Mr. G. F. Hsu
許字秋顯
(Hsu yuan)
Mr. G. F. Hsu was born in Chinkiang, Kiangsu province, in 1873. He received his preliminary education from l'Ecole Municipal Francaise at Shanghai. Later, he studied at Nanking University and Nanyang Tungwen College, from which he was graduated. After teaching in various schools, he was appointed by the late Tsing Dynasty a Sub-magistrate in 1899 and was later promoted to the rank of prefect. At different times, Mr. Hsu has held the following positions: English translator of the foreign affairs bureau of Chekiang; Inspector of the Hangchow Customs; Proctor of the foreign affairs bureau of Chekiang; English secretary of the Governor of Shansi; General secretary to the Governor of Kiangsu; Proctor of the bureau of foreign affairs in Soochow; Diplomatic advisor to the Governor of Honan; Resident director of the foreign affairs bureau of Honan. After the establishment of the Republic in 1912, Mr. Hsu became secretary in charge of foreign affairs of the Tutuh of Honan, and at the same time
