[1] He was born while his father was serving under General Zuo Zongtang in the Dungan revolt (1862–77), fighting against Yaqub Beg in Xinjiang.

[2] He held that post until 1912, when he was elected to the provisional National Assembly of the newly established Republic of China.

In the Huanggutun Incident of 1928, he was on the same train with Marshall Zhang Zuolin and fortunately escaped with only a leg injury.

He was later appointed as the official representative of the Chinese Government for the purpose of negotiating a settlement of outstanding problems pertaining to the administration of the C.E.R.

Mo visited USSR for up to 25 talks, but returned to China in December 1930 due to a deadlock of the conference.