And Lin Huiyin's biological mother
He Xueyuan
It was also a rich lady who was born with a golden spoon in the name of a rich merchant with her grandfather at that time
She was the second wife of Lin Changmin after her original wife died as a continuation.
But even so, He Xueyuan's marriage to Lin Changmin was still counted as a high climb.
Lin Changmin and his wife have a very strong relationship, but helplessly his wife died early, and he has not been able to leave him a son and a half daughter, in such an era when "passing on the generations" as the standard for the world to define filial piety, "childless" is undoubtedly a thing that can be put on the surface by neighbors and even relatives and friends to discuss and criticize.
Lin Changmin is "childless", so as a continuation of the string, and he does not have any emotional basis with him, the only role is to "give birth", fortunately
He Xueyuan gave birth to a son and two daughters for Lin Changmin, and finally unloaded the burden of "passing on the generations" on all the women at that time.
Unexpectedly, one of He Xueyuan's two daughters also unfortunately died prematurely, and the only son also accidentally fell to his death in an accident.
Childless, mediocre in appearance, and petulant and impatient, she soon exhausted Lin Changmin's patience and love for her.
And He Xueyuan's other only daughter, Lin Huiyin, originally even if she lost the favor of Lin Changmin, He Xueyuan was able to use her identity as a room to enjoy life well in the Lin family, but life will always give He Xueyuan some "serendipity" from time to time.
When Lin Huiyin was nine years old,
Cheng Guilin
The name began to appear frequently in her ears, and although this woman was only slightly literate, she had a good appearance, and soon attracted her father's attention, and soon settled in the "forest house" where she and her mother were located as a concubine, living with them.
Unlike He Xueyuan's childless body, Cheng Guilin soon conceived four sons for Lin Changmin, which raised Lin Changmin's attention to her to a peak, while He Xueyuan, who completely lost the advantage of competing for favors, took Lin Huiyin to the backyard.
Even if Lin Changmin knew her life's predicament, he would turn a blind eye and ignore it.
He Xueyuan fell to such a point, and her pampered and impatient personality is not unrelated, but since she was pampered by her family since childhood, she never realized that it was her own problem, she complained about the injustice of the sky and let her son die unexpectedly; complained about the concubines and delicate, and easily hooked the soul of her husband; and complained that the daughters did not argue, than the sons of Guilin.
He Xueyuan, who can only complain about the world, can only scold her daughter when her anger is nowhere to go, and sprinkle her anger on Lin Huiyin's body, which over time makes Lin Huiyin feel afraid of her mother.
Later, when asked about Lin Huiyin's impression of her birth mother, she commented on He Xueyuan: "She brought me to hell on earth."
Because she was born in a famous family, although her mother's behavior cast a not shallow haze on her childhood, Lin Huiyin, who was influenced by the family since childhood, has always been very smart and studious under the influence of the ears, and has never left behind the homework assigned by Mr. Lin.
Lin Changmin, who has always paid attention to the dynamics of his daughter-in-law, although the relationship with He Xueyuan is lukewarm, he has never withheld Lin Huiyin's food, clothing, housing and transportation, and is very lenient and considerate to her, and even invited the best tutor for her to expand her field of knowledge and enhance her literary literacy.
And these actions have subtly laid a solid foundation for her future name of "talented woman".
As the concubine of the Lin family, Lin Huiyin not only had to learn to manage the affairs of the family, but also had to shoulder the diplomatic responsibility of the family, especially when her father went abroad to study or work abroad, she was responsible for communicating with her father's letters and informing the family of the contents of the letters, so that everyone could rest assured.
In addition, Lin Huiyin had to deal with the verbal contradictions between his grandfather, grandmother and mother from time to time to prevent their quarrels from becoming more and more intense and making the family restless.
These pressures forced Lin Huiyin's mind to mature rapidly, and at the age of twelve, the words and sentences used in letters to her father were already adult communication skills.
After Ru yi asked, Xu Ru lived all his life
In 1920, Lin Huiyin, who was in the jade age, traveled to Europe with his father and decided to settle in England for a year to learn about the local customs and customs, and learn from the local powers in various fields.
The life experience during her settlement in Britain has had a great impact on Lin Huiyin's life, and her vision and insight are constantly expanding and growing with her experience, and even in London, she was influenced by the landlord who was a female architect, and she had the ambition to dedicate herself to architecture.
At that time, I was studying in the UK
Xu Zhimo
It was at this time that he appeared in Lin Huiyin's world, and because of his good status with Lin Changmin, he was unable to contact and communicate with Lin Huiyin.
