林炳炎,原名新福,1891年出生在清远县(即现清城区)石角镇田寮村的一户农家。父亲林寿汝是一位殷实的农民,有子女多人。林炳炎居长,童年时曾就读于本村的私塾、小学。因家境困难中途辍学,到广州一家小钱庄做后生(学徒)。为老板的挚友赏识,推荐到汕头的钱庄做店员,负责外出收送汇单和钱币。几年后,基本学会 Lin Bingyan, formerly known as Xin Fu, was born in 1891 in a farmhouse in Tianliao Village, Shijiao Town, Qingyuan County (now known as Qingcheng District). My father, Lin Shou-ru, is an honest farmer with many children. Lin Bingyan chief, childhood was studying in the village’s private school, primary school. Due to difficult circumstances to drop out of school, to a small bank in Guangzhou to do afterlife (apprentice). Appreciate for the boss’s best friend, recommended to the Shantou money store clerk, is responsible for sending and receiving money orders and coins. A few years later, basic learning