Background
Mr. Li was born in Xiangyang, Hubei, China, in 1889.
Mr. Li was born in Xiangyang, Hubei, China, in 1889.
Li Samuel Han-yuan received his early education in Shanxi, where his father was an official under the Manchu regime. He entered the Boone University Middle School in 1913 and graduated in 1917. Mr. Li resumed his studies at Boone University (now Huachung University), where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree and a certificate of the Boone library school in 1926.
After graduation, he joined the Post Office at Taiyuan, Shanxi in 1917-1922. Mr. Li was appointed dean of the Chinese department of Huachung University Middle School between 1926 and 1927. He joined the Nationalist Revolutionary Movement in 1927 and during that time was active as a party worker. From 1928 to 1929 Li Samuel Han-yuan acted as a teacher of English of the Hubei 1st Provincial Middle School, Wuchang. He joined the Bureau of public safety, Tianjin, in 1929 as chief of the special commission and in this capacity, was largely responsible for the settlement of the Elbrook Strike in Tianjin which occurred in August 1929.