After spending a long time together, he found that he seemed to have different feelings for Lin Huiyin, and he was already a husband at that time.
But despite this, it could not stop Xu Zhimo's surging feelings for Lin Huiyin, who cherished each other and hated each other, and they were attracted by each other's talents and personalities, and exchanged letters.
However, due to Xu Zhimo's married status, Lin Huiyin has never responded to Xu Zhimo's enthusiastic pursuit.
After a year, Lin Huiyin returned to his homeland with his father and continued to study and further study at Peihua Girls' High School, during which he maintained correspondence with Xu Zhimo, treating him as a close friend who could be made.
Compared with Xu Zhimo, who seems to be short-lived and has romantic feelings,
Liang Sicheng
But it was earlier in Lin Huiyin's time, before she went to Europe, when she was still cardamom, they met, but the second encounter was three years later.
Because the Lin family and the Liang family are both famous and prestigious families in the same area and have intersected for generations, the two families of Lin Liang have always been close, and after Lin Huiyin returned to China, this closeness seems to have become more reasonable because of Lin Huiyin's acquaintance with Liang Sicheng.
Lin Huiyin and Liang Sicheng once discussed each other's future ideals, and when Lin Huiyin said the phrase "I like architecture", Liang Sicheng felt a great shock, and even involuntarily cross-examined: "How can a girl's family do architecture?" ”
However, in the end, Liang Sicheng was impressed by Lin Huiyin's quick thinking and broad vision, and secretly resolved after returning home, one is to ask to marry Lin Huiyin, and the other is to treat architecture as a career like Lin Huiyin, and dedicate himself to architecture with Lin Huiyin.
In the days that followed, the two met frequently, and in the deepening understanding of each other, they determined their intentions for each other, and the identity of the door-to-door pair allowed them to receive strong support from each other's elders.
In the letter from Liang Sicheng's father to him, there is also such a sentence: "I am proud of your marriage".
It can be seen from this that in the eyes of the elders, the two of them are a match made in heaven.
Although this was a marriage that the elders were satisfied with, in Liang Sicheng's heart, Lin Huiyin was a nine-day fairy who had mistakenly entered the mortal dust, a noble, pure and unreachable snow lotus on the Heavenly Mountain, and Lin Huiyin's excellence made him feel that her love for him was illusory and would dissipate at any time.
In such a nervous state of mind, Liang Sicheng couldn't help but ask Lin Huiyin, he said: "There is a sentence, I only ask one sentence, I will not ask again in the future, why me?" ”
And Lin Huiyin replied: "The answer is very long, I have to spend my whole life to answer you, are you ready to listen to me?" ”
With their own strength, they set off a thousand waves
After Lin Huiyin and Liang Sicheng became engaged, Liang Sicheng's father hoped that the two of them would be able to marry after they had achieved some academic success, and chose a book written by Li Zhi, called it
"Building the French Style"
The book on ancient Chinese architecture, after handwriting the words and sentences, sent the book to the two people, meaning that they pinned their hopes on the field of architecture.
In 1924, Lin Huiyin and Liang Sicheng completed their studies in China and went to the University of Pennsylvania in the United States for further study.
However, at that time, if you want to report in the architecture department of the University of Pennsylvania, you must first pass the human body sketching course, and this course has a rule that "girls are not allowed to enter the human body sketching classroom", which also implicitly announces the "no female students" rule of the architecture department.
In desperation, Lin Huiyin could only go to the art department to report first, and took a course in architecture.
In April of the same year, a famous poet from India
Tagore
Visiting China, Lin Huiyin returned to China with Liang Sicheng as an escort and interpreter, and as a token of gratitude, Tagore also gave poems and Lin Huiyin.
In the poem, Tagore compares himself to the blue sky and Lin Huiyin to the earth, which means that he is overwhelmed by Lin Huiyin's extraordinary talent and outstanding appearance, and he can't help but sigh at this.
In the next two years, Lin Hui, with his talent in architectural design and his ability to draw in flames with the passage of time, smoothly transferred to the department and became a member of the department of architecture.
Breaking the university of Pennsylvania's implicit rule that "no girls are accepted."
During his studies in the Department of Architecture, Lin Huiyin deeply realized how difficult it was to form a complete system of theories and protection mechanisms for establishing ancient Chinese architecture.
To this end, she has said that what she wants to bring to the Chinese people is a real information about the intersection of Chinese and Western architectural knowledge, rather than the architectural knowledge replaced by Western architectural culture, we just need these architectural principles to design our own things.
