1928 Join the Red Guards. Joined the Chinese Workers and Peasants Red Army the following year. 1932 joined China. He used to be the company, battalion and head of the Fourth Army. Participated in the anti-encirclement campaign and the Long March in Hubei, Henan, Anhui, Sichuan and Shaanxi Soviet areas. From 65438 to 0937, he entered Yan 'an Kangda School. Later, he successively served as the commander of the Eighth Route Army 129 Division, the commander of the Taihang Military Region, the brigade commander of the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region, and the deputy commander of the North China Military Region column. Participated in the Hundred Regiments War and Shangdang, Handan and Anxin campaigns. After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), he served as commander of Chahar Military Region and deputy commander of Beijing Xu Wei area. He is a member of the Committee of the Third and Fourth China People's Political Consultative Conference. 1955 was awarded the rank of major general. He was awarded the Second Class August 1st Medal, the First Class Medal of Independence and Freedom, and the First Class Medal of Liberation.