1930 graduated from Wuxi Middle School in Jiangsu.
1934 graduated from the Department of Agriculture, College of Agriculture, Nanjing Central University (now Nanjing University).
1934- 1939, teacher, Department of Agriculture, Nanjing and Chongqing Central University.
1939 to 1945 as a technician and technician of Chengdu Sichuan Institute of Agricultural Improvement.
1945 ——1946 studied at the university of Minnesota and Cornell university, and visited Kansas state university.
1946 ——1948 Associate Professor, Department of Agriculture, Peking University Agricultural College.
1949 to 1970, professor and head of the department of agriculture, Beijing Agricultural University.
1970 ——1972 moved to northern Shaanxi with the school and conducted wheat breeding in Luochuan and Qingquan.
1972 ——1985 moved back to Beijing with the school and served as vice president, vice president and consultant of the graduate school of Beijing Agricultural University.
1980 was elected as an academician of China Academy of Sciences.
1985 12 15 died in Beijing.