In 2008, the famous director Xie Jin passed away in his hometown. Everyone could not hide the sadness on their faces, and everyone burst into tears, but they all showed a hint of relief.

Text丨Ningyi

Editor丨Yu Aunt

In 2008, the famous director Xie Jin passed away in his hometown. As soon as the news of

came out, it shocked the entire literary and art world.

At the memorial service a few days later, almost all famous actors and directors in China were present, just to bid farewell to Director Xie.

Everyone could not hide the sadness on their faces. Everyone had tears streaming down their faces, but they all showed a hint of relief.

While feeling sad, he seemed to be saying: Director Xie is finally free.

This feeling may sound strange, but when it comes to Xie Jin, it is very reasonable.

There is nothing he can do, his life is really too hard!

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In 1923, Xie Jin was born into a wealthy family.

My father worked as an accountant in Hong Kong and later taught at a university in Shanghai. He was knowledgeable and respected.

My mother comes from a wealthy family and has a rich family background.

Not only that, Xie Jin’s ancestors were even more glorious.

The "Xie" in "Old King Xietang Qianyan" refers to Xie Jin's family. He is the fifty-third grandson of Xie An.

Born in such a family, it sounds like Xie Jin can't relate to the word "suffering".

But this is not the case. The material wealth provided by his family cannot make up for his spiritual emptiness.

Because of his father's work, Xie Jin moved to Shanghai with his mother to join his father.

later moved to Hong Kong to escape the war.

He also studied in Hong Kong for a year.

When Xie Jin was a student, he was thirsty for talents, and his thirst for knowledge shaped him into a gentle and elegant gentleman.

His parents also hope that he can become a teacher in the future.

But Xie Jin has his own ideas. His desire for literature, art and movies when he was young has made him clear the goal of striving for this life.

Perhaps, he was born to make movies.

Xie Jin’s movie dream was strangled in the cradle by his mother as soon as he said it.

Later, the flames of war came to my hometown, and the wealthy family, such as the Xie family, also lived a life of hunger.

But the hardships in life did not reach Xie Jin. The only thing that pained him was that no one could understand his movie dream.

He can only write his dreams in his diary.

In that era, few people equated movies with art. More often, people equated moviemaking and everything related to movies with "actors."

looks at them through colored glasses.

Before Xie Jin's grandfather passed away, he left behind his ancestral precepts: descendants of the Xie family are not allowed to touch stocks or gamble; second, they are not allowed to engage in acting or any related industries.

But in the end, my love for movies overcame everything else.

When he was 17 years old, Xie Jin applied for the drama department of a university in Sichuan, despite his family's opposition.

For this reason, his parents took a train to Sichuan to persuade him to reconsider his major.

But Xie Jin was unmoved.

had no choice but to leave empty-handed.

After studying drama science for two years, Xie Jin decided to drop out.

Because while studying at school, he often ran out to watch plays. Teacher

also saw Xie Jin’s talent in movies and introduced him to many famous filmmakers.

After communicating with these people, Xie Jin understood that if he wants to make a good movie, he must learn from practice.

So, in those years, he always traveled around the country carrying a simple piece of equipment.

Soon, Xie Jin became famous.

However, he is famous not for his movies, but for his personality.

Xie Jin, a teenager, is high-spirited, generous and progressive in his thinking.

often gets into fights because of disagreements with others. After the fight, both parties can still sit together and laugh and drink.

It was precisely because of this generous character that Xie Jin met his wife.

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In 1943, on Xie Jin’s 20th birthday, he was inviting some friends to a restaurant for dinner.

There is a girl among them, Xu Dawen.

Her girls' school is only separated from Xie Jin's school by a wall.

Xie Jin fell in love with her at first sight at the dinner table.

Xu Dawen also has a good impression of Xie Jin, who is real and forthright.

However, in the environment at that time, this situation was not allowed to occur.

Xu Dawen became a "bad woman" in the eyes of her classmates and was expelled from school just because she had a meal with Xie Jin.

In order to avoid suspicion, her family asked her to go to Chongqing to join her uncle.

Because of the influence of these things, 21-year-old Xu Dawen graduated from high school in 1946.

After graduating from high school, Xie Jin immediately took Xu Dawen to Shanghai, and the two held a simple wedding.

The period after getting married can be said to be the best period of Xie Jin's life.

He started working as an assistant director and stayed with his favorite movies all day long.

His wife Xu Dawen also found a job, and his eldest son Xie Yan was also born at this time.

During this period, Xie Jin frequently produced excellent works, and directed a series of works that received good response, such as " Women's Basketball No. 5 ", " A Little Story in the Storm ", " Red Detachment of Women ", etc.

