Recently, I read some articles about the style of the Republic of China, and after listening to some articles, Ling Shuhua gradually became three-dimensional in my mind. Speaking of talented women in the Republic of China, Lin and Lu Xiaoman are well known, and Bing Xin is also well known. Ling Shuhua and Bing Xin are classmates. The romantic poet Xu Zhimo had three and a half women in his life. The top three are his wife Zhang Youyi, his lover Lin, and Lu Xiaoman, the love of his life. As for the other half, he is Ling Shuhua's confidante.
When it comes to Ling Shuhua, people think more about her affair. As a matter of fact, Ling Shuhua was born in a rich and scholarly official family, with both talent and appearance and elegant temperament, which is admirable. She has left indelible footprints in the fields of literati painting and literature. She is a veritable talented woman, and her emotional experience is also talked about by everyone, especially those who laugh at sarcasm and gossip about beautiful things. After reading a lot of materials, my essay also analyzes Ling Shuhua's talent and infatuation from the perspective of women, trying to get to know her and get close to her, without taking a favorable or unfavorable position.
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1. Cai Lingshuhua, 1900, from Beijing. His father was a military envoy in Zhili, equivalent to the mayor of Beijing today. Her father had six wives when he was a concubine. Her mother is a fourth aunt and gave birth to four daughters. Ling Shuhua ranks third, and she ranks tenth among all the fathers' children. "Xiaoshi" is as quiet, gentle, forbearing, unassuming and considerate as her mother in this big family. His father is good at words, loves painting and likes to make friends with literati and painters. He is indeed a scholar and has no contact with Ding Bai.
Such a family life environment made her influenced by literature and art from an early age. When I was a child, my teachers included Miao Suyun, a favorite painter of Empress Dowager Cixi, Gu Hongming, a generation of eccentric talents who were proficient in seven languages, Wang, a landscape painter, and Hao Shuyu, a female painter. Since childhood, she has laid a solid foundation in painting, classical poetry and English. She is an expert in painting, and her landscape flowers have been purchased and preserved by Bocheng and Yin Cheng Museum. During the period of 1968, the British Art Association also lent the literati paintings exhibited in France to be exhibited in London.
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She is better at literature. She was a great writer in the readers' mind during the Republic of China, and she was called the five greatest female writers in China together with Su, Bing Xin, Ding Ling and Feng. She was once praised by Tagore as "a talented woman better than Lin", and Xu Zhimo, a great talent, once praised her as "Mansfield" of China. She is a "poet living in a dream" in the eyes of literary masters.
1924 published his first short story "My daughter's life is too sad". 1925,65438+10,10, Ling Shuhua published her famous work Drunk, which established her position in the literary world. Since then, her excellent works can be seen in famous publications at that time. Ling Shuhua's paintings are like her people. Many people always say that Ling Cainv is as light as a chrysanthemum and as beautiful and gentle as spring when commenting on her. Ling Shuhua's literary works involve novels, essays and plays. Some people praised her for "adjusting the weight of the words she needs with a good hand, and refining ordinary or even a little vulgar materials into flawless jade."
The picture above shows young Ling Shuhua.
She comes from a famous family and looks gentle and forbearing, but in fact, her heart is full of excitement, not only in her shocking derailment, but also in her works. For example, in her famous novel Drunk, a beautiful inner activity is described in detail. Her husband's friend slept in her house after being drunk, and she had a strong desire to kiss him, because she had always admired his talent and grace and asked her husband to promise her for just one second. The husband couldn't accept it at first, but he was a gentleman. After a fierce ideological struggle, he finally allowed his wife to kiss his drunken friend. When she came to this friend, at the last second, reason prevailed over feelings, and she lost the courage to kiss him.
Is the boldness in Ling Shuhua's works a "man show" now?
The picture above shows Chen Xiying and Ling Shuhua.
Second, beauty is remembered by future generations, not only for talent, but also for beauty. The beauty of Ling Shuhua is not very striking, not gorgeous enough, not fresh and free from vulgarity of the forest, not charming and pure of Lu Xiaoman. Her beauty is exquisite, gentle and elegant. Her eyes are clear, thoughtful and considerate, but at the same time, she is a little confused and trance, showing a dreamy temperament, which is fatal to men. Coupled with her outstanding talent, prominent family background, and gentle personality charm, Ling Shuhua was the most ideal "national daughter-in-law". At that time, there was an anecdote in China literary world: "You should choose Liang Shiqiu as your husband and Ling Shuhua as your wife." Xu Zhimo's father regards Ling Shuhua as the best daughter-in-law.
