sentences:  As a proponent of introducing Western technology into China, Xue wrote about witnessing new technology such as the telephone while he was abroad.The Xue family had been in Wuxi since the Ming dynasty (1368-1644), the first ancestor moving to Wuxi being a veteran of the Chinese-Annam War (Ming–Hồ War of 1406-1407), and General of the Nanjing Imperial Capital Guards known as “Running Tigers”.Xue's great grandfather was a scholar that died young.