Looking at Lin Huiyin, whose design is becoming more and more spirited and continues to shine in the literary world, Lin Changmin, as his father, inevitably feels guilty about his daughter-in-law.
Only because he believes that if it were not for lin Huiyin's relationship with his birth mother He Xueyuan when he was young, which led to insufficient love for her, which clouded her careworthy childhood, then her life should have gained more happiness, rather than becoming so precocious and sensitive and fragile.
In 1925, lin Huiyin, who was only 21 years old, received the news that her father Lin Changmin had unfortunately died in the execution of a mission, and after grief, she had to face reality, and after regaining her mood, she devoted more of her attention to learning and building the development of national architectural culture.
In 1927, after successfully graduating from the University of Pennsylvania, Lin Huiyin chose to go to the Yale School of Drama in order to enhance his control over the aesthetics of architectural design, and studied "stage art design" for half a year, becoming the first Chinese student to study stage art design in the West.
In 1928, Lin Huiyin accepted Liang Sicheng's marriage proposal, and on March 21 of the same year, the two completed their wedding at the Chinese Consulate General in Ottawa, and their union was hailed as the most admired fairy couple in Chinese architecture.
And the date they chose to marry on this day is exactly the date inscribed by Li Jie, the author of the book "Building the French Style", a book about ancient Chinese architecture.
The implication is not only to commemorate this great architect, but also to fulfill a longing wish for Liang Sicheng's deceased father when he gave them this book.
A poetic Thousand Hills Waterfall, an ancient April day
When the dust settled on their foreign studies, Lin Huiyin and Liang Sicheng returned to China and were invited to teach in the Department of Architecture of Northeastern University, serving as professors and heads of departments respectively, becoming the earliest batch of teachers in the newly established Department of Architecture at Northeastern University at that time.
In 1930, because of the long-term high-intensity work, Lin Hui often felt powerless to work, and when he went to the hospital for examination, he was unfortunately diagnosed with lung disease, for the sake of his body, Lin Hui had to leave Shenyang, where he was working, and then returned to Beiping for recuperation.
The following year, Lin Huiyin was invited by the Peking China Construction Society to teach there, and after his health improved slightly, Lin Hui went to Lu, Henan, Hebei and other provinces to conduct field investigations and surveys of ancient buildings in various places, and completed it alone or in cooperation with her husband Liang Sicheng
"Miscellaneous Records of Pingjiao Architecture", "On Several Characteristics of Chinese Architecture"
and other articles related to ancient architecture and statements of findings.
The high-intensity work and constant running and fatigue that did not decrease but increased made Lin Huiyin's lung disease re-attack, and eventually had to rest in bed, but even in the hospital bed, she insisted on reading books about ancient architecture and collecting information for the book "History of Chinese Architecture" that she wanted to create, so she often worked until late at night.
Years of work, so that the illness continues to eat away at Lin Huiyin's physical health, but she is highly immersed in the work, she is unaware of this;
Or perhaps she realized early on that her body could not continue to shine for the ancient buildings in the long years after this, so she wanted to burn her last trace of light and heat for the ancient buildings in her short life.
Lin Huiyin once wrote a poem, titled: You are a April day on earth, in Lin Huiyin's poems, April is a season full of enthusiasm, dreams and hopes, she uses the description of light wind, clouds, dusk, drizzle and other scenery to present a beautiful and gentle April wonder to the world.
And the dramatic thing is that on April 1, 1955, Lin Huiyin, who has been struggling to support, was finally completely knocked down by the illness, which is April Fool's Day in the West, but it is not a fate joke made by God to Lin Huiyin.
She left, riding the April breeze, clouds and moon, to a fantasy world that people call "heaven".
Lin Hui, because of this life, has stumbled since childhood, even if she was later named "a generation of talented women" by the world, it can not wash away the loneliness, confusion and confusion in her heart, some people say that she gave the soul to Ancient Chinese Architecture, but it is better to say that Ancient Chinese Architecture gave her a new life.
Only by attaching her life to ancient buildings can Lin Huiyin find the meaning of her own existence, and she has worked hard all her life for the ambition of "dedicating herself to architectural art" and has not lived up to the banner she has erected in her heart since the jade years.
Upon learning of Lin Huiyin's death, her best friend
Jin Yuelin and Deng Yizhe
With regret, he presented her with a pair of elegies, the content of which was: a poetic thousand waterfalls, april days on the earth of eternity.
And this "April Day" is the best interpretation of Lin Huiyin's life, she came to the human world, although she experienced pain, but still treated the world with enthusiasm and kindness, with dreams and hopes, in this world bloomed the fragrance of the world, penetrated the years, and endured.