Who's Who in China (3rd edition)/Jao Meng-jen
Dr. Loe Men Len
饒孟任字伯舆
(Jao Meng-jen)
Dr. Loe Men Len was born at Nanchang Hsien, Kiangsi province, in 1882. When a mere youth he was noted as a scholar. At the age of 13 he became a Licentiate. In 1902 he passed the Provincial Competitive Examination winning the degree of Chu Jen and in the year following he became a Metropolitan Graduate of Chih Shih which is equivalent to Ph.D. Subsequently Dr. Loe was made Junior Secretary of the Board of Works holding the rank of Taotai. In 1903 he was sent first to Japan and then to England to study Law. He graduated with the degree of B. A. from Lincoln's Inn and London University. Before returning to China, Dr. Loe served as Third Councillor to the Chinese Legation in London. Upon his return to China he attended the Examination by the Board of Education and obtained the honorary degree of Han-lin Compiler. The first appointment Dr. Loe received then was Second Class Secretary to the Board of War. Very soon he was promoted to be Senior Secretary of the same Board. Sometime afterwards he was transferred to the Law Department of the Imperial Chancery or Cabinet, first as a Sectional Chief and then as a Councillor. Following the outbreak of the First Revolution in October 1911, Dr. Loe was elected a senator of the Nanking Provisional Assembly. In 1912 Dr. Loe became Secretary to the President. During Yuan Shih-kai's term, he held many positions as in the Compilation Bureau in the Cabinet, Councillor of the Law Bureau in the State Department, Assistant Examiner of the Magistrate Examination, and Legal Councillor to the President.
