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Marshal Wu P'ei-fu was born at Peng-lai Hsien, Shantung province in 1873. He attended in his youth a regular Confucian school in his native district and became a Hsiu-Tsai (Licentia in 1893. He enrolled himself at the Peiyang Military Academy near Tientsin in 1898. The first military man Marshal Wu served after graduation was General Nieh Shih-cheng, Commander of one Wu Wei Chun Army Corp. Marshal Wu joined the Military School established by the Wu Wei Chun Headquarters. After graduation, Marshal Wu was unable to find a right master to serve and stayed in Shantung for sometime. In 1908 through the recommendation of General Chin Yun-peng, also his teacher, be was recommended to Marshal Wang Shih-chen who had just been appointed Provincial Commander-in-Chief of Kiang-pei. Marshal Wu served as Aid-de-camp at the Kiang-pei Yamen until 1910 when Marshal Wang resigned on account