"Why did you choose me?"
"The answer is very long. I am going to spend my whole life answering it. Are you ready to listen?"
Maybe some people have not read her poems or prose, and do not know what kind of contributions she has made in the field of architecture, but as long as her name - Lin Huiyin is mentioned, she will definitely come to mind. The relationship with Liang Sicheng, Xu Zhimo, and Jin Yuelin was constantly cut and confused.
Some people say: All the men Lin Huiyin met in his life were not ordinary people, and they all had some degree of like-mindedness with this talented woman. She shared poetry with Xu Zhimo, academics with Jin Yuelin, and endless conversations with Liang Sicheng about art.
1904 was the year when Lin Huiyin, a talented woman of a generation, was born. As a concubine's daughter, she gathered her father's favor and traveled to Europe with her father Lin Changmin since she was a child.
Not only the influence of the concept of the "New Cultural Era", but also the extensive knowledge gained from traveling to various countries for many years, made Lin Huiyin gradually become a poet who is both humble and arrogant, rational and emotional.
When traveling in Europe, because her father was often away from home, she often sat alone at home, maybe reading a book, maybe listening to the rain. At that time, she was 16 years old, and she felt lonely in her heart. The feeling is everywhere, and she needs someone to accompany her.
Life was just at the right time, Xu Zhimo came to her, and her strong interest in new poetry began from this. She liked to write poems with Xu Zhimo and share poetic meaning together. Others cannot understand the romantic comfort.
However, the arrival of Zhang Youyi made her understand her situation between the three of them.
At this time, Xu Zhimo had not yet realized that Lin Huiyin was not just a poet. The Lin Huiyin he knew, or the one he chose to know, was only one side of her - the romance and beauty unique to women. The emotional side. But he was completely unaware of her rational side.
After returning to China, Lin Huiyin began to get closer and closer to Liang Sicheng, the son of his father's friend. This was an engagement finalized by the fathers, and it was also a free engagement.
"Introducing to you, the final decision is yours", this is what their father said to them.
In 1923, the two people who planned to study abroad together were stranded due to Liang Sicheng's car accident. However, the car accident accelerated the relationship between the two. While Liang Sicheng was hospitalized, Liang Sicheng was deeply moved by Lin Huiyin's meticulous care every day.
During the relationship between Liang and Lin, Xu Zhimo did not give up his pursuit.
In the same year, the poet Rabindranath Tagore visited China. Xu Zhimo and Lin Huiyin, who were the most beloved sons in poetry at that time, received him. When leaving, Tagore may have observed the subtle emotional world between them. , wrote such a poem:
"The blue of the sky fell in love with the green of the earth, and the breeze between them sighed, alas."
June 1924, Lin Huiyin and Liang Sicheng went to the United States together. Lin Huiyin wanted to study architecture, but was rejected because the Department of Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania did not admit female students. So she immediately registered in the Department of Fine Arts, but at the same time she chose all the majors in Architecture. courses, and excelled in every subject.
It is said that architecture is a discipline that spans engineering technology and humanities and arts. Perhaps this is what really attracts Lin Huiyin to be so dedicated to architecture.
After graduating from the Fine Arts Department, Lin Huiyin went to Yale University to study stage arts, while Liang Sicheng continued to study architectural history at the University of Pennsylvania.
In 1928, the two got married in the United States. On the eve of their marriage, Xu Zhimo published the "Xu Zhimo and Zhang Youyi Divorce Announcement". But this did not have any substantive effect on restoring Lin Huiyin.
Many years later, Lin Huiyin also said to his children: "What Xu Zhimo loved at the beginning was not the real me, but the Lin Huiyin he imagined with the romantic emotions of a poet. In fact, I was not That kind of person. "
This is where Lin Huiyin's rationality lies. He has realized that there is more than just a thousand miles between Xu Zhimo and himself.
After returning to China, Liang and Lin both went to teach at Northeastern University and founded the Department of Architecture. Since then, Lin Huiyin and Liang Sicheng have traveled all over the country, inspected countless Chinese buildings, and done a lot of work for the compilation of Chinese architectural history.
Looking at Lin Huiyin's academic papers or famous poems, they are both romantic and rigorous.
She can use poetic language to describe and praise the exquisite technical and artistic achievements of the ancient architecture of the motherland, making the article full of poetic and picturesque flavor.
The image of ancient buildings is often used as a metaphor in literary works. For example, in the poem "Deep Laughter", the sound of countless wind chimes rotating on the eaves of an ancient pagoda is used as a metaphor for the crisp and sweet sound of laughter. Yuntian is both relevant, novel and unique.
Lin Huiyin once wrote a novel - "Ninety-nine Degrees of Middle".
Li Jianwu praised Lin Huiyin for this: "In an era when many of our men cannot control their enthusiasm, there is such a female writer who uses the fastest and clearest lens (reason) to photograph life. A fragment of it, and it was reduced to such a short piece of paper."
Just like Lin Huiyin, even when he has reached 99 degrees of sensibility, he never forgets to return to the last degree of rationality.
After being on the run for eight years during the Anti-Japanese War, the once rich lady had already turned into a "wretched wife". In just a few years, her health was completely ruined. My friend Fei Weimei sighed: "You used to be so gentle."
Lin Huiyin said with a smile: "Tenderness must be present, but not compromise. We must persist in silence and unhurriedly."
A woman who loves beauty extremely, even if she is married Even if you are sick, you still need to take care of yourself beautifully. Her lifelong enemy Lin Zhu described her illness like this.
"I admit that it is difficult to say that a person is beautiful when she is as thin as her, but even now, I still think that she is the most beautiful and graceful woman I have ever seen in my life. "
When Zhang Youyi knew that Xu Zhimo was in love with Lin Huiyin, she also said: "Xu Zhimo's girlfriend is another woman with more complex thoughts, more beautiful appearance, and completely free feet. . ”
Perhaps, this is Lin Huiyin. Whether in academics, work, life or emotions, he is a poet who is both humble and arrogant, rational and emotional.
Text: So Quiet Mary
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