Guangzhou Uprising
Ye was energetic and helped his father with farming when he was young. He was sent to nearby Tengyun school to study. Ye studied at the Sericultural School of Huizhou in 1911. Before he left the school, his teacher Chen Jingru suggested that change his name to Ye Ting. Under the influence of the Second Guangzhou Uprising, Ye lead his schoolmates to cut the queue and was expelled by his school. After this experience, Ye got into Huizhou middle school. After Xinhai Revolution, Ye's father made Ye marry Huang Chun, who was 2 years older, to get him to calm down.