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Chapter 14 Wife's living room: Lin Huiyin in the center of Beijing's literary circle

Jin Yuelin and Lin Huiyin lived in the front and back yards, and the "wife's living room" opened enthusiastically.Often on Saturday afternoons, Jin's friends, Lin's friends, and friends brought by friends all gather here to drink tea and chat.Liang Zaibing, Liang Sicheng's daughter, recalled that people who often came to the Liang family before the Anti-Japanese War included Zhang Xiruo, Qian Duansheng, Jin Yuelin, Zhou Peiyuan, Chen Daisun, Ye Qisun, Wu Youxun, Deng Yizhe, Tao Menghe, Li Ji, Shen Congwen, etc., and sometimes with their wives. come together.In fact, apart from these, there are Ye Gongchao, Hu Shi, and younger ones, such as Li Jianwu, Xiao Qian, Bian Zhilin and others.Zhang Xiruo and Qian Duansheng are political scientists, Zhou Peiyuan is a physicist, Tao Menghe is a sociologist, Deng Yizhe is an art historian, and Li Ji is an archaeologist.

Birthplace: Hangzhou Ancestry: Fuzhou Birth and death years: June 10, 1904 to April 1, 1955 (tuberculosis) Graduate school: School of Fine Arts, University of Pennsylvania Title: China's first female architect, praised by Hu Shi as a talented woman of China's generation Main achievements: Participated in the design of the National Emblem and the Monument to the People's Heroes in Tiananmen Square and the transformation of traditional cloisonne Best praise: You are the April day in that world Jin Yuelin (1895~1984): Born in Changsha, Hunan.Philosopher, logician.He was the first to systematically introduce modern logic to China. Among his disciples were Feng Youlan and others.

Liang Sicheng (1901~1972): Born in Xinhui, Guangdong Province, the son of the university scholar Liang Qichao, a famous architect and architectural educator.Together with his wife Lin Huiyin, he systematically investigated, sorted out and studied the history and theory of ancient Chinese architecture, and is the pioneer and founder of this discipline. Ding Ling (1904~1986): Born in Linli, Hunan, a left-wing writer.Masterpiece, won the Stalin Prize for Literature. Zhang Youyi (1900-1988): His grandfather was a county magistrate in the Qing Dynasty, and his father, Zhang Runzhi, was a rich man in Baoshan County, Shanghai at that time.

Lu Xiaoman (1903~1965): born in Wujin, Jiangsu, born in Shanghai.He once studied under Liu Haili and other famous painters, and is good at drama. He once collaborated with Xu Zhimo to create dramas.She is also proficient in Kunqu Opera, can also play Pihuang, and writes excellent articles. She is a famous talented woman in the Republic of China. Ling Shuhua (1900-1990), born in Panyu, Guangdong, novelist and scholar.Graduated from Yenching University and taught at Wuhan University, she is known as Luo Jia's talented woman. Chen Xiying (1896-1970), born in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, formerly known as Chen Yuan, pen name Xiying, graduated from the University of Edinburgh and the University of London, and served as a professor of foreign languages ​​at Peking University after returning to China.Participated in the founding of "Modern Review". After marrying the female writer Ling Shuhua, they taught at Wuhan University together. In 1946, he became the first permanent representative of the National Government to UNESCO in Paris.

Wen Yiduo (1899-1946), born in Qishui, Hubei, was a representative poet of the Crescent School, an expert in classical literature research, and a democratic fighter.He was assassinated by Kuomintang agents. Yang Zhensheng (1890-1956), born in Penglai, Shandong, was an educator, writer, and former president of National Qingdao University. Zhang Xiruo (1889-1973), born in Dali, Shaanxi, a political scientist, graduated from Columbia University.
⊙Jin Yuelin and Lin Huiyin lived in the front and back yards, and the "wife's living room" opened enthusiastically.Often on Saturday afternoons, Jin's friends, Lin's friends, and friends brought by friends all gather here to drink tea and chat.Liang Zaibing, Liang Sicheng's daughter, recalled that people who often came to the Liang family before the Anti-Japanese War included Zhang Xiruo, Qian Duansheng, Jin Yuelin, Zhou Peiyuan, Chen Daisun, Ye Qisun, Wu Youxun, Deng Yizhe, Tao Menghe, Li Ji, Shen Congwen, etc., and sometimes with their wives. come together.In fact, apart from these, there are Ye Gongchao, Hu Shi, and younger ones, such as Li Jianwu, Xiao Qian, Bian Zhilin and others.Zhang Xiruo and Qian Duansheng are political scientists, Zhou Peiyuan is a physicist, Tao Menghe is a sociologist, Deng Yizhe is an art historian, and Li Ji is an archaeologist.