However, happy days are always short-lived. Next, Xie Jin's life changed drastically.

He was criticized for filming " stage sisters ".

Although Xie Jin is a generous and informal person, when it comes to movies, he will not give in.

held hundreds of criticism meetings against him.

has only one purpose, to force Xie Jin to admit his mistakes personally.

But even if he was treated unfairly, Xie Jin would not admit it.

However, a fire broke out at the city gate, affecting Chiyu.

If criticizing Xie Jin doesn't work, then torture his parents and wife.

Because of their son's affairs, Xie Jin's elderly parents were surrounded by voices of criticism and contempt all day long.

My father has been teaching and educating people all his life. He has always been a respected gentleman. How could he endure such humiliation?

On a peaceful night, he ended his life with a rope.

Xie Jin, who had suffered humiliation without falling down, almost couldn't stand when he heard the news.

But he knew that he could not fall, so he had to grit his teeth to comfort himself: he must be twice as kind to his mother in the future.

However, the death of his father caused a great mental blow to his mother.

In great grief, the mother attributed her husband's death to being caused by her son.

Xie Jin's eyes were always full of hatred. Every time he saw his mother's hysterical appearance, Xie Jin's heart was as sharp as a knife.

But at this moment, fate gave him another fatal blow.

One year after my father passed away, one afternoon, my mother jumped from a tall building while the family was not paying attention.

The grieving Xie Jin stood next to his mother, with a serious look on his face and said nothing. He stood there for several hours.

In addition to his parents, his wife Xu Dawen also had a difficult life.

Those who criticized him came to his house and grabbed whatever they saw, even a blanket.

In this environment, his wife Xu Dawen was highly nervous and gave birth to daughters, the third and fourth children, one after another.

When their daughter was born, the father and his wife found nothing unusual.

But as her daughter grew older, Xu Dawen discovered that although her daughter could run, jump, and communicate with others, her intelligence was far behind that of children of the same age.

Before the couple could figure out what to do with their daughter, something happened to the third child.

At that time, after Xu Dawen gave birth to her child, her body was too weak to raise her.

can only ask a wet nurse to help.

Unexpectedly, this nanny suffered from asthma . She concealed her condition, causing the third child to also suffer from asthma.

I don’t know how many times I went to the hospital since I was a child.

Because of Xie Jin, the third and fourth children with low intelligence are often bullied.

Once, when Xie Jin came home, he found a bunch of children laughing around the trash can.

He thought something had happened and walked over to see what happened.

But the children ran away immediately when they saw him coming. Xie Jin didn't think much about it. At that time, no one wanted to have anything to do with him.

Xie Jin looked into the trash can and found that his third and fourth children were in the trash can.

He was angry and sad, and quickly took the children out. He also comforted them not to be afraid.

The two children did not cry when they were bullied. They couldn't help crying when they saw their father coming.

Although the two children have intellectual disabilities, they can feel the love of their parents.

In that environment, the two children sat in front of the door every day waiting for their father to come home.

Xie Jin is a straightforward person. When others talk about his two sons, he does not hide their flaws and his love for them.

also admitted that his sons’ current situation may be related to his own alcoholism.

Xie Jin loves wine. He drinks it when he is happy and even more when he is unhappy.

In great pain, he had nowhere to vent his depression, so he had to use alcohol to numb himself.

He believes that his sons' current situation may be related to his alcoholism.

But it was too late to regret. He could only put all his love into his children.

However, God did not even want to give him a chance to redeem his sins.

When Xie Jin was 68 years old, his third son’s asthma relapsed and he was rushed to the hospital.

Xie Jin grabbed the doctor's hand and asked the doctor to do everything possible to save the child.

However, Lao San's illness was beyond control. Even if the doctors tried their best, there was no way to save him.

The day the third child passed away, he saw Xie Jin crying and comforted him: "Dad, don't be sad."

He couldn't understand his illness, but he could understand his father's love.

After the death of the third child, Xie Jin began to worry about the future of the fourth child while grieving.

He knew that while he and his wife were here, someone would still take care of the fourth child.

But if they leave, what will the fourth child do?

He began to teach Lao Si various life skills, such as folding quilts and simple cleaning. He also taught him how to grind soy milk and even found him a job filing steel pipes to settle down.

Gradually, the fourth child became more and more sensible. Every day when Xie Jin came home, he would take the initiative to bring slippers for his father and pour wine for his father during meals.

Xie Jin was very happy. Every time someone came to the house, he would show off his son to the guests.

Xie Jin did not expect that while he was worrying about the fourth child, something happened to the eldest brother.

