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By birth A–Z List Cards

Yuan Shikai 袁世凯 The Beiyang strongman who took over the 1911 revolution and tried to make himself emperor Military command · Beiyang government and warlords 1859–1916
Zhang Zuolin 张作霖 The warlord who dominated Manchuria Military command · Beiyang government and warlords 1875–1928
Zhu De 朱德 Founder of the Chinese Red Army and the PLA, first among the Ten Marshals Military command · People’s Republic of China 1886–1976
Liu Bocheng 刘伯承 The “one-eyed dragon”, Red Army chief of staff and Deng Xiaoping’s partner who commanded at Huaihai Military command · People’s Republic of China 1892–1986
He Long 贺龙 The Hunanese who rose “with two kitchen knives”, commander of the Nanchang Uprising and the Second Front Army Military command · People’s Republic of China 1896–1969
Ye Jianying 叶剑英 From Whampoa instructor to marshal, the soldier who organised the arrest of the Gang of Four in 1976 and ended the Cultural Revolution Military command · People’s Republic of China 1897–1986
Peng Dehuai 彭德怀 PLA marshal who commanded Chinese forces in Korea, then was purged for criticizing the Great Leap Forward Military command · People’s Republic of China 1898–1974
Nie Rongzhen 聂荣臻 Marshal who commanded the Jin-Cha-Ji base and then ran the “two bombs, one satellite” nuclear and missile programme Military command · People’s Republic of China 1899–1992
Xu Xiangqian 徐向前 Marshal who commanded the Fourth Front Army through Zhang Guotao’s split and as defence minister directed the 1979 war with Vietnam Military command · People’s Republic of China 1901–1990
Zhang Xueliang 张学良 The “Young Marshal” who detained Chiang Kai-shek at Xi’an and opened the way to the second united front Military command · Beiyang government and warlords 1901–2001
Xu Shiyou 许世友 Shaolin-trained Red Army general who led the Guangzhou military region on the eastern front of the 1979 war with Vietnam Military command · People’s Republic of China 1906–1985
Lin Biao 林彪 Mao's designated successor and the military genius who won the Chinese Civil War, third among the Ten Marshals Military command · People’s Republic of China 1907–1971
Deng Hua 邓华 A field commander who read the course of war Military command · People’s Republic of China 1910–1980
Yang Dezhi 杨得志 General who fought in Korea, commanded the Kunming region on the western front in 1979 and became chief of the General Staff Military command · People’s Republic of China 1911–1994
Wei Guoqing 韦国清 Zhuang general sent in 1950 