. ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁ ▁Han ▁was ▁born ▁May ▁ 2 6 , ▁ 1 9 2 4 ▁in ▁Ji ang ning ▁County , ▁Ji ang su ▁Province . ▁His ▁original ▁name ▁was ▁Sh en ▁Ch ong j ian ▁( <0xE6> <0xB2> <0x88> <0xE5> <0xB4> <0x87> 健 ), ▁and ▁Han x u ▁was ▁his ▁cour tes y ▁name , ▁which ▁he ▁later ▁adopted ▁as ▁his ▁full ▁name . ▁ ▁His ▁father , ▁Sh en ▁Ji ay i ▁( <0xE6> <0xB2> <0x88> 家 <0xE5> <0xBD> <0x9D> ), ▁served ▁as ▁a ▁grand ▁justice ▁during ▁the ▁rule ▁of ▁the ▁Chinese ▁National ist ▁Government . ▁Because ▁of ▁his ▁father ' s ▁position ▁in ▁the ▁government , ▁Han ▁received ▁an ▁el ite ▁education . ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 9 4 0 s , ▁he ▁studied ▁at ▁Y en ch ing ▁University ▁in ▁Be ij ing ▁where ▁he ▁met ▁Commun ist ▁leaders ▁including ▁the ▁future ▁Premier ▁Z hou ▁En la i . ▁Following ▁his ▁gradu ation ▁from ▁Y en ch ing , ▁Han ▁worked ▁as ▁an ▁English ▁professor ▁at ▁the ▁North ▁China ▁Al lied ▁University ▁for ▁several ▁years ▁where ▁he ▁met ▁his ▁wife , ▁Ge ▁Ji y un . ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁Second ▁S ino - J apan ese ▁War , ▁Han ▁joined ▁the ▁Chinese ▁Commun ist ▁army ▁as ▁a ▁gu err illa ▁f ighter . ▁His ▁unit ▁helped ▁to ▁rescue ▁American ▁pil ots ▁who ▁were ▁shot ▁down ▁by ▁the ▁Japanese ▁over ▁the ▁mountain ous ▁areas ▁of ▁northern ▁China . ▁He ▁kept ▁bank ▁notes ▁signed ▁by ▁the ▁pil ots