Among the women in the Republic of China, Zhang Youyi 's life is perhaps the most inconspicuous compared to those talented women, which is like her humble marriage. She has had the most romantic husband, but his heart has never stayed on her for a moment, but she still loves and respects him.
Such a fearless sacrifice, which is most regrettable to put on a gentle and graceful woman. However, she walked out of this regret, broke out of the cocoon and became a butterfly, and finally cultivated herself into a person he had to respect even if he didn't love.
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1900 At the 29th of December, 1900, the Zhang family gave birth to a girl in a small village in Baoshan County, Jiangsu Province.
The parents named the newborn Zhang Jiayu, the nickname Youyi. "王" is a kind of jade. The word "you" contains the meaning of kindness, and "yi" means a person's appearance and appearance are dignified.
The Zhang family is a local rich man. His ancestors worked as local officials in the Qing Dynasty. His grandfather Zhang Zuze was a doctor who saved lives and healed the wounded. He studied medicine from Cao Cangzhou in Suzhou , and later opened clinics in Shanghai and Nanxiang. He is a famous local Chinese medicine doctor.
Zhang Zuze chose the four words "jia, country, country, and Ming" for his descendants to name them in the same category. Among them, "Jia" and "Ming" are homophonic to "Jia" and "Min", and "Jia's country's nationality" means "from family to country and then to the people." Zhang Youyi belongs to the generation of "Jia".
Zhang Youyi is a well-deserved lady.
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15 years old is the first turning point in Zhang Youyi's life because she is going to get married. The fourth brother told her that she was going to marry a young man with great talent and ideals. At that time, Zhang Youyi was happy and had some expectations.
The Xu family’s betrothal gift was quickly given. Zhang Youyi was in the second grade of the Jiangsu Provincial Second Women’s Normal School, founded by Jiangsu Governor Cheng Dequan, and Xu Zhimo was only 16 years old.
Because he was going to get married, Zhang Youyi was forced to leave school after only three years of study. Her fourth brother, Zhang Gongquan, was the secretary of Zhu Rui, the governor of Zhejiang. When he inspected various schools, he found that a student's composition was very outstanding at Hangzhou No. 1 Middle School. The composition title was "On the Relationship between Novels and Society". His writing style was very good, and he had the courage of Ren Gong, Liang Qichao, and his calligraphy was handsome and talented.
After several searches, Zhang Gongquan learned that the man's name was Xu Zhimo, and he was the only son of a rich and wealthy landlord in Kuangshi. Public Power volunteered to write a letter to Xu Zhimo's father Xu Shenru . Xu Shenru was of course overjoyed and immediately replied, "I, Xu Shenru, are fortunate to marry the sister of Gongquan as my daughter-in-law."
1915, Zhang Youyi, who was only 15 years old, married Xu Zhimo, who was still studying at Peking University . Then Zhang Youyi moved to the Xu family in Kuangshi, Zhejiang to be the young grandmother.
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On the wedding night, Xu Zhimo did not enter the bridal chamber, but hid in his grandmother's house and slept all night. Later, thanks to the urging of the adults, Xu Zhimo entered the new house surrounded by servants.
After marriage, according to his father's wishes, Xu Zhimo should participate in the management of some of the Xu family's factories and workshops, but Xu Zhimo has no interest in these things. He holds the book all day long and feels empty.
When I was really bored, Xu Zhimo would tell Zhang Youyi about what he was studying for preparatory courses at Hangzhou No. 1 Middle School and Peking University. The excitement, pleasure and nostalgia in his tone moved Zhang Youyi very much. She asked Xu Zhimo: "Since it's so good, why don't you go to study anymore?"
Zhang Youyi looked at the lost Xu Zhimo and said gently: "Don't worry, I'll find a way for you."
Zhang Youyi is a smart person. She thought of her second brother Zhang Junmai . Zhang Junmai quickly helped Xu Zhimo contact the Baptist School in Shanghai.
1917, Zhang Junli introduced his mentor Liang Qichao, who was studying in Japan to Xu Zhimo. This idol-level figure accepted him as an introductory disciple. From then on, Xu Zhimo had the idea of studying in the United States, but whenever he mentioned it to his father Xu Shenru, he was always rejected without hesitation until he and Zhang Youyi's first son, , Xu Jiaqi, , was born in 1918.
So, on August 14, 1918, Xu Zhimo went to the United States to study at his own expense under the recommendation of Liang Qichao, and studied in the History Department of Clark University.
