Nationalist general who directed the Nineteenth Route Army against Japan at Shanghai in 1932 and led the Fujian Rebellion
Born into a Hakka family in Hepu, Guangdong (now Guangxi), in 1889, he joined the Tongmenghui as an army cadet. Backing Sun Yat-sen, he rose in the Northern Expedition from division commander in the "Ironside" Fourth Army to commander of the Eleventh Army. He briefly acted as premier after Chiang Kai-shek stepped down in December 1931, and in the January 28 Incident of 1932 directed the Nineteenth Route Army against the Japanese at Shanghai. In 1933 he led the Fujian Rebellion with Li Jishen and others as general secretary of the Productive People's Party, and fled to Hong Kong when it was crushed. He joined the central standing committee of the Revolutionary Committee of the Kuomintang in 1948 and sat on the CPPCC and NPC standing committees in the People's Republic, but was branded a rightist in 1957, lost all his posts and died of illness in 1965.
Also known as: Chen Ming-shu
Activities and affiliations
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1906–1912
Tongmenghui (Chinese United League)
Military command -
1926–1932
Republic of China state institutionsCommander of the Eleventh Army and the Nineteenth Route Army
Military command -
1927–1948
Military command
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1931
Republic of China state institutionsActing President of the Executive YuanHeads of state, government and party of ChinaMain
Political and party leadership
Career Timeline
- 1906Entered the Guangdong army primary school; joined the Tongmenghui
- 1911Joined the Wuchang Uprising
- 1924Brigade commander in the First Division of the National Construction Guangdong Army
- 1925Commander of the Tenth Division of the National Revolutionary Army
- 1926Commander of the Eleventh Army
- 1931.12Vice-President of the Executive Yuan and Minister of Communications
- 1931.12.15–28Acting President of the Executive Yuan
- 1932.01Directed the Nineteenth Route Army in the January 28 Incident
- 1933–1934Founded the Fujian People's Revolutionary Government; general secretary of the Productive People's Party
- 1948Central standing committee member of the Revolutionary Committee of the Kuomintang
- 1949Delegate to the CPPCC; later standing committee member of the NPC and CPPCC
- 1957Branded a rightist in the Anti-Rightist Campaign