Background
He was born in Cholu, Chihli, China on July 14, 1889. Mr. Lu was a member of Tungminghui (predecessor of Kucmintang).
He was born in Cholu, Chihli, China on July 14, 1889. Mr. Lu was a member of Tungminghui (predecessor of Kucmintang).
Mr. Lu graduated from the Law School of the Peking National University with LL.B. (Bachelor of Laws) degree.
Hsien Lu was an editor of the Kuo Feng Pao at Tientsin for one year in 1910. Then he became principal of the Chihli 14th Provincial Middle School at Chaochow in 1911 and at various times between 1913 and 1921, he served as professor of the China University at Peking and was engaged in educational work in Hopei and Kirin, was a director of the bureau of general affairs of the Council of Sino-Russian Negotiations in 1924. In the same year Mr. Lu was appointed technical expert to the Customs Tariff Revision Conference in Peking, secretary of the Ministry of Finance and later secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce of Peking Government in 1925.
He was also a director of the Industrial Experiment Station of the latter Ministry in 1926 and director-general of the River Conservancy and Irrigation Bureau in Suiyuan and concurrently magistrate of Linho in Suiyuan, China in 1927.
While in these capacities, he succeeded in negotiating for the retrocession of 140,000 Mow of Catholic Church Lands along the Huang-To-lah Ho in Suiyuan to the Chinese authorities. He was appointed counsellor of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Labor and concurrently member of the Planning Committee of the said Ministry in 1928, Commissioner of Industry and Commerce and concurrently Commissioner of Finance of the Hopei Provincial Government in 1928-1930. After that he was appointed Counsellor of the Headquarters of the Commander-in-Chief of the Bandit Suppression Forces in the provinces of Honan, Hupeh and Anhwei in 1932. Half a year later, he was dispatched to Honan as special commissioner to supervise opium suppression in that province.
In the autumn of 1933, Hsien Lu was transferred as Administrative Inspector of the 9th Special Administration District in Hupeh and concurrently Commander of the Peace Preservation Corps in the said District, was a member of the Kiangsi Provincial Government and concurrently Commissioner of Civil Affairs for Kiangsi.