Background
Mr. Hsiung was born in Anyi, Jiangxi, China, in 1892.
Mr. Hsiung was born in Anyi, Jiangxi, China, in 1892.
Hsiung Shih-hui graduated from the Baoding Military Academy. He also attended the Japanese Imperial Military Academy in Tokyo.
Mr. Hsiung assisted Dr. Sun Yat-sen in the first Revolution in 1911. Upon graduation, he was appointed director of education of the Military Academy of the 3rd Nationalist Army Corps. When the Northern Punitive Expeditionary Forces occupied Jiangxi, he was appointed commander of the 1st division and chief of the political bureau of the 14th Army Corps. While in Nanchang, Jiangxi, Hsiung Shih-hui was appointed member of the Kiangsi Provincial Party Headquarters.
Hsiung Shih-hui assisted in the expulsion of Chow Ying-jen (Sun Chuan-fang's subordinate and Governor of Fujian) from Fujian and in the defeat of the Northerners in Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Shandong successively. In 1927 he was appointed Commander of the 13th Nationalist Army Corps. Later, Mr. Hsiung was appointed commander of 37th division and concurrently associate commander of the 13th Nationalist Army Corps. He was appointed acting Garrison Commander of the Shanghai and Wusong Area in January, 1928, but soon resigned to participate in the Northern Punitive Expedition in March 1928. In 1929 he was re-appointed Garrison Commander of Shanghai-Wusong Area, which position he held until 1931. Since 1931 Mr. Hsiung was a Chairman of the Jiangxi Provincial Government.