Lin's family background is very prominent. His grandfather is a scholar of Lin Xiaoyao, and his father, Lin Changmin, graduated from Waseda University and is good at poetry and calligraphy. He was the Chief Justice of Beiyang Government, and his uncle was Lin Juemin, with a long history. Due to superior family conditions, she not only received a good education, but also traveled widely. When she was a teenager, she traveled to Europe with her father and met the poet Xu Zhimo.