⊙In October 1933, Bing Xin wrote an article "Our Wife's Living Room", which was published in the literary supplement of Tianjin "Ta Kung Pao".The novel describes a group of pretentious academic celebrities who gather in the living room of the heroine's house to open a salon.The article has changed from Bing Xin's crystal clear writing style, and is full of satire and sarcasm to the characters.Lin Huiyin was not to be outdone. According to Lin Huiyin's good friend Li Jianwu, "She (Lin Huiyin) happened to return to Beiping from Shanxi to investigate temples. She brought a jar of Shanxi vinegar that was old and fragrant, and immediately asked someone to give it to Bingxin to eat." Since then, The two feuded.

⊙Lin Huiyin is often the center of conversation when friends gather, as long as she is present, others have no part to speak.At a dinner, Yang Zhensheng asked: "Gongchao, why do you eat all the vegetables?" Ye Gongchao pointed to Lin Huiyin who was opposite, and Lin Zheng spoke eloquently.Someone said: "Gongchao, if Huiyin is not here, I will only hear you talking." Ye Gongchao smiled and added: "There is (Liang) Zongdai." ⊙The people in the "wife's living room" often eat at Jin Yuelin's house. Jin is from Hunan, and most of the dishes he serves are Hunan dishes, so people call this "Hunan Restaurant".Jin also hired a western food chef. It is said that the snacks are very good, and he often brings them to Lin Huiyin to eat.

⊙Li Jianwu commented on Lin Huiyin: extremely smart, but also a red-hot heart, quick-spoken, straight-tempered, so strong, almost all women regard her as an enemy. ⊙Fei Zhengqing and his wife Fei Weimei joined Lin Huiyin's salon shortly after they came to Beijing. The Chinese name "Fei Weimei" was given by Lin.Fei Weimei recalled: "Old friends will remember how she (Lin) monopolized the conversation with a relentless flow... Topics ranged from witty anecdotes to astute analysis, from wise advice to outbursts of anger, from demented enthusiasm Almost everything from deep contempt to profound contempt. She was always the center and leader of the party."

⊙Lin Huiyin's "wife's living room" can be said to be the center of Beijing's literary and artistic circle at that time, especially for young writers, being allowed to enter this "living room" is tantamount to being recognized by the literary and artistic circle.When Xiao Qian, a student of Yenching University, was invited to the "living room", he had long since washed the blue cloth coat he usually wore, and brushed and brushed a pair of old leather shoes.Xiao Qian recalled: "That tea party was like being kindly whipped on the hind legs of a fledgling pony."

⊙Lin Huiyin's original name was Lin Huiyin, but later she found out that there was a male writer named Lin Weiyin, so she changed "Yin" to "Yin" and said: "I am not afraid that people will mistake my work for Lin Weiyin, but I am afraid that it will be misunderstood as Lin Weiyin's in the future. Mistaking his work for mine." ⊙Jin Yuelin said that according to common people’s saying, “Wife is good for others, articles are good for oneself”, but this statement does not apply to Liang Sicheng, here in Liang, “Wife is good for oneself, articles are good for wife” .

