1897 February 2 1 (Lunar calendar) was born in Kaifeng County, Henan Province.

1914 ~1918 graduated from Kaifeng normal school.

19 19 is the principal of Lehe Senior Primary School in Songxian County, Henan Province.

65438-0920 served as a senior primary school teacher in Gongxian County, Henan Province.

1922 65438+1served as a senior primary school teacher in Kaifeng county from October to March.

1923 ~ 1926 graduated from southeast university (Nanjing) with a bachelor's degree in agriculture.

1926- 1928 was appointed as the teaching assistant of Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

1928 ~ 1930 graduated from the graduate school of the University of Paris, France, with a doctor of science.

1931~1941year served as the technician and director of the animal specimen room of Beiping Institute of Biological Investigation.

1942 ~ 1945 Professor and Dean of Science, Beijing Normal University.

1945 ~ 1946 Professor of Beiping Temporary University.

1947- 195 1 year, a professor at Beijing Normal University, and a former head of the Department of Biology.

1950 to 1963, member of the Chinese academy of sciences' animal specimen arrangement Committee, researcher of the animal laboratory and head of the fish research group, researcher of the institute of zoology, and deputy director of the vertebrate fauna classification office.

1963 died of illness at his home in Beijing on September 27th.