Mr. C. L. Zeen
徐懋学乾麟
(Hsu Mon)
Mr. C. L. Zeen, promoter and director of the China Industrial Training Works and manager of the Bank of Kiangnan, was born in 1862 in the village of Hsuyang, Yu Yao, Chekiang. At the age of 14, Mr. Zeen came to Shanghai join one he commercial uses. Although the studying of English at that time was not so much in vogue as now, he devoted his spare time to learning this language with a measurable amount of success. Except for a short time he spent in Chinkiang as manager of a local firm there, he has spent practically all his time in Shanghai. In 1882 he became manager of Messrs. Moutrie and Co. Ltd. In 1911, Mr. Zeen served on the commission for the Nanking Exposition and attracted world wide attention for his work in planning the grounds and constructing the roads. During the First Revolution, he organized the Chapei Volunteer Corps along the same lines as the Shanghai Volunteer Corps, of which the Chinese Company was also promoted