⊙Liang Sicheng is the most outstanding architect in China and the founder of the Department of Architecture of Tsinghua University. In 1947, a student went to the Department of Architecture of Tsinghua University. The teacher told him that there were three national treasures in the Chinese cultural circle: Liang Sicheng, Chen Yinke, and Weng Wenhao. ⊙During the Anti-Japanese War, Liang Sicheng's family moved to Lizhuang with the school. At that time, everyone was living in poverty and often lived on pawns.Liang Sicheng was very funny. When he wanted to pawn something, he would tell his family: Let’s “sauté” this watch and “simmer” this dress. ⊙Lin Huiyin and Liang Sicheng always worked together and wrote books together. Liang said in his masterpiece "Images of Chinese Architecture History": "I would like to thank my wife, colleague and former classmate Lin Huiyin... without her cooperation and inspiration , neither the writing of this book nor any of my research work on Chinese architecture is possible." ⊙ Lin Huiyin and Liang Sicheng agreed that no matter who died first, the living one should design a tombstone for the other. On April 1, 1955, Lin Huiyin passed away. Liang designed the tombstone for his wife. A student happened to come. Home', below is 'Tomb of Mr. Lin Huiyin', what do you think? Are there too many titles?" In the end, only one title was retained: the tomb of architect Lin Huiyin. ⊙Fei Weimei commented on Lin Huiyin: Her nerves are like the complicated strings of a grand piano.It responds to every touch of a key, high or low, thump or flick.Or, inherited from her poet father, she had an artist quality about her.She is able to leave her mark on any kind of art with her delicate insight. ⊙In the summer of 1953, Zheng Zhenduo and Wu Han invited some architectural experts to a banquet. During the meeting, they talked about the protection of the old Beijing city. It's been restored and it's a fake antique at best." ⊙Lin Huiyin was good at writing, and many of Liang Sicheng's articles were revised and polished by Lin. Lin often made dense corrections on the first draft, and then Liang Sicheng copied it.Their mutual friend Mo Zongjiang said: "Mr. Liang's best articles were written during the debate with Mr. Lin. After Mr. Lin passed away, Mr. Liang's articles became much more dull." ⊙Jin Yuelin and Liang Sicheng and Lin Huiyin lived in the front and back yards. Jin wrote a couplet to compliment the Liang couple: a gentleman on Liang, a beauty on the forest. ⊙Xia Zengyou nicknamed Liang Qichao "Ning Ren". Liang explained: the ancients called "Not Ning Ren" when they were self-effacing, and "Singing is talent", and they called Mo Zi a "talented man". Call me a "talented scholar", and "talent" means "sycophant", so I am called a sycophant. ⊙When Liang Sicheng and Lin Huiyin got married, their father Liang Qichao wrote a letter to them, saying: "After you get married, I have two new hopes: the first one is that both of you are not in good health. A new era will be opened in the future. The second thing is that you two used to have a childish temper and love to be noisy. Now you are fully grown up. I hope that you will become like adults and be considerate of each other in every way, so as to form the basis of lifelong peace and happiness. These two hopes, I think can always be achieved.” ⊙Xu Zhimo met Lin Huiyin for the first time in London and communicated frequently for a period of time. According to the recall of Xu Zhimo’s then wife Zhang Youyi: “Xu Zhimo would go to a nearby barber shop every few days. The name was to get a haircut, but in fact he was going to watch Lin Huiyin’s letter." ⊙Lin Huiyin's father, Lin Changmin, met Xu Zhimo, who was 21 years younger than him when he was in Europe.Lin also told Xu about his secret love affair when he was young, and Xu wrote the novel "A Not Very Important Memory" based on it.Lin and Xu also pretended to be men and women, one pretended to be a married man and the other pretended to be a married woman, and exchanged love letters.After Lin's death, Xu Zhimo released one of them, saying that this love letter is "at least more interesting, meaningful and even more valuable than the Great Constitution of the Republic of China written by him." ⊙When Xu Zhimo was chasing Lin Huiyin, his wife Zhang Youyi was pregnant.As soon as he heard that Zhang was pregnant, Xu said, "Abort the baby." Zhang said, "I heard that some people died because of abortion." Xu said, "There are also people who died because of taking the train, don't you see Don't you take the train when you get home?" ⊙Xu Zhimo loves to make friends with big names in literature, and Creation Society ridiculed him for loving "ancestor worship".Xu Zeng repeatedly wrote letters requesting to meet with the American female writer Man Shufeier, and finally got permission, and rushed to go in the rain, but Manshufeier did not see the guest due to illness.Finally, we met each other in less than twenty minutes.Half a year later, when Manshufeier passed away, Xu Tedi went to the grave to cry