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General Ch'eng K'e was born in Kaifeng, Konan Province, in 1878. He first studied law during the Manchu Regime and then went to Japan and attended the Imperial University where he graduated from the law department. Upon his return from Japan General Ch'eng organized a revolutionary organ in Tientsin with the object of overthrowing the Manchu regime. He was arrested by the authorities but through the good offices of the late Chao Ping-chun, former Chihli Governor and Prime Minister, he was liberated and subsequently given official appointment. After the establishment of the Republic in 1912, General Ch'eng became a Councillor of the Ministry of the Interior, a Deputy of the Bureau for Parliamentary Affairs and Legal Councillor to President Yuan Shih-kai. In 1913 he was elected a senator representing Tibet. In June 1914 he was appointed