hu ang da o , ▁Heb ei . ▁ ▁As ▁a ▁youth ▁he ▁studied ▁Chinese ▁Class ics ▁with ▁private ▁tut ors . ▁In ▁ 1 9 1 2 ▁he ▁graduated ▁first ▁in ▁his ▁class ▁at ▁Ch ih li ▁High er ▁Agricult ural ▁School ▁and ▁received ▁a ▁government ▁grant ▁to ▁study ▁in ▁France , ▁where ▁he ▁participated ▁in ▁the ▁D il igent ▁Work - F rug al ▁Study ▁Mov ement . ▁ ▁He ▁studied ▁under ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁ren owned ▁profess ors , ▁among ▁them ▁Nobel ▁la ure ates ▁Paul ▁Sab at ier , ▁Gabriel ▁Li pp mann ▁and ▁Marie ▁Cur ie . ▁ ▁He ▁also ▁worked ▁in ▁the ▁lab ▁of ▁Jean ▁Per rin . ▁ ▁Li ▁received ▁the ▁certificate ▁of ▁In gen ieur ▁Agr icole ▁from ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Toul ouse ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 8 , ▁and ▁the ▁degrees ▁Lic enc ie ▁es ▁Sciences ▁Phys iques ▁and ▁Do ct eur ▁es ▁Sciences ▁Phys iques ▁from ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Paris ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 0 ▁and ▁ 1 9 2 2 , ▁respectively . ▁ ▁Polit ics ▁Three ▁leaders ▁of ▁the ▁T ong m eng hui ▁lived ▁as ▁guests ▁in ▁the ▁d orm itory ▁of ▁the ▁prepar atory ▁school ▁Li ▁attended ▁prior ▁to ▁his ▁studies ▁in ▁France . ▁ ▁Once ▁in ▁France ▁Li ▁met ▁and ▁be fri ended ▁Li ▁Sh iz eng ▁and ▁Wu ▁Z hi hui , ▁two ▁of ▁the ▁fier c ely ▁anti - comm un ist ▁" F our ▁E ld ers " ▁of ▁the ▁Chinese ▁National ist