and hang himself.Xu went to visit the great writer Hardy again, but Hardy refused to give him an inscription, refused to take a group photo, and refused to give him a cup of tea.Xu asked for a souvenir, and Hardy picked him a few flowers from the garden. ⊙Xu Zhimo is good at making friends with celebrities.Xu went to study in the UK at the age of 24. He was only a literature lover, and he was still studying political economy. However, the celebrities he made friends with included the most important figures in the British intellectual circles at that time, including the most popular writers and critics. He is a famous scholar, poet laureate, academic leader... and Dickinson, one of the leaders of the intellectual circles at that time, became Xu's protector. ⊙In 1923, the Crescent Society was established in Beijing, but it was dissolved midway, and reopened in Shanghai in 1927.The early members were mixed, but the core members were Hu Shi, Xu Zhimo, Wen Yiduo, Liang Shiqiu, Pan Guangdan, Chen Xiying, Rao Mengkan and others. ⊙Xu Zhimo wrote two sentences at the beginning of the introduction for "New Moon". One is "God said, let there be light" in "Bible Genesis"; A famous line in "Ode to the West Wind": "When winter comes, can spring be far behind?" ⊙In 1931, Xu Zhimo went to Peking University to teach and edited the "New Moon" magazine at the same time.At that time Xu and Luo Ergang lived in Hu Shi's home. According to Luo's recollection, Xu Zhimo stayed in the house and worked all day except for class. "This great poet who is famous in the literary world is actually similar to a bookworm."Fu Sinian and others often came to Hu's house to play mahjong at night, but Xu Zhimo never participated, not even watching. ⊙Xu Zhimo and Luo Ergang went for a walk in Beihai Park every evening.Once, an old woman called Huazi begged Xu on the road, and Xu asked her in detail where she was from, whether she had children in the family, and why she was exiled to Beijing, with a sincere attitude like a relative, and then took out all the money in her pocket Came out to the old woman. ⊙One night, Xu Zhimo went to visit Liang Shiqiu after eleven o'clock in the evening. Seeing that the light was still on in the room, he wanted to scare Liang Shiqiu, so he opened the door suddenly.But the scene in front of him made him yell out in fright, and ran away.It turned out that a pair of young men and women they didn't know were jumping up from the sofa naked and panicked.Xu Zhimo went to another single friend's house, saw the room was dark, and thought that this guy was asleep, so he wanted to scare him, so he turned on the light switch on the door frame, and there was another loud cry, it turned out that the bed was sleeping. Sleeping is also two men and women.Xu said afterwards: "From now on, I will never dare to break into other people's houses in the dark again." ⊙Lin Huiyin and Jin Yuelin fell in love.One day, Lin told her husband Liang Sicheng with a mournful face that she fell in love with two people at the same time and didn't know what to do.Liang Sicheng thought about it all night, and the next day, he told his wife, "You are free. If you choose Lao Jin, I wish you happiness forever." After speaking, Liang cried, and Lin also cried.When Lin Huiyin told Jin Yuelin the news, Jin replied: "It seems that Sicheng really loves you. I can't hurt a person who really loves you. I should quit." ⊙Jin Yuelin couldn't remember the students' names, and sometimes he had to ask questions in class, so he announced: "Let the female students in red sweaters answer the questions today." So all the female students in red sweaters were very excited. ⊙ On July 7th of the lunar calendar in 1926, at the wedding between Xu Zhimo and Lu Xiaoman, Liang Qichao pointed at the groom and cursed at him. Many people criticized the marriage, but Liang Shiqiu loudly supported his old friend: "Marriage and divorce are just matters What is the matter between a man and a woman, and a third party?" ⊙Zhang Youyi's eighth brother, Zhang Yujiu, and Xu Zhimo are also good friends. When Xu married Lu Xiaoman in 1926, Zhang Yujiu happily attended the wedding and blessed the bride and groom.Later, when Zhang passed away, the will said: Don’t play mourning at the memorial service, just read a few poems by Xu Zhimo. ⊙Xu Zhimo wanted to divorce Zhang Youyi, Zhang's brother Zhang Junmai sighed and said: "The Zhang family's pain of losing Xu Zhimo is like mourning for a concubine!" ⊙After Xu Zhimo passed away, Liang Sicheng picked up a piece of wreckage from the crashed plane, a piece of charred wood. In order to commemorate Xu, Lin Hui lined it with yellow silk and hung it on the head of the bed.Others said it was put in a box and placed in the living room. ⊙After Xu Zhimo passed away, Zhang Youyi recalled that when she was with Xu, she never said "I love you", but, "Among the few women he met in his life, maybe I was favorite of him".For this reason, Zhang hated Lin Huiyin very much, and felt that Lin and Xu fell in love but did not marry him, deceiving Xu's