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General Liu Tsun-hou was born at Chien-yang Hsien, Szechuan province, in 1885. In 1903 he entered the Military Academy at Chengtu and in 1904 was sent to Japan to study in the Japanese Cadets' Academy. He was graduated from the Infantry Section of that Academy in December 1908. Upon his return to Peking, in 1909 he passed examination and was given the rank of Chiu-jen. Subsequently he went to Yunnan where he was appointed Director of the Yunnan Military Academy, ranking as & Major. During the First Revolution in 1911-12, he was Chief Staff Officer of the Yunnan Revolutionary government. In the meantime Yunnan leaders had an unworthy ambition to gain control of Szechuan and they made plans to come into the province in the name of assisting revolutionary movements whereas their ulterior motive was to make Szechuan which is rich to supply