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General Ch'en Chiung-ming was born at Haifeng Hsien, Kuangtung Province, in 1875. He received a thorough education in Chinese and obtained while still a young man the literary degree of Chu-j'en, Provincial Graduate, through the Competitive Examination in the Ching Regime. General Ch'en attended the Government Law School of Kuangtung and was a member of the Provincial Council of Kuangtung representing Haifeng Hsien when the Ching Dynasty inaugurated the first item of constitutional government in China in its last days. Upon the outbreak of the Revolution in October 1911, at Wuchang, General Ch'en echoed at Huichow, Kuangtung, by getting hold of the Garrison troops stationing there and declaring independence, therefore the whole Province of Kuangtung was won over by revolutionists. Hu Han-ming was elected Tutuh and General Ch'en Chiung-ming Assistant Tutuh, of Kuangtung. In January 1912 Dr. Sun Yat-sen was elected president of the Provisional government