Background
He was born in Tien-Meng District, Hupeh, China (Hubei, China) in 1881.
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Hung-lieh Shen
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Education
Hung-lieh Shen passed the competitive literary examination under the Manchu regime with Bacheor of Arts degree. Then he entered the Military Academy at Wuchang. Later he was sent to Japan on a Government scholarship to study naval tactics where he remained for seven years.
Career
Upon establishment of the Republic, Mr. Shen served at the Naval Headquarters of Shanghai, Ministry of Navy at Nanking and the General Staff Office in Peking, China. During the World War, he was appointed by President Li Yuan-hung as member of Chinese War Observation Party to Europe, in which capacity, he travelled in the United States, Great Britain, France and Italy. Upon returning to China, he was appointed an instructor of the Military College at Peking shortly afterwards, was transferred to Kirin as Chief of Staff of the Kirin and Heilungkiang Naval Headquarters and concurrently Director of Naval Affairs Bureau under the late Marshal Chang Tso-lin. In 1923 when the North-Eastern Naval Squadron was organised, he was appointed Commander-in-Chief and concurrently member of the North-Eastern Political Affairs Committe During his ten years of service in the North-Eastern Provinces, he also organised the North Eastern Mercantile Navigation College, North Eastern Navigation Bureau, the Harbin Dry Dock and the Sungari River Conservancy Bureau.
Then Hung-lieh Shen held the following posts: Commanding Officer of the Po Hai Squadron, Mayor of Tsingtao Municipality, member of the Peiping Branch Military Affairs Commission, member of the Peiping Political Council.
He was also an author of the following works: "Notes on Study of Chinese History", "Memorandum on China's Coastal Defense and Fortification", "The World War And Maritime Rights" and "Memoirs on Observations of European and American Naval Forces".
