General M. K. Tinn
丁錦字慕韓
(Ting Chin)
General M. K. Tinn was born at Wu-hsi Hsien, Kiangsu province, in 1878. He received his Chinese education under a private tutor and modern education in the Nanyang College, Shanghai, from which he was graduated in 1897. He is proficient in the Japanese language. Soon after his graduation, he went to North China and through the introduction of Wu Shilung, former President of Peking Government University, joined General Tuan Chi-jui, who was then holding the position of Chief of the General Staff of the Viceroy of Chihli, in the capacity of translator to undertake the translation from Japanese into Chinese of all the books on military tactics. After having translated the Japanese books into Chinese for three months, he applied to General Tuan for permission to enter a military school to study military tactics. His request was granted, and he
