She is the grandniece of Li Hongzhang, an important minister of the late Qing Dynasty, the granddaughter of Li Hanzhang, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and Li Guoqin, a famous socialite in Shanghai.
Li Guoqin's father, Li Jingfeng, was the seventh son of Li Hanzhang. He had served as county magistrate in Chang'an, Changwu, Fuping, Qishan and other places in Shaanxi. After the Republic of China, Li Jingfeng worked as a tax manager and the manager of the Yangzi Salt Store in Yangzhou. These were the most profitable industries at the time, so he was very wealthy.
Li Guoqin’s mother Wu Jingyi is a famous beauty in Hangzhou and the daughter of the Wu family, a wealthy businessman in Hangzhou. Li Guoqin's beauty was mostly inherited from his mother.
Li Guoqin has lived with his parents in Shanghai since he was a child, and studied at the Central and Western Affiliated Primary School and the Central and Western Girls' High School. This was the best girls' middle school in Shanghai at the time. The three Soong Ching Ling sisters and the writer Zhang Ailing were all students of this school.
However, Li Guoqin's student career ended before he graduated from middle school. Father Li Jingfeng insisted that his daughter’s family did not need to read too many books, but should find a good husband.
As a famous socialite in Shanghai, Li Guoqin was looking for a husband, so naturally there was an endless stream of matchmakers. However, Li's father's criteria for selecting a son-in-law not only required the man to be talented and knowledgeable, but also required that he match Li Guoqin's birth date. Therefore, many people who proposed marriage were eliminated. Finally, a lucky man named Zhang Fuyun became the son-in-law of the Li family.
Zhang Fuyun grew up in a modest family, but relying on his own efforts, he became the first Chinese to graduate from Harvard Law School in the United States. In addition, he also has a very close classmate - Song Ziwen.
In 1927, Song Ziwen became the Minister of Finance of the Republic of China government. Zhang Fuyun was promoted by Song Ziwen and served as the first director of the Customs Administration of the Ministry of Finance of the National Government and chairman of the National Tariff Commission.
After marriage, Li Guoqin did not chat or play mahjong all day long like other rich wives, but concentrated on studying calligraphy and painting. The couple's early marriage life was relatively happy. Zhang Fuyun has a lot of social activities due to his work. Every time he attended with his wife Li Guoqin, Li Guoqin's beautiful appearance, fashionable dress, and elegant manners made Zhang Fuyun very bright.
However, the biggest regret of the two is that Li Guoqin has never been able to conceive a child. This has always been Zhang Fuyun's heartache.
Li Guoqin later recognized a goddaughter. This goddaughter was the granddaughter of Shanghai tycoon Ye Mingzhai. She was studying in college. She was beautiful and could paint well. Since becoming Li Guoqin's goddaughter, the daughter of the Ye family has stayed in the Zhang family all day long.
But the good times did not last long. Ms. Ye became pregnant unexpectedly, and the father of the baby turned out to be Zhang Fuyun, the godfather who was 30 years older than Ms. Ye.
This incident was a huge blow to Li Guoqin. Li Guoqin, who had always been strong, could not accept the betrayal of his husband and goddaughter, and decided to divorce.
Later, Zhang Fuyun took Ms. Ye and her children to the United States. Li Guoqin never remarried.
In 1934, Li Guoqin converted to Buddhism in Nanjing and took the Buddhist name "Yichen". In 1952, he went to Taiwan with Qu Yingguang, the Vajra Master of the Red Sect of Tantric Buddhism, and became the successor of Master Qu Yingguang.