Xu Zhimo when he stayed in the United States in 1919
On November 19, 1931, a loud noise suddenly sounded in the Dangjiazhuang area on the southwestern outskirts of Jinan, and a plane crashed. Pilots Wang Guanyi and Liang Bitang, as well as Xu Zhimo, 35, who was a passenger, were killed at the same time. In the Shanghai Wanguo Funeral Home, countless admirers of Xu Zhimo flocked to it. Next to Xu Zhimo's coffin, two women wept particularly sadly, one was Xu Zhimo's ex-wife Zhang Youyi, and the other was his current wife, Lu Xiaoman. At this time in Beijing, there was also a beautiful female architect Lin Huiyin, who could not go to bid farewell because of her troubles. She asked her husband, Liang Sicheng, to pick up a piece of wreckage plank from the plane and bring it back to Beijing to hang at home.
In the face of Xu Zhimo's unexpected early death, the mentality of the three women is different. Lin Huiyin is "regret", Zhang Youyi is "resentment", and Lu Xiaoman is "regret".
Xu Zhimo and Zhang Youyi
Xu Zhimo's original wife, Zhang Youyi, the daughter of a famous and prestigious family, is a very virtuous woman. Xu Zhimo and Zhang Youyi were married in 1915 at the behest of their parents in their hometown of Jiaoshi, Zhejiang. In the second year after marriage, Xu Zhimo went north to study, and the two young people were separated from more and less. Zhang is worthy of being a bridesmaid, a scholar, a filial piety to the in-laws, and a treasurer. Xu Zhimo and Zhang Youyi had two sons, one named Ah Huan and the scientific name Ji Kai, who was raised by Zhang Youyi. The other son died in Germany.
After marriage, Xu Zhimo went north to study in the United States and Britain. Later, Xu Zhimo wrote to his father, imploring his wife to accompany him to England. Xu Zhimo and Zhang Youyi spent a warm and sweet life here, until another talented young girl, Lin Huiyin, appeared in Xu Zhimo's life.
In March 1922, Xu Zhimo and Zhang Youyi divorced in Berlin, Germany. Hu Shi wrote in his article "In Memory of Shima": "He formally filed for divorce with his wife, and he told her that they should not continue their married life without love and without freedom. ”
Zhang Youyi is worthy of being "a woman with ambition and courage", and seeing that Xu Zhimo has transferred her affection and not falling in love, she resolutely agreed to divorce. She succeeded in her studies in Germany and opened her first fashion company on Jing'an Temple Road in Shanghai after returning to China.
Lin Huiyin at the age of sixteen
Xu Zhimo and Lin Huiyin are an unfinished love affair with a "wordless ending". Xu Zhimo and Lin Huiyin's father, Lin Changmin, met when they were studying at Peking University. At that time, Liang Qichao was the chief of justice, and Lin Changmin was the chief of education, and the two were very close. Xu Zhimo was an introductory disciple of Liang Qichao and often met Lin Changmin in Liang Province. In the early spring of 1921, Lin Changmin went to England, one was to study, and the other was to send his beloved daughter Lin Huiyin to study in Britain.
In 1920, Lin Huiyin and his father Lin Changmin were in London
At that time, Lin Huiyin was in the year of Fang, Xu Zhimo fell in love at first sight, and he wrote poetry, correspondence, and dating, and the two were hazy but lively and lively in love. Lin Huiyin knew that Xu Zhimo was the husband, and she asked Xu Zhimo to divorce first and then talk about their love affair. Xu Zhimo did divorce, but Lin Huiyin quietly returned to China with his father for some reason, and Xu Zhimo became a lonely man.
Soon after Lin Huiyin returned to China, he fell in love with Liang Sicheng, the son of Liang Qichao. Since Lin Huiyin had already agreed to be the daughter-in-law of the Liang family, Xu Zhimo's pursuit naturally failed. In 1924, the Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore visited China, Xu Zhimo and Lin Huiyin accompanied him, and also performed Tagore's short play "Zidra" on the same stage. Seeing each other every day without saying anything can only increase your troubles.
Pictured: Tagore visited China in April 1924 for a photo. The right one Xu Zhimo, the right two Lin Huiyin, the right three Tagore, the left one Liang Sicheng, the left three Lin Changmin.
Xu Zhimo and Lu Xiaoman
The one who had a great influence on Xu Zhimo was Lu Xiaoman. Xu Zhimo and Lu Xiaoman met at the Beiping Social Field around the winter of 1924 or the spring of 1925. This period of time was when Lin Huiyin's heart was already determined and Xu Zhimo was extremely empty. Later, after several twists and turns, some lovers eventually became dependents. After marriage, Xu Zhimo and Lu Xiaoman hurried south, settled in Shanghai, and lived a fairy-like life.
Xiao Man's profligacy naturally made Shima unable to make ends meet, especially because he divorced and remarried, angered his father, and cut off financial support. Xu Zhimo gradually experienced the difficulty of management. He worked hard to create, teach, and later spend several college classes still unable to make up for his family, and even survived on loans. In particular, what struck Shima hard was that Xiao Man met a Yue opera student named Weng Ruiwu, and the two of them were like glue, smoking on the smoke bed all day.
In order to save money, he asked a friend to get a free ticket for a postal plane, and often flew around Shanghai, Nanjing, and Beijing. In fact, on November 19, 1931, Xu Zhimo originally had no classes in Beijing, but this evening Lin Huiyin wanted to give a lecture on Chinese architectural art to foreign envoys in the Peking Union and Small Auditorium, and Xu Zhimo had to go to the scene, so he boarded the Jinan postal plane from Nanjing to Beijing. As a result, the flying machine fogged and died in the crash.