Zhang Youyi (January 29, 1900 – 1988), courtesy name Jiayue, was a Chinese banker and entrepreneur from Baoshan, Jiangsu Province (now part of Shanghai). Zhang Youyi was the younger sister of Zhang Junjie and Zhang Gongquan, and the first wife of the poet Xu Zhimo. It was also because of her failed marriage that she achieved her later career.
The love and marriage story of Xu Zhimo and Lu Xiaoman is known to many people, but Xu Zhimo's wife Zhang Youyi is rarely known. Today I will talk to all of you about this matter. Zhang Youyi was born in Jiangsu Province, received a new-style education, she has a gentle and kind temperament, a bright and beautiful appearance, a knowledgeable dali and a traditional filial piety, she does not know Xu Zhimo, their marriage is determined by her parents. Xu Zhimo refused this family affair, but could not withstand his grandmother's bitter pleading, and accepted it bitterly. As a result, 15-year-old Zhang Youyi dropped out of school to marry Xu Zhimo's daughter-in-law in Zhejiang.
After four years of marriage, the time they spent together was only about four months, all during his vacation. Because it was an arranged marriage, Xu Zhimo looked down on her in his heart and would rather talk to the sweeper than talk to her. When Lin Huiyin was about to return to China, he strongly asked for a divorce, Zhang Youyi proposed to ask his parents for advice, he was anxious, said: "No, no, you know, I don't have time to wait, you must sign now, Lin Huiyin is going to return to China, I have to divorce now!" In the end, Zhang Youyi still signed the divorce agreement, agreed to divorce, and let him go free.
At that time, she had just given birth to their young son, Xu Zhimo only offered to see their children after getting the divorce agreement, Xu Zhimo, who had seen the children, did not ask Zhang Youyi how to feed her children and how to live Zhang Youyi, who had experienced divorce, did not falter, she went to Paris to join her second brother Zhang Junjie, and went to Germany with him to study early childhood education at Pestalozzi College. In 1925, she lost her youngest son Peter, and in the summer of 1926, she was taken back to Shanghai by her eighth brother Zhang Yujiu, and soon she took her eldest son Ah Huan to Beijing to study, until Zhang's mother died, and she returned to Shanghai with her son. By then, Zhang Jiazhang was already the vice president of the Bank of China and presided over the affairs of various banks in Shanghai, and Xu Shenru also gave Zhang Youyi 125 Haige Road (Fanyuan, Huashan Road) to make her have no worries about food and clothing in Shanghai. Zhang Youyi first taught German at Soochow University, and later became the vice president of Shanghai Women's Commercial Bank with the support of Zhang Jiazhang, at the same time, the eighth brother Zhang Yujiu and Xu Zhimo and four others opened a yun clothing company on Jing'an Temple Road, and Zhang Youyi became the general manager of the company. This has greatly improved her business ability. After the divorce, Zhang Youyi's relationship with Xu Zhimo was much better, because of her independence and maturity, Xu Zhimo had more admiration for her.
The most admirable thing is that she still took care of his parents after divorcing Xu Zhimo, and when Xu Zhimo was 36 years old, when the unfortunate flight was difficult, in the case of the legal wife Lu Xiaoman's inability to handle it, it was Still Zhang Youyi who handled everything with her calmness and determination: let the eighth brother Yu Jiu lead the 13-year-old Ah Huan to Jinan to claim the body. As an ex-wife, Zhang Youyi did her duty without complaint after his death, taking care of her ex-in-laws as a foster daughter. The complete works published by Xu Zhimo in Taiwan were also compiled and edited by Zhang Youyi personally.
Zhang Youyi said that it was Xu Zhimo's abandonment that promoted her growth, which made her more mature and independent, a flower-like woman, a woman with a strong soul - Zhang Youyi
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