General Li Shu-cheng
李書城学小调
General Li Shu-ch'eng was born at Ch'ien-chiang Hsien, Hupei Province, in 1873 and was a salaried licentiate or Linsheng in the Ching' Dynasty. He received a middle school e lucation in the Ching-Hsin Institute of Learning in Hupei. Later he was sent by Viceory Chang Chih-tung to Japan to obtain a higher education. He first studied in normal college then joined the Military Cadets Academy where he graduated in November 1908. While in Japan General Li became a member of the Tung Ming Hui, the revolutionary organization headed by Dr. Sun Yat-sen. Owing to his intimate relation with Dr. Sun he became a prominent figure with the Tung Ming Hui. Upon his return to China in 1909, General Li was appointed Director of the Military Academy attached to the headquarters of the Kuangsi Army. Subsequently he was transferred to Peking where he received the appoiintment as a Member of the Chun Tzu Fu which is equivalent to the General Staff of the present day. In the autumn of 1911 General Li went south to join the revolution. After the outbreak of the
