1922 ~ 1924 studied in the department of agriculture of Jinling university.
1925 to 1926, majoring in agriculture, College of Agriculture, Southeast University.
1927 to 1929, teachers of Wusong Zhonghua College and Shenyang Wenhua Middle School.
1929- 1930 worked as a teaching assistant in Tsinghua University.
1930 ~ 1934 works in Beiping Institute of Biological Investigation.
1934 ~ 1936 studied at the Royal Botanical Garden in Edinburgh, England.
1936 ~ 1938 served as deputy director of Lushan Forest Botanical Garden.
1938 to 1942, researcher of Kunming Jingsheng Biological Investigation Institute.
1943 ~ 1945 Professor, Department of Biology, Ren Zhongzheng University.
1946 ~ 1948 Director of Lushan Forest Botanical Garden and Professor of Chung Cheng University.
1949 to 1950 served as deputy director of Jiangxi Institute of Agricultural Sciences.
1950 ~ 1953 Director of Lushan Botanical Garden, China Academy of Sciences.
1954 ~ 1957 Director of Nanjing Zhongshan Botanical Garden, China Academy of Sciences.
1958 ~ 1962 Director of Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
1962 ~ 1978 Deputy Director of South China Institute of Botany, China Academy of Sciences and Director south china botanical garden.
1979- 1983, director of South China Institute of Botany, China Academy of Sciences, and director of south china botanical garden.
1983 ~ 1993 honorary director of south China institute of botany, China academy of sciences.
1April 1993 13 died in Guangzhou.