Who is the protagonist in "Old Stories in the South of the City"?

Lin Haiyin Lin Haiyin Introduction Lin Haiyin (lin hai yin) (1918-2001) Lin Haiyin, a Taiwanese writer. His original name is Lin Hanying, nickname is Yingzi, his ancestral home is Miaoli County, Taiwan Province, and he was born in Osaka, Japan in 1918.

In 1921, he returned to Taiwan with his parents; in 1923, he moved to Beijing with his family and settled in the south of Beijing.

Later, he graduated from Beijing Journalism College and worked as a reporter for World Journal.

It was not until 1948 that he returned to his hometown of Taiwan with his husband and children.

In 2001, he was sent to the hospital for emergency treatment due to sudden myocardial infarction and stroke, and finally died on December 1, 2001.

Life of Lin Haiyin Lin Haiyin studied in Beijing since childhood. When she grew up, she studied at a female teacher and later entered the Beijing World Journalism College.

After graduation, he worked as a reporter for Beijing's "World Daily" and also worked as an editor and librarian.

These careers provided a wide range of opportunities, allowing her to have a deeper understanding of the social scene in old Beijing, which provided a lot of material for later novel creation.

Her famous novel "Old Things in the South of the City" is based on this period of life.

After Lin Haiyin returned to Taiwan with her husband in 1948, she was hired as an editor by the newly founded Mandarin Daily.

When "United Daily News" was founded in 1951, she was appointed as the editor-in-chief of the supplement of "United Daily News", and her husband was the main writer.

During this period, she paid special attention to cultivating and supporting local writers in Taiwan.

For example, at that time Lihe's manuscripts were often rejected, but Lin Haiyin often brought his manuscripts to light.

After Zhong Lihe's death, Lin Haiyin also published his first book "Rain" for him, and then his novel "Lishan Farm" was also serialized in the supplement of "United Daily News".

When he was editing the supplement of "United Daily News", Lin Haiyin published a poem called "Ship". The content was about a ship that floated in the sea for a long time and finally floated to an isolated island. The gold and silver treasures were slowly used up.

, so he was in trouble.

The Taiwan authorities believed that this was an allusion to Chiang Kai-shek's living conditions after arriving in Taiwan, and arrested the author. Therefore, Lin Haiyin could no longer edit the supplement.

Lin Haiyin's creations are rich.

"Wenxing Magazine" was founded in the afternoon of 1957, with Lin Haiyin as editor and a teacher at the World Journalism School.

In 1967, she founded and edited the monthly magazine "Pure Literature". After "Pure Literature" ceased publication in 1972, she was independently responsible for the Pure Literature Publishing House and published the "Pure Literature Series".

On November 4, 1976, the ninth annual conference of the Chinese Press Association opened at the Furama Hotel in Hong Kong. Lin Haiyin attended as a member of the Taiwan delegation and delivered a speech.

She later engaged in children's literature.

Lin Haiyin's literary career started very early, in Beijing, and all of this is closely related to her family.

Lin Haiyin came from a scholarly family. Her father Lin Huanwen was an outstanding patriotic intellectual. He was influenced by Sinology in his early years. Later, he received Japanese education at the Normal Department of the "Mandarin School" and was proficient in Japanese. He once taught at Xinpu Public School in Taiwan.

, the famous Taiwanese writer Wu Zhuoliu during the Japanese occupation was his student.

Later, Lin Huanwen traveled across the ocean to do business in Japan, where he gave birth to his eldest daughter, Yingzi, Lin Haiyin.

Later he moved to Beijing and served as section chief of the Post Office.

Lin Huanwen was popular and generous, which had a great influence on Lin Haiyin in his childhood.

When he grew up, Lin Haiyin had a wide-ranging interest in life, regardless of sacrifice, bravely shouldered heavy responsibilities, and generously helped others. These character traits can be said to have been inherited from his parents and developed in him.

Due to her father's early death and facing the heavy pressure of life and society, Lin Haiyin has a more mature and profound understanding of society than her peers. All of these constitute the motivation and source for her to create novels.

While in Beijing, Lin Haiyin had already begun literary creation.

In the early days after returning to Taiwan in 1948, she wrote some essays and essays. It was around 1951 that Lin Haiyin really embarked on the path of being a writer.

Her works are very rich, including novels, essays, essays, reviews, children's books and other genres, and she mainly writes novels.

As an older generation writer in Taiwan, Lin Haiyin's contribution to Taiwan's literary career is concentrated in three aspects: novel creation, cultivating newcomers, and establishing publications.

As for setting up publications, we have already mentioned that in addition to being the editor of newly established publications, she also personally founded the monthly "Pure Literature" for five years. She is well-known in the literary world for her high-quality selection of works, recommending and publishing many excellent works.

Writer's work.

Later, Pure Literature Publishing House was founded. Its purpose was similar to that of the monthly "Pure Literature" magazine. It carefully selected books and paid attention to quality. It was very popular among readers. It is still one of the most influential literary publishing houses in Taiwan.

In terms of nurturing new talents, Lin Haiyin can be said to have devoted his efforts to nurturing a new generation of Taiwanese literary circles and has made outstanding achievements.

Many new literary talents that have emerged in Taiwan since the 1960s have been guided and influenced by her.

This is certainly related to her long-term role as a newspaper editor, but more importantly, it comes from her love for literature and her enthusiasm for cultivating new people.

The life of the well-known Taiwanese writer Zhong Lihe can be summarized as "he wrote during his lifetime and became famous after his death." He wrote quietly all his life and was not known to people during his lifetime. However, his fame after his death should be attributed to several people including Lin Haiyin.

Bosom friend.

Lin Haiyin once talked about this incident in the article "Some Memories".

After Zhong Lihe's death, his eldest son wrote to Lin Haiyin, asking her to help publish his father's works.