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Mr. Yao Kuo-chen was born at Kuei-chih Hsien, Anhui province, in 1883. He first studied in the Provincial High College of Kiangsi which later granted to him a scholarship to study in the Imperial University, Peking. In May 1890 he was graduated from the Preparatory Department of that University. The Board of Education then awarded him the degree of Chu Jen. Prior to his obtaining the degree, he was appointed by the Bureau of Military Funds of Kwangsi as its delegate in Peking, and was