The picture above shows Lu Xiaoman.
At the age of 24, Ling Shuhua, a celebrity, held a large-scale party with high specifications. When Tagore visited China, many people knew that Xu Zhimo and Lin came to meet him. However, where will we hold a welcome banquet after receiving him? China people are used to eating and drinking, so they want to go. The party was held in Ling Shuhua's study, and Ling Shuhua prepared exquisite flower cakes and almond tea to entertain the guests, which was elegant and good. When Tagore came to China, many scholars were cautious and timid before him, but Ling Shuhua was bold and naughty. In the first sentence, he "accused" Tagore: "Today, we are going to hold a painting party. Do you dare to ask if you can draw? " Tagore immediately painted on the prepared fan, leaving some Mo Bao behind. Tagore was deeply impressed by Ling Shuhua's enthusiasm and generosity. Lin was 20 years old that year. In contrast, Ling Shuhua is more dignified and generous. It is his own home. Although Lin is an absolute beauty, his popularity at parties is always better than that of Ling Shuhua. Tagore praised Ling Shuhua "more than Lin Yin Hui".
The picture above shows the forest.
Third, Ling Shuhua is full of amorous feelings, bold and active. 192 1 year, Ling Shuhua, 2 1 year, was admitted to yenching university. There is a course "New Literature", and the speaker is Mr. Zhou Jiaer, a Zhou Zuoren. Ling Shuhua wrote him a letter, "Over the past few years, I have made up my mind to be a future female writer. I dare ask, sir, will you accept me as a student? There are too few women writers in China. What a frank, brave and confident young woman! She is bold and measured, so the first time she saw Tagore, the literary giant, she dared to release her horse and provoke mischievously. Facts have proved that this effect is excellent, and I have to admire Ling Shuhua's versatility and long-sleeved dancing. This is now called "high emotional intelligence", right?
At Ling Shuhua's 24-year-old party to welcome Tagore, she, Xu Zhimo and Lin were all important people. Lin has long taken a fancy to Liang Sicheng. Xu Zhimo often confided to Ling Shuhua after falling in love, and they wrote sixty or seventy letters in half a year. But Xu Zhimo has never shown anything to Ling Shuhua, not that he is reserved, but that he will always be strong * * *, but that he is really "full of friendship above lovers" to Ling Shuhua. I believe that Ling Shuhua loves Xu Zhimo. Although she never admitted it in her life, her daughter said that her name was Xu Zhimo. This man has been hidden in her heart for sixty or seventy years. As for why Ling Shuhua, who is brave and bold, has never confessed to Xu Zhimo, it is estimated that he is afraid of breaking the enough paper, and even friends are not good. Perhaps this is also a wise way to deal with love to the depths.
The picture above shows Tagore's visit to China.
At that party, Ling Shuhua met Chen Xiying for the first time. The name Chen Xiying may be remembered by many people. He is what Lu Xun described as "a lackey who lost his family". Lu Xun's level of swearing is too high. It's no use calling Chen Xiying a running dog, a tramp or a capitalist. However, to brush away the dust of history and put aside personal grievances, we should know Chen Xiying from his appearance. He was a doctor studying in Britain and a professor at Peking University at that time, and his talent was not lost to Xu Zhimo. Compared with Xu Zhimo's brilliance, Chen Xiying is knowledgeable, but reserved and quiet, honest and silent.
Maybe Ling Shuhua knows that the popular lover Xu Zhimo can't control himself. Maybe he thinks that Xu Zhimo has never loved himself. At that time, Xu Zhimo had fallen madly in love with Lu Xiaoman. Chen Xiying is a suitable husband. Of course, the beautiful and talented Ling Shuhua had already appeared in Chen Xiying's mind at the party. At that party, her comely face, excellent eloquence and slender figure shuttled among celebrities, which simply made all beings fall for it, especially Chen Xiying.
The picture above shows Chen Xiying and Lu Xun.
