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Marshal Yin Chang was born in 1860 from a family belonging to the Plain White Banner Division of the Manchu Military organization. He was a student of the Kuo-Tzu-Chien or the Imperial Academy of Learning. Actually he received his education at the Tung Wen College, Peking. In 1877 he was sent to Germany as an attache of the Chinese Legation at Berlin. During his stay in Germany he studied military science and subsequently married a German wife. In 1884 he returned to China. In 1885 he assisted in the Naval Academy at Nanking. In 1895 Yuan Shih-kai started his modern troop training at Hsiao Chan. Marshal Yin was one of the teachers for the training schools. The late President Feng Kuo-chang was a student under his direction. Afterwards he became a Taotai. For sometime he was a Deputy Lieutenant-General commanding Banner Garrison in certain provinces. After the Boxer Trouble, he assisted in the negotiations with