In today's society, faced with many temptations, human nature has become more and more complex. Especially under the temptation of money, all kinds of ugly human nature are revealed one after another. When faced with interest disputes, many people hope to maximize their own interests and use any means necessary to achieve their goals. At that time, even blood ties had to give way to interests. The famous Chinese painter Xu Linlu left his wife a huge inheritance worth 2.1 billion after his death. This huge inheritance caused disputes among the children. This group of unfilial children, blinded by money, actually took their own mothers to court in order to get a share of their father's inheritance.
The famous painter Xu Linlu
1. Xu Linlu was taught by famous teachers
Xu Linlu was born in 1916 in Penglai, Yantai, Shandong. He inherited the ideas of his fathers and learned calligraphy since he was a child. Calligraphy and painting later became his biggest hobby in life. At the age of 23, Xu Linlu made friends with the famous painter Mr. Pu Xinshe. Xu Linlu received a lot of guidance from Mr. Pu Xinshe in calligraphy and painting, and his calligraphy and painting skills improved day by day. In 1945, Xu Linlu was introduced by someone and became a disciple of Qi Baishi, the famous traditional Chinese painting master at that time. After 13 years of hearing and seeing, Xu Linlu finally understood the essence of Qi Baishi's artistic works. The two were both master and disciple, and good friends. They had a close relationship and talked about everything. Later, Xu Linlu became the best disciple of Qi School of Art and was praised by his master Qi Baishi many times.
Xu Linlu's paintings
Xu Linlu's creations of traditional calligraphy and calligraphy and painting are usually based on traditional art, and then draw on the strengths of others, innovate, and finally form his own unique creative style. Xu Linlu's works have been exhibited at home and abroad many times, and some foreign museums and art galleries have collected Xu Linlu's works. Xu Linlu passed away in 2011. Before his death, he specifically made a will to leave all the calligraphy, painting and art works he left behind to his wife Wang Lingwen. Wang Lingwen and Xu Linlu have lived together for more than 70 years. The two have always had a good relationship, so it is only natural for Xu Linlu to leave his property to his wife.
Xu Linlu and his wife Wang Lingwen
2. After Xu Linlu’s death, his inheritance worth 2.1 billion caused family disputes
However, the value of these calligraphy and painting works of art is not A small sum. According to the valuation at the time, the value of this inheritance was approximately 2.1 billion yuan. It is inevitable that such a large amount of inheritance would not attract the attention of others. One year after Xu Linlu's death, the children in the family did not believe that their father had left all his inheritance to their mother. Therefore, they expressed doubts about the authenticity of their father's will and even had a dispute with their mother. Finally, they took their mother Wang Lingwen to court. Xu Linlu's 6 children and 4 grandchildren successively filed lawsuits in court, claiming that the property Xu Linlu left behind 2.1 billion inheritance will be distributed and processed.
The close relatives went to court because of money
3. The children lost the lawsuit and the inheritance belonged to the wife
At that time, Wang Lingwen took out the documents that Xu Linlu had collected before his death. A suicide note was left as proof. But the children raised questions about the authenticity of the will. At that time, her daughter Xu Li, who was good at appreciating calligraphy and painting, said that the handwriting in the suicide note was too sloppy and did not resemble her father's writing style during his lifetime. Therefore, she believed that this suicide note was not written by her father. However, Xu Linlu and Wang Lingwen had already thought about this kind of doubt before, so they were well prepared. Afterwards, Wang Lingwen took out the electronic photo of Xu Linlu and the will. After passing the appraisal by a handwriting appraiser, Xu Linlu's children could no longer argue.
Xu Linlu and his wife Wang Lingwen
In the end, the court awarded Wang Lingwen all the property worth 2.1 billion left by Xu Linlu. Afterwards, many people questioned why Xu Linlu didn't leave his inheritance to his children.
The court scene at that time
4. Reasons for inheritance distribution
It turns out that Xu Linlu’s children were not filial in Xu Linlu’s opinion. If these calligraphy and painting works of art were left For his children, uneven distribution will most likely lead to family disputes and even ruptures between relatives. This is the result he least wants to see.
Therefore, in order to avoid this situation from happening, he made the decision to leave the entire inheritance to his wife. But what he never expected was that his children would actually sue their biological mother to court for money. Later, Xu Linlu's children attacked each other because they did not receive the inheritance, and their mother Wang Lingwen was deeply saddened by this.
Mr. Xu Linlu
Xu Linlu’s inheritance dispute case has made many people realize that no matter how successful they are, they must pay attention to the education of future generations. The ancient Chinese saying goes well: Heaven moves vigorously, and a gentleman strives to constantly strive for self-improvement; the terrain is prosperous, and a gentleman carries things with great virtue. When you conduct yourself in the world, you must put morality first, otherwise you will not go far. What do you think? Welcome to leave wonderful comments!