Luo Xian
Luo Xian Xiang was the second of six children, and the second son of a well off, landed gentry. His father, a scholar from the Qing Dynasty, opened a primary school for the local children. This same school was where Luo Xian Xiang obtained his initial schooling. Later, his father left to work as an educator in Foshan 佛山 for many years. The family's experience and connection to education were instrumental to Luo Xian Xiang's later successes in education and other reforms. In 1908, Luo Xian Xiang enrolled in the Guangdong Army Primary School; followed by Nanjing Army Middle School, to graduation in June 1916, from the Baoding Military Academy-Cavalry Division. Upon graduation, he was commissioned to serve under Chen Jiongming, the Governor and General of the Guangdong Army.