feelings. ⊙Ling Shuhua and Chen Xiying are mutual friends of Lin Huiyin and Xu Zhimo. Xu Zeng kept his diary and some notes there.After Xu's death, Lin Hui had a big fight with Ling Shuhua because he got Xu's past diary, and finally asked for it through Hu Shi's help. ⊙Jin Yuelin is a single man with no children, but lives happily.He raised a very big chicken, a Yunnan fighting cock.This gamecock can stick its neck up and eat at the same table as him.He also collects big pears and pomegranates everywhere, and compares them with other teachers' children. If he loses, he will give the pears and pomegranates to the children, and he will buy them again, never tired of it. ⊙At a logic research conference organized by professors at Tsinghua University, someone mentioned Gödel, and Jin Yuelin expressed that he would buy a book to read.Student Shen Youding said to Jin: "To be honest, you don't understand." After hearing this, Jin said "Oh" twice, and said calmly: "That's fine." ⊙At the graduation defense of Southwest Associated University, Jin Yuelin, dean of the department, asked Wang Hao why he wanted to study philosophy. Wang replied: "I want to solve life problems." Jin continued to ask: "So have you solved it?" No.” After graduation, Wang was recommended to Harvard University, where he received a Ph.D. in just one year and eight months. ⊙After the September 18th Incident, there was a student riot at Qingdao University. All the students went on strike and planned to take the train to Nanjing to appeal. The principal Yang Zhensheng and the teacher Wen Yiduo all advocated calming down the riot and restoring normal teaching order as soon as possible.The students surrounded the principal's mansion, and Yang Zhensheng and others fled in a hurry. The students put up slogans: expel the ignorant Wen Yiduo! ⊙Wen Yiduo listened to Liang Qichao’s class at Tsinghua University when he was a student. Wen recalled the situation when Liang talked about "Gongwu Crossing the River": Mr. Ren Gong (Liang Qichao’s name) wrote that ancient poem on the blackboard, and then shook his head Recite a sentence: "Gong, Wu, cross, river", and then applaud loudly, shouting "Yes"!Then repeat: "gong, wu, cross, river", "good"! "Gong, no, cross, river", "good"! "Crossing the river—and dying——Dangnai—Grand He!"After reciting the admiration, he shouted: "Sicheng, wipe the blackboard, quickly wipe the blackboard!" Liang Sicheng was also listening in class.The blackboard is wiped, and this ancient poem is finished.Mr. Wen commented: "The master lectures, that's it!" ⊙Once, Wen Yiduo wrote a short letter to Chen Mengjia, calling him "My brother of Mengjia".When Chen Mengjia wrote back, he called "Yiduo my brother" unceremoniously. Wen Yiduo was furious and gave Chen Daxun a lesson. ⊙In 1930, Yang Zhensheng organized Qingdao University and strongly invited Wen Yiduo and Liang Shiqiu to join in and preside over the Department of Chinese and Foreign Languages ​​respectively. Yang said: "Shanghai is not a place to live. When it comes to scenery and environment, Qingdao is the first in the country. You might as well come to Go for a tour, if you like it, stay there to teach, if you are not satisfied, never force it." Liang called it the "taste before buying" method, so "half-day tour" and "a feast" stayed in the Qingdao University. ⊙Once, Liang Shiqiu and Wen Yiduo saw a cartoon on the blackboard in a classroom, which showed a turtle and a rabbit.A line of words was written next to it: Wen Yiduo and Liang Shiqiu. "Which one is me?" Wen Yiduo asked seriously.Liang Shiqiu replied equally seriously: "It's up to you to choose." ⊙After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Wu Youxun served as the president of Central University.Late one night, the police arrested a student from the brothel on Gongyuan Street and sent him back to the school for processing.After Wu Youxun taught the student a lesson, he wrote the words "The Thief of Virtue" as a gift and expelled him. ⊙At a meeting in 1941, Zhang Xiruo sharply criticized the corruption of the Kuomintang and Chiang Kai-shek's dictatorship.Jiang couldn't stand it, so he interjected, "Your opinions are welcome, but don't be too mean!" Zhang left in a huff.The next time there was a meeting, after receiving the meeting notice and the round-trip travel expenses, he immediately replied a telegram: "There is no policy to discuss, and the travel expenses will be refunded." Since then, he has not attended the National Political Council. ⊙At the end of 1945, the Political Consultative Conference was held in Chongqing, with representatives from all political parties participating. Among the scholars were Fu Sinian and Zhang Xiruo.Zhang Ben was a member of the Kuomintang, and his representative quota was proposed by the Communist Party, and he attended as a representative without party affiliation.The Kuomintang objected: "If Zhang Xi is a member of our party, you cannot mention it." Zhang issued a statement: I am not a member of your party!
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