Lin Changyi was born in the eighth year of Jiaqing in Qing Dynasty. His father, Gao Han, was originally a Confucian scholar, and later went to the Atlantic to do business. When Lin Changyi was a child, her family was poor, but her mother, Wu Jiajiao, was very strict and personally supervised classes every day. Lin Changyi studies under the guidance of her mother. At the age of 4, I read three-character classics, 1 1 copied six classics. At that time, the family generally believed that reading was useless, forcing Wu to let Lin Changyi go to the Atlantic to do business and make money. But Wu Jian never agreed, and even jumped into a well to fight. In this way, Lin Changyi was able to continue his studies. At an early age, Lin Changyi's achievements have emerged, and the county government examination at the age of 17 is among the best. At the age of 20, he was lucky enough to be appreciated by Chen Shouqi, president of Aofeng Academy, and embarked on the road of studying classics with Sinology. It is said that Chen Shouqi has more than 80,000 books at home, but Lin Changyi spent seven years reading them through, "reading all the best books as a summary". Lin Changyi once said: "I know that my mother Wu Taian voted for being a man." Yu's The Reader is also starring Chen Gongfu (referring to Chen Shouqi). "
Lin Changyi, who traveled Wan Li Road, once spread all over the local area when he was young. Even his teacher once said: "Nowadays, the spread of Confucian classics in China is rarely as exquisite and extensive as Xiang (Lin Changyi)." However, to the embarrassment of this gifted scholar, Lin Changyi went to Beijing for the exam eight times and failed. But for Lin Changyi, this is also a turning point in his life. After each exam, he traveled all over the country, up and down the Yellow River, and went to Beiyan and Zhao areas on his way home. Gradually, Lin Changyi became more and more fond of "taking Wan Li Road". He climbed Mount Tai three times and Daiyue two times, leaving footprints in Jingxing, Tongguan, Chibi and other historical sites. At the same time, he also searched all the famous scenic spots such as Dongting Lake, Taihu Lake, Suzhou and Hangzhou. It can be said that this meeting broadened Lin Changyi's vision, inspired his lofty sentiments and broke his narrow concept of imperial examination. Therefore, Lin Changyi took poetry as a song and wrote many poems praising the magnificent mountains and rivers of the motherland, such as Climbing Mount Tai to Watch the Sun Pavilion, Dai Yuesong, Tongguan Journey and Wuyishan Hidden Screen. Lin Changyi also made many practical scholars during his travels, such as Wei Yuan and Zhu Qi. Gradually, Lin Changyi was no longer obsessed with the imperial examination. Realizing that stereotyped writing is too one-sided, he sighed: "The method of imperial examination, using stereotyped writing to select scholars, is not acceptable ... This talent is getting worse and worse."
This year, Chang Lin, an imperial envoy, was elected to Guangdong to ban smoking. When Lin Zexu destroyed opium in Humentan in public, Lin Changyi and other patriots all applauded. He hates that the British import a lot of opium. "The British use opium to earn China's treasure, which is outrageous, unacceptable and resentful." "The land of Fuzhou, that is, taking gold as the mountain and silver as the sea, is not enough for the people to do whatever they want. What about the barren land and the poor? " Lin Changyi insisted on resisting Britain, saying, "Foreign cigarettes are poisonous, and China's vitality has been hurt. There are two ways to save it: one is to ban trade, the other is to ban the sea. Never trade, never fight; The peace of the Lord is at present. If so, it depends on Hu Di. " After Lin Changyi and Lin Zexu met, they were congenial and had close contacts. Lin Zexu's daughter Pu Qing and her son-in-law Shen Baozhen also became Lin Changyi's students. Soon, unwilling to fail, the British invaders let the fleet arrive in Guangdong Sea one after another, trying to force the Qing court to submit. At this time, Lin Changyi wrote a letter to Lin Zexu, presenting sixteen strategies (4 volumes) to level the barbarians and break the rebellion. Both books have been lost, but according to Lin Zexu's reply, he said: "In the meantime, the planning of glory can be said to be seamless, and this long-term strategy of winning every battle is in line with my brother's wishes. When my brother was in central Guangdong, he surrounded foreigners five times and captured them three times. On two occasions, foreigners withdrew from other ports and dared not fight. The same is true. " I think this is a "real book of redemption, a useful work". Lin Zexu and other patriots have empty plans to defeat the enemy, but they say they can't be persuaded by the "scared to death" Manchu. When Lin Zexu was "resigned", he used all the lords and factions who were afraid of death, war and stealing security. After the Opium War broke out, several places in China were successively lost, and Daoguang Emperor was forced to sign the treaty of nanking, and Fuzhou was turned into a trading port. Lin Changyi hated this and regarded it as a national shame. He lashed out at the peacemaker: "What is the intention of the peacemaker?" . I have read the content of the (Nanjing) Peace Treaty, and I feel that it is not referring to it. "At that time, there happened to be a bookstore in Lin Changyi's home, facing the bird stone mountain jade temple occupied by the British. Lin Changyi "witnessed the heart injury and wanted to shoot it with a strong bow and poison arrow." Because he painted "shooting eagles to drive wolves" to see his ambition, he named the building where he lived "shooting eagles". "The so-called hungry eagle and hungry wolf refers to the British invaders. He also wrote a couplet on the roof: "The building is opposite to Wushan, and the birds are half hoofed; The picture shows the Tiger Brigade, with a strong poison vector. "At that time, Lin Changyi had no choice but to abandon his pen and join the army to participate in the War of Resistance Against Britain. Chen Xie-can, a gifted scholar in Jiangxi Province, once wrote after reading "Shooting Carvings to Drive Wolves": "Lin Sheng was forty odd, and thousands of books didn't see a hero. I volunteered to accumulate my last ambition to join the army early, and I have been thinking ... "