Background
He was born in Shaoshing, Chekiang, China in 1881.
He was born in Shaoshing, Chekiang, China in 1881.
Mr. Lou studied at the Peking Government University in 1891 and left there in 1900 on account of the Boxer trouble. Also he attended the Anglo-Chinese College in Tientsin, China in 1902.
Also he attended Oahu College until 1908 and then went to Yale to study law receiving a B.C.L. (Bachelor of Civil Law) degree in 1911.
Luching Y. T. Lou worked in America in 1903 partly as an attache to the Chinese Minister at Washington, D.C. and party to study. He returned to China in 1911 and was legal adviser to Feng Kuo chang, Tuchun of Chihli in 1913. Mr. Lou also worked in America as provincial delegate of Chihli to the Panama Pacific International Exposition, then on his return he became head of the Chinese department of the Kailan Mining Administration.