Yuan Shuai (元帥) was a Chinese military rank that corresponds to a marshal in other nations. 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.
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Song Dynasty
Jin Dynasty
Republic of China
People's Republic of China
Shoulder boards for the PLA rank Yuan Shuai (Marshal), modeled after those of the Marshal of the Soviet Union
The rank was awarded to ten veteran generals of the People's Liberation Army in 1955. However, it was abolished in 1965 and was never restored[citation needed]. 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
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