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General Hsu Shn-cheng was born at Hsuchow, Kiangsu province, in 1883. He is a scholar in Chinese history and literature. He studied in the Peiyang Military College when he was little over twenty years of age. After graduation he served Tuan Chi-jui in a minor capacity. General Hsu was a mere clerk to Tuan when the latter was commanding the Sixth Division of the Imperial Army with headquarters at Nanyuan, south suburb of Peking. General Hsu's application and industry rapidly won Tuan's esteem. In December 1908 General Hsu was sent at the recommendation of Tuan by the government to Japan among the 7th Group of Chinese students to study in Military Officers' Academy. From this institution he was graduated in the infantry course in May 1910. He returned to China and joined Tuan Chi-jui in Hupei where he was