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Mr. I Tsung-k’uei was born at Hsiang-tan Hsien, Hunan province, in 1875. He was poor but was anxious to educate himself and finally became a learned man. After his return to China Mr. I took up teaching work at several schools and colleges in Changsha, Hunan province. In 1909 Mr. I was sent by his province to Peking to join the People's Delegation urging the opening of a parliament. Subsequently he was appointed a Member of the Constitutional Council. He was prominent in the impeachment of Prince Ching. Mr. I was connected with the revolution started by Tang Tsai-tsang. On the failure of Kang Yu-wei's reform scheme in 1898, Mr. I retired into seclusion and wrote several volumes on the subject of Reforms, until the time when schools were started everywhere when he took up teaching. In 1904 Mr. I went to Japan to study. While in Japan be edited a revolutionary periodical. It was at this time he joined the Kuomingtang. In 1912, the First Year of the Republic, Mr. I was appointed Compiler of the Law Compilation Office under the Cabinet. In 1913 he was elected a Member of the House of Representatives,