In June 1919, Xu Zhimo graduated from Clark University . In September of the same year, he was admitted to the prestigious Department of Economics of Columbia University. On September 24, 1920, Xu Zhimo packed his luggage and went to the UK. It is precisely because of this trip to the UK that Xu Zhimo met Lin Huiyin and fell in love with Lin Huiyin.
In order to pursue Lin Huiyin, Xu Zhimo left Zhang Youyi, who accompanied him to study and became pregnant in the UK. This was the darkest day in Zhang Youyi's life. It was his brother who brought his isolated sister to Berlin and had a child. After
, Xu Zhimo chased him to Berlin and asked Zhang Youyi to sign the divorce agreement , because Lin Huiyin had already returned to China at that time, and he was eager to return to China to pursue Lin Huiyin. After Xu Zhimo returned to China, he did something amazing before he could serve the country. On November 8, 1922, he published the first Western-style divorce notice in China.
At this moment, Zhang Youyi, who was extremely desperate, considered to break the lives of herself and her children.
She thought, just disappear from the world and end this tragedy , forget it, it’s so easy!
Later she remembered the first basic filial piety rule in the Book of Filial Piety: "If your body and hair are treated with your parents, it will be damaged, but it will be the beginning of filial piety." She gave up the idea of suicide.
That's it, Zhang Youyi overcomes the first difficulty of her life with her amazing personality power. She chooses to study more easily, live more freely, and watch her son grow up happily.
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1924, after the divorce, Zhang Youyi, who was in Germany, was not decadent. She hired a nanny, studied German hard, and entered the Festalochi Academy to study early childhood education. She refused the pursuit of the opposite sex, kept herself clean, and raised her second son Peter alone.
After Peter died, she did not complain, but set off to return home with all her skills. Germany's loneliness and helplessness and keeping a low profile have accumulated capital for her to show her skills back to China.
In the summer of 1926, Zhang Youyi returned to Shanghai. At this time, Zhang Youyi's fourth brother, Zhang Jiayi, was already the vice president of Bank of China, and was in charge of banking affairs in various countries in Shanghai. Xu Shenru also gave Zhang Youyi the property at No. 125 Haige Road, so that she could have no worries about food and clothing in Shanghai.
The two elders of the Xu family treated Zhang Youyi better than their biological daughters. They even divided the property into three parts: Xu Zhimo and Lu Xiaoman , eldest grandson Xu Jiakai and Zhang Youyi, and the old couple.
In 5 years in Germany, Zhang Youyi was like a phoenix and was reborn from the ashes. After returning to China, Zhang Youyi founded China's first women's commercial bank and became vice president. She set up her office in the bank hall, and the staff's work efficiency was greatly improved, bringing the Shanghai Women's Savings Bank back to life, which was on the verge of bankruptcy.
While Zhang Youyi was appointed as the vice president of Shanghai Women's Commercial Bank, her eighth brother Zhang Yujiu and Xu Zhimo and four others opened a Yunshang Clothing Company on Jing'an Temple Road, and Zhang Youyi became the general manager.
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0 After the divorce, Zhang Youyi has always maintained a friend relationship with Xu Zhimo, and in his time of crisis, he often helps Xu Zhimo's life. On November 19, 1931, Xu Zhimo died in a plane in Dangjiazhuang near Jinan. Zhang Youyi sent his 13-year-old son Xu Jiakai to take care of his ex-husband's funeral with his eighth brother, and then presided over Xu Zhimo's funeral.
After Xu Zhimo and Lu Xiaoman got married, Zhang Youyi still took care of Xu's parents. In 1931, Xu's mother was seriously ill, and she also managed the Xu family's housekeeping as her adopted daughter.
1949, Zhang Youyi settled in Hong Kong and met her tenant Su Jizhi. The doctor was gentle and elegant in conversation. Unexpectedly, his wife abandoned him and raised four children alone. Similar fate makes Zhang Youyi and Su Jizhi appreciate each other. In addition, living together is like a family, and it is inevitable that they will fall in love over time. In 1953, Su Jizhi proposed to Zhang Youyi.
In August 1953, Zhang Youyi and Su Jizhi, who had been alone for 31 years, held a grand wedding in a hotel in Bank Street, Tokyo, Japan.
At the wedding, the 54-year-old bride's elegant face was filled with a blush like a girl.
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Zhang Youyi said that she did not hate Lu Xiaoman, but Lin Huiyin, but she did not hate her forcibly breaking up her marriage, but that she had agreed to Xu Zhimo, but she regretted it and dumped him.
After her second husband passed away, Zhang Youyi went to New York to live until her death in 1988. She was the person who lived the longest in Xu Zhimo's emotional life. Perhaps, Zhang Youyi is the woman who loves Xu Zhimo the most.
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