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Mr. Hsiung Hsi-ling was born at Feng-huang Hsien, Hunan province, in 1867. He was a Metropolitan graduate of 1894 and a prominent Hanlin scholar. Mr. Hsiang was an intimate friend of the reformer Kang Yu-hui and after the latter's downfall which occurred in 1898 he was arrested by the Imperial Ching government, but was promptly released. Subsequently Mr. Hsiung went to Japan to study. There he remained for a few years. In 1905 when he had returned to Peking he accompanied Tuan Fang on the latter's foreign mission. On that occasion, he visited America and Europe. After the return of the mission, Mr. Hsiung was appointed