Yuan Shuai (元帥) was a Chinese military rank that corresponds to a marshal in other nations. Marshal (also sometimes spelled marshall in American English, but not in British English) is a word used in several official titles of various branches It is given to distinguished generals during China's dynastic and republican periods. A higher level rank of Da Yuan Shuai (大元帥), which corresponds to a Generalissimo), also existed. Da Yuan Shuai ( was a Chinese Military rank, usually translated as Grand Marshal or Generalissimo. Generalissimo or Generalissimus is a military rank of the highest degree superior to a Field Marshal or Grand Admiral.

Contents 1 Song Dynasty 2 Republic of China 3 People's Republic of China 4 External links

Song Dynasty

• Yue Fei

Republic of China

• Chiang Kai-shek

People's Republic of China

The rank was awarded to ten veteran generals of the People's Liberation Army in 1955. Yue Fei’s biographies Yue Fei Biography A biography of Yue Fei was written 60 years after his death by his grandson the poet and historian Yue Ke (岳柯 Chiang Kai-shek ( POJ: Chiúⁿ Kài-se̍k Jyutping: zoeng2gaai3sek6 GCB ( October 31, 1887 &ndash The People's Liberation Army ( PLA) ( is the unified Military organization of all land sea and air forces of the People's Republic of China. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) However, along with all other military ranks of the PLA, it was abolished in 1965 and was never restored. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. The recipients of the rank are:

• Zhu De
• Peng Dehuai
• Lin Biao
• Liu Bocheng
• He Long
• Chen Yi
• Luo Ronghuan
• Xu Xiangqian
• Nie Rongzhen
• Ye Jianying

External links

• http://www.iisg.nl/~landsberger/pla2.html
• http://english.pladaily.com.cn/special/figures/marmore.htm
• http://www.paulnoll.com/Korea/War/Chinese-Marshal-choices.html

Zhū Dé ( Wade-Giles: Chu Te zi: Yùjiē 玉阶 1 December 1886 – 6 July 1976 was a Chinese Communist miltary leader and statesman Peng Dehuai ( ( October 24, 1898 - November 29 1974) was a prominent military leader of the Communist Party of China, and Lin Biao ( born as Lin Yurong ( December 5, 1907 ?[[September 13]] 1971) was a Chinese Communist military leader Liu Bocheng ( December 4, 1892 - October 7, 1986) was a Chinese Communist military commander He Long ( ( March 22, 1896 &ndash June 8, 1969) was a Chinese Communist Military This is a Chinese name; the family name is Chen. Chen Yi ( August 26, 1901 - June 6 Luo Ronghuan ( November 26, 1902 &ndash December 16, 1963) was a Chinese communist military leader Xu Xiangqian ( ( November 8, 1901 - September 21, 1990) was a prominent Communist Military leader in the People's Nie Rongzhen ( ( December 29, 1899 - May 14, 1992) was a prominent Chinese Communist military leader and one of ten Marshals Ye Jianying ( Jyutping: Yip Gim-ying ( April 28, 1897 - October 22, 1986) was a Chinese Communist general and the chairman

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