Who's Who in the Far East/Addenda/SHIH-NIEN-TSU
SHIH-NIEN-TSU (KUANGSI), Asst. Military Governor; native of Kiangsu. Taotai, Kansu, Feb., 1872; Judge Kansu, Feb., 1877; Judge, Yunnan, Oct., 18S4; Treasurer, Kueichou, Dec., 18S7; Judge, Yunnan, Sept., 1889; Governor, Kwangsi, July, 1895; cashiered, Oct., 1897; Dept. asst. Military Governor, famine relief duty in lower Manchuria, July, 1905.