Background
Mr. Li was born in Wuning, Kiangsi, China in 1881.
Mr. Li was born in Wuning, Kiangsi, China in 1881.
Lieh-chun Li graduated from the Kiangsi Military Academy and the Tokyo Military Cadets' College in Japan.
While in Japan, he joined the Tung Ming Hui (first revolutionary society organised by Dr. Sun Yat-sen). Then he returned to China in 1910 and was appointed Tutuh (military commissioner) of Kiangsi participated in the 1911 Revolution at Wuchang and was appointed Military Governor of Kiangsi. He fled to Japan after an unsuccessful revolt against Yuan Shih-kai in 1913.
Lieh-chun Li travelled to Europe while a refugee and stayed at Singapore and Penang for a time. He was chief-of-staff to the Southern Constitutional Government at Canton, China in 1919, commander of Kiangsi Army in Kwangtung and later Civil Governor of Kiangsi in 1920, chief of general staff of the Canton Government and a commander in the Northern Expeditionary Army in 1921, chief of general staff to Feng Yu-hsiang's Army in 1925, accompanied Chiang Kai-shek in the Northern Punitive Expediton and upon the capture of Kiangsi, he was appointed Chairman of the Kiangsi Provincial Government in 1926, State Councillor, acting Chairman of the Central Government and Chairman of Overseas Affairs Commission in 1927-1928, member of the Central Supervisory Committee of Kuomintang in 1930, member of the Central Executive Committee of the Kuomintang, member of the Military Affairs Commission, State Councilor of the National Government and member of the National Defence Council in 1932-1934.