Background
Mr. Lung was born in Chaotung, Yunnan, China in 1888.
Mr. Lung was born in Chaotung, Yunnan, China in 1888.
He attended the Yunnan Chiang Wu Tang Military Institute from which he was graduated in 1912 .
Yun Lung joined army service and participated in the campaign against Yuan Shih-kai, then Commander of 3rd Chien Kuo Chun (National Establishment Army) in 1921. He was the Commander-in-Chief of 5th Chien Kuo Allied Army in 1925 and Defense Commissioner of Kunming, China in 1926, then joined the Northern Expeditionary Army in spring of 1927.
Mr. Lung was made a member of Military Council, Commander-in-Chief of the 13th Route Army of the National Revolutionary Army, Commander of the 38th Army since 1927, Commanderin-Chief of the 10th Route Army of the Anti-rebel Expeditionary Army, Chairman of the Yunnan Provincial Government since 1928 and concurrently Commander-in-Chief of the 2nd Route Army of the Communistsuppression Forces.
