[1] Ye was born in Xitou Town of She County, Anhui, in 1879, during the Qing Empire.
[2] In April 1932, he was appointed as the provincial superintendent of the Education Department of Anhui government, in June 1932, he concurrently served as the finance director.
In May 1938 he was President of Chongqing University, a position he held until July 1941.
After the founding of the Communist State, he served as Dean of the School of Business of Utopia University.
[2] Ye died of heart disease in 1967, during the Cultural Revolution.