The progress behind them is Ling Shuhua's active monitoring. She invited Chen Xiying to her house for tea. He went there. As soon as he stepped into the mansion, the front yard, the second yard, the third yard, the backyard, the east wing, the west wing, the yard, the house, the porter led the way, the old lady greeted him, and the maid informed him, he was told that "Miss is inside", just like entering a door. Look how coquettish Ling Shuhua is!
These two beauties, both of whom love literature and painting, are proficient in foreign languages, and Chen Xiying, a doctor who came back from Europe, naturally has many common topics. Ling Shuhua is a master of understanding and adjusting the atmosphere, and her blurred, trance and dreamy temperament made her fall in love with Chen Xiying. What's more, Chen Xiying appreciated her talent very much, and they hit it off soon. Ling Shuhua's father was very satisfied with Chen Xiying, and soon arranged a wedding for them, and took 28 houses as a dowry. So when Lu Xun scolded Chen Xiying later, he also said that he "married a rich woman."
Now it seems that Ling Shuhua and Chen Xiying are in a flash marriage, and this marriage is so suitable for everyone. After Ling Shuhua got married, she and her husband lived a quiet life. 1929, after Chen Xiying applied for the position of dean of the School of Arts of Wuhan University, their marriage was a bit like a clear sky in Wan Li, and it began to be overcast and difficult to return, and finally it was as dangerous as a storm.
The picture above shows the wedding photos of Chen Xiying and Ling Shuhua.
Fourth, Chen Xiying, who is infatuated with marriage, is busy with all kinds of affairs. Coupled with his quiet and wooden personality, there are fewer and fewer scandals between them. The two of them are independent of each other, respect each other as guests, and live in peace. As literati, they all love writing, but their articles are kept secret from each other before publication. They have their own study and living space. Gradually, after a leisurely and refined life, Ling Shuhua may be a little dull.
In fact, no matter how advanced men and women are, as long as they are in love, there will always be endless nonsense and gossip, even if they are bored, they want to communicate with ta all the time. Even if ta teases, criticizes and accuses, she can taste the sweetness alone. There is always warmth in communicating with ta, as if boys and girls are experiencing their first love. But there is a terrible silence in the married life of Chen Xiying and Ling Shuhua. Chen Xiying didn't realize that Ling Shuhua had been kept in the dark. This is a sentence that people often sigh, right? The fatigue of marriage can't stand the damage of years.
The picture above shows Ling Shuhua.
At the age of 35, Ling Shuhua's peaceful marriage was broken by the arrival of Julian, a young English poet. Perhaps many people will encounter their own "life and death robbery" in their lives. For example, flowers are white life and death. Julian was a talented and handsome poet at the age of 27. He was hired by Chen Xiying to teach at Wuhan University and signed a three-year contract. Julian is very famous. His aunt is a famous British woman writer Virginia Woolf, and his mother Vanessa Bell is a famous painter. His artist factor also comes from family inheritance.
After the handsome and lively Julian became a subordinate of Chen Xiying and a colleague of Ling Shuhua, the romantic Ling Shuhua and Julian naturally had many contacts, because they both loved literature and painting and regarded art as their life. After a while, Julian fell madly in love with Ling Shuhua and pursued her enthusiastically. Ling Shuhua fell madly in love with Julian, and began to have a perm and make-up to please him. Julian has always kept the habit of writing long letters to his mother, and likes to confess everything in his life, including his privacy with women. After he fell in love with the smart and lovely wife of the dean, who was not particularly beautiful, he told his mother one by one. In His Heart for Mother, he wrote poetically: "She is the most fascinating creature I have ever seen, and the only woman I know who may become your daughter-in-law." He said to his mother, "She said she had never loved before." Later, I left a poem: "Come and go, unconsciously/My lover fell asleep in her cold bed/The wind outside the window rolled up layers of wavy curtains/She chased all kinds of fantasies in her mind/Where can there be God's grace and a good life?" The "lover" and "she" in it are Ling Shuhua.
The picture above shows Julian.
However, there are too many charming Julian girlfriends. Whenever he mentions his girlfriend in his letter to his mother, he always uses numbers. Ling Shuhua is his 1 1 girlfriend, with the number K. Many years later, the female writer Hong Ying's novel "K" focused on the love triangle between them, and was sued by Ling Shuhua's daughter for exaggerating the love between men and women in the book, which ended in Hong Ying's failure.
