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there is such a woman from the republic of china. lin huiyin may be jealous of her because tagore praised her: even worse than lin huiyin; lu xiaoman may resent her because xu zhimo entrusted her with the most confidential documents in his life, including diaries; chen xiying maybe he loves her but also hates her, because as his wife, she is talented but also a little willful...

ling shuhua (1900-1990) was born in the ancient cultural city of beijing into a family of officials, calligraphers and painters. he was born to his father's fourth wife, the third of four sisters and the tenth in the family. the splendid culture and environment of the ancient city inspired her talents and influenced her hobbies and life. later, he made outstanding achievements in literary creation and painting.

the family living environment enabled her to be influenced by literature and art since she was a child, and she first fell in love with painting. when she was six years old, she used charcoal to draw many landscapes, flowers and figures on the white walls in the garden. she became a student of miao suyun, a painter favored by the empress dowager cixi. she was also educated by gu hongming, who was known as a weird figure in the cultural and artistic circles at the time, and laid a foundation in classical poetry and english. when she was seven or eight years old, she also studied under the famous landscape orchid and bamboo painter wang zhulin, and later studied painting from the painter hao shuyu, which gave her a solid foundation for her painting skills.

in 1922, when she was twenty-two years old, she was admitted to the preparatory course of yenching university and was a classmate of xie wanying (bing xin) who was about to graduate for one year. when he was in college, ling shuhua's painting skills were already mature enough to the point where he was able to paint with wonderful strokes, "every time a little bit of dye brings out the interest of something extraneous". later, most of her paintings were seen by zhu guangqian, who commented: "most of the materials are based on the nature that has been rippling in the souls of poets for thousands of years... what i know in this is a person who inherited the works of the yuan and ming dynasties. a literati painter, in her yearning for classical scale and rules, reveals her unique elegance and delicate sensitivity..." looking at her paintings, "we can appreciate the vitality in silence and find the true nature of nature. the original pure self.”