Xu, 19 10 was born in April, Jinzhai County, Anhui Province. /kloc-joined the Chinese red army of workers and peasants in 0/929. /kloc-joined China in 0/930. During the Agrarian Revolutionary War, he served as secretary of the management department and organization minister of the 32nd Division of the Red Fourth Army, minister of the organization department and propaganda department of the 11th Division of the Red Fourth Army, director of the political department of the 32nd regiment, director of the political department of the 12th Division, director of the political department of the Red Fourth Army, director and political commissar of the political department of the Ministry of Health of the Red Fourth Army, and chief of education of the political department of the Western Military Assistance. Participated in the Long March. During the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period, he served as the director of the Political Department of the Eighth Route Army 129 Division Cavalry Corps, the director of the Organization Department of the Political Department of the 129 Division, the political commissar of the eastward column, the section chief of the Second Division of Yan 'an Central Party School, and the political commissar of the newly compiled Fourth Brigade of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Left-behind Corps. During the War of Liberation, he served as director of the Political Department of Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Joint Defense Army, director of the Political Department of Northwest Field Army, political commissar of the sixth column, deputy political commissar and director of the Political Department of the Second Corps of the First Field Army, and political commissar and director of the Political Department of the First Corps of Xinjiang Military Region. After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), he served as deputy director of the General Cadre Department of China People's Liberation Army, deputy director of the General Political Department, political commissar of jinan military area command, and the first political commissar of Chengdu Military Region. 1955, he was awarded the rank of lieutenant general. Deputies to the First, Second, Third and Fourth National People's Congresses, members of the Third the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC), members of the Third Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Standing Committee, deputies to the Seventh and Eighth National People's Congresses, and alternate members of the Eleventh Central Committee. He was elected as a member of the Central Advisory Committee at the 12th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC). On January 6th, 1983, Xu died of illness in Beijing.