Is Jin Yong’s cousin Xu Zhimo?

Jin Yong is Xu Zhimo’s cousin. At 3:30 pm on October 25, Mr. Cha Liangyong (Jin Yong) returned to his hometown of Haining again, accompanied by Jiaxing City leaders Shen Xuekang and Wang Chun. At 4:20, the 80-year-old Mr. Zha Liangyong ignored the fatigue of the journey and went straight to his cousin Xu Zhimo's former residence at No. 32 Cai Shi Lane, Kip Shek Town. This former residence was the new house of Xu Zhimo and Lu Xiaoman when they got married. Mr. Cha said that he had visited it when he was a child. The road is still the same, and the door is still the same. Mr. Zha stopped in front of the "Former Residence of the Poet Xu Zhimo" inscribed by himself for more than a minute before taking steps into the main hall. From every brick on the ground and every furnishing in the house, he tried his best to search for childhood memories and review the warm scenes of the past. He smiled when he looked at the letters between his cousin and Lu Xiaoman in the window, as well as Liang Qichao's comment about his cousin being "unprofessional" in his wedding speech. Seeing the photo of Lin Huiyin with a beautiful face, he quickly introduced to his colleagues: "This is Lin Huiyin." Before leaving, Mr. Cha happily picked up a pen and wrote an inscription for his cousin's former residence: Visit my uncle again after seventy years. old residence. His deep longing is infiltrated between the lines. The Yuanhuacha family in Haining and the Xu family in Xiashi are both famous families. In the Qing Dynasty, the Cha family had "ten scholars in one family and three Hanlin brothers". Kangxi called it "a giant family since the Tang and Song Dynasties, with countless families in the south of the Yangtze River", and was awarded "Danyuan Hall", "Jingye Hall" and "Jiarui Hall". Wait for the plaque. The Xu family is a wealthy businessman in the ancient town. Their ancestors have been running soy sauce gardens, silk shops, banks and other industries. At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, Xu Zhimo's father Xu Shenru successively founded emerging industries such as silk reeling, textiles, power generation, and telephones. The two towns of Yuanhua and Yuanhua are only 14 kilometers apart. The ancestors of the two families have known each other for a long time and were married early. The "Aunt Jiang" that Xu Zhimo mentioned many times in his diary and letters from home was Cha Pinzhen, a distant aunt from the same clan as Cha Liangyong, and Xu Zhimo's aunt-in-law (the wife of military scientist Jiang Baili). In 1901, when Xu Zhimo was 5 years old, he started studying at home. His tutor was Zha Tongzhen from the "Danyantang" of the Cha family. Later, his son Zha Mengji also joined the Xu family and became the private school teacher of Xu Jikai, Zhimo's only son. After Zhimo was killed in a plane crash, the Cha family expressed their condolences with an elegiac couplet: "Si Xun's beautiful words are hard to burn, and the servants have more regrets after shooting." Later, the Cha and Xu families got married and formed a joint marriage. Around 1915, Cha Shuqing, the Heshanfang of the Cha family's "Jingye Tang", got married and married Xu Le, Xu Shenru's cousin. After Xu Le married into the Cha family, they gave birth to four sons, Liangkeng, Liangyong, Liangyu, and Lianghao, and two daughters, Liangwangxiu and Liangxuan. Zha Liangyong was the second oldest. When he was young, Liangyong often visited his uncle's house with his parents to keep company with his cousin Xu Zhimo who was returning to his hometown for vacation. In 1931, his cousin died in an accident. In the spring of the following year, the coffin was returned to Kip Shek for burial. Cha Liangyong went with his mother to express his condolences. From then on, the image of his cousin was deeply imprinted in his memory. In 1937, when the Japanese invaded, Liangyong's mother, Xu Le, passed away while fleeing. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Liangyong returned to his hometown from Chongqing. In memory of his mother, he went to the Xu family to comfort his uncle Xu Shenru. Later, he went to Hangzhou as a reporter for Southeast Daily. During this period, he read "The Story of the West Lake" and "The Story of the West Lake" written by Xu Zhimo. Some new poems, deeply admired by my cousin for his talent. A few years later, Jin Yong wrote his first martial arts novel "Book of Swords and Enemies". From the character Chen Jialuo in the book, Xu Zhimo's scholarly image and gentlemanly demeanor can be vaguely seen. After 50 years away from home, Jin Yong could not forget his cousin Xu Zhimo. In the 1980s, he was very happy to learn that the elders in his hometown had built a new tomb for Xu Zhimo, and he wrote many letters to express his gratitude. In 1991, he wrote to the leaders of Jiaxing City, Zhejiang Province, expressing his wish: "I will return to my hometown to meet friends, pay a visit to Xu Zhimo's cemetery, pay my respects to my cousin, and express my longing for him." Sure enough, on December 3, 1992, Jin Yongyi When I returned to my hometown of Haining, I went to Xu Zhimo's tomb at the foot of Xishan Mountain in Xiashi. I and my wife Lin Leyi paid silent tribute to the poet, presented flowers, and then bowed deeply. He said slowly: "My mother is Xu Zhimo's cousin, and he is my cousin. He died very early, and I didn't have much contact with him, but I was deeply impressed. I have read his new poems and seen His prose is very beautiful and has taught me a lot. I heard that a new cemetery was built for him, and I have long wanted to pay my respects. Today I finally got my wish." Later, he spread the paper and mixed the ink with his deep affection for his cousin. , wrote the banner "Poet Xu Zhimo". He stared for a long time, lost in the deep memory of Xu Zhimo.