With Julian's persistent and crazy pursuit, Ling Shuhua, who is virtuous in appearance and wild in heart, soon becomes a captive of love. Two men, one out of curiosity and the other out of loneliness, ran all the way on the road of a relationship, and they themselves marveled at the speed of the development of this relationship.
I have a student who has been married three times, and the third wife is twenty years younger than him. At every party, his classmates make fun of him, showing a little envy and more ridicule. He said to me with tears in his eyes, "Teacher, I have paid for every relationship!" " I believe that he is totally devoted to every relationship, so I also believe that Julian and Ling Shuhua really love each other. Ling Shuhua, in particular, at the age of 35, when her youth was about to die, once again met a poet. The fatigue of marriage was swept away and her heart was burning.
The picture above shows Ling Shuhua, Chen Xiying and colleagues and friends.
Ling Shuhua is madly in love with Julian, releasing her passionate and romantic feelings. When he learned that Julian had many girlfriends and mistresses, Ling Shuhua often threatened to poison her with rat poison, regardless of his status as a noble family and the first lady. How crazy is it to love so much? What's the difference between this and ordinary women crying, making noise and hanging themselves? Maybe it's the same to love deeply? I only have my beloved ta in my eyes, and everything else, such as honor, status, identity, public opinion, face and affection, is left behind. Ling Shuhua has said many times that he wants to marry Julian, and he also said many times that he can't find the way back. In other words, emotionally, she can't find the way back to her husband.
From 1935 to 10, and then to 1937 and 10, Ling Shuhua and Julian, who is older than her in small 8, have a whole brother-sister relationship of 16. The poor husband was the last person to know that his wife was having an affair, although it has been hotly discussed for a long time. On one occasion, Ling Shuhua and Julian were finally caught red-handed by Chen Xiying. Although Chen Xiying was heartbroken with anger, he showed a real gentlemanly demeanor. After driving the intervener out of the house, he held back his anger and did nothing to hide. He just closed the door and made three demands on Ling Shuhua. First of all, he is divorced. Second, no divorce, no separation. Third, cut off contact with Julian. Considering Julian's playboy and Chen Xiying's generosity, Ling Shuhua chose three.
The picture above shows middle-aged and elderly Ling Shuhua.
Julian was fired and returned to China. Chen Xiying asked Julian never to see Ling Shuhua again. However, Julian changed his way of returning to China and stayed in Guangzhou until he went to meet Ling Shuhua personally. We can accuse Julian of treachery. He is not a gentleman. We can despise easy virtue in Ling Shuhua and be shameless, but it also proves that these two people really love each other. Is it wrong to meet the right person at the wrong time? Love is right or wrong, maybe we really can't judge.
Julian is not only a romantic and passionate poet, but also full of fanatical patriotism. After returning home, Julian went to Spain to fight in the war and died in the battlefield. He is only 29 years old, and Ling Shuhua is 37 years old. It is said that Julian's last words before he died were, "I have been longing for two things in my life-having a beautiful mistress and going to war, and I have achieved both."
The above picture shows Ling Shuhua 1 for middle-aged and elderly people.
Ling Shuhua and Chen Xiying, who have returned to marriage, have actually been separated for many years, but in appearance, they still play the role of loving husband and wife. After Julian's death, Ling Shuhua wrote a long letter to Julian's mother and aunt to remember and cherish Julian together. With the help of Julian's great writer's aunt and famous painter's mother, Ling Shuhua's literary and painting styles have been obviously changed and improved, and gradually published and exhibited abroad, enjoying a good reputation overseas. Since 1946, Ling Shuhua and Chen Xiying have settled in Europe for a long time, and their fame in China has gradually faded.
In his later years, their daughter Chen Xiaoying asked his father why he didn't divorce his mother. Chen Xiying said simply that in those days, divorce was a notorious thing for women. Although Chen Xiying has been separated from Ling Shuhua for many years, he has always loved her, her talent and everything. This is the only woman in his life.
The picture above shows Ling Shuhua (right), daughter (left) and granddaughter (middle).
The author's net name is Yaxin, and the headline is Yaxin, which is about history, mainly about the feelings of women in history.
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