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The eldest son Xie Yan is not only the most normal among the four brothers and sisters, but also the one who looks most like Xie Jin.

He is also a director and has won numerous awards. He once made a movie called "女红" and discovered a generation of movie queen Zhou Xun.

Due to family changes and younger siblings, Xie Yan has been very sensible and obedient since he was a child.

During the most difficult time, the family was not even hungry, so her mother, Xu Dawen, went to the vegetable market to pick up rotten vegetable leaves, and Caibangzi came back to make soup.

Xie Yan always helps his mother stew the vegetable peels she picked up into soup, and then goes to take care of his younger brothers and sisters after he is done.

Xie Jin often told his eldest son that in case he was gone, he must take care of his younger brothers and sisters.

When he grows up, he wants to go abroad to study as a director.

But his family couldn't afford such expensive tuition. Xie Yan was sensible and assured his family that he would be able to support himself abroad.

Before leaving, Xie Jin gave him a gold watch that he had carried for many years and told him to sell it as a last resort.

But Xie Yan not only did not sell it, but also earned enough for all the tuition fees with his own efforts and diligence.

After returning to China, he originally wanted to make movies by himself.

But his father Xie Jin is getting older and has experienced the pain of losing his son, and his spirit is not as good as before.

So, Xie Yan decided to put down his work and fully assist his father in making movies.

In 2008, Xie Jin directed the drama "The Last Night of Taipan Jin", and his son Xie Yan assisted in directing.

No one knew that Xie Yan was already terminally ill at this time.

As early as the previous year, he was diagnosed with an incurable disease, but he hid it from everyone, not even his parents.

He knew that his parents had already experienced the pain of losing a child. If they knew about his illness, they would definitely not be able to support it.

In the last period of his life, all Xie Yan thought about was what would happen to his family after he left?

He sold his properties abroad and made a will.

In his will, he said: "75% of all my property will be left to my fourth brother, and 25% to my parents."

At the last moment of his life, he still did not forget his responsibility as the eldest son. After

directed the last play, Xie Yancai couldn't bear it anymore and was admitted to the hospital.

Only then did his father Xie Jin know the fact that his son was sick.

In August 2008, Xie Yan died due to illness and failed rescue efforts.

On the same day he died, his mother Xu Dawen was admitted to the hospital for more than a month because of a recurrence of heart disease.

For more than a month, Xie Jin stayed behind closed doors and saw no one.

He could not accept the fact that his eldest son had passed away.

In October, Xie Jin was invited to return to his hometown to participate in the 100th anniversary celebration of Chunhui Middle School in Shangyu City.

Although the journey was tiring, Xie Jin seemed to be in good spirits.

After returning to the room after the dinner, Xie Jincai felt exhausted and fell into a deep sleep.

After this sleep, he never woke up again.

The news of Xie Jin's death soon spread throughout the country. At the memorial service, Jiang Wen, Liu Xiaoqing, Pu Cunxin and other entertainment industry figures came to express their condolences.

At this time, only 55 days had passed since the death of the eldest son Xie Yan.

After Xie Yan passed away, Xie Jin was hit hard.

He ignored the doctor's advice and often drank alcohol in an attempt to relieve the pain.

After his father passed away, his second daughter, who was already married, took her younger brother into her own home to take care of him.

In this way, Xie Jin can always feel more at ease.

However, such a director who made great contributions to the Chinese film Lixia was still framed after his death.

Those people were unwilling to give him peace of mind even after his death.

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Xie Jin passed away on October 18, 2008. On the 19th, someone started asking questions and throwing dirty water on him.

On October 19, Song Zude published an article "Don't Die Like Xie Jin", questioning the cause of Xie Jin's death.

His brother Liu Xinde also categorically said that he heard the whole process.

On October 23, Liu Xinda also published an article slandering Xie Jin and Liu Xiaoqing as having an illegitimate child, and claimed that they had met him abroad.

At that time, Xie Jin’s wife Xu Dawen, who had experienced the pain of losing her son and husband one after another, could only support her sick body and reprimanded them for talking nonsense, saying with heartache that such behavior was tantamount to "whipping the corpse."

But how can an 83-year-old kind man deal with a pair of people who have no moral bottom line?

In desperation, the old man could only seek legal help.

In the end, amid legal denunciation, the matter ended with the Song Zude brothers issuing a mild apology statement. Although

apologized, it is hard to say whether he realized his mistake.

But no matter how others slander him, Director Xie Jin’s contribution to literature and art is indelible.

What's more, there is still time as the judge. Who is right and who is wrong? As time goes by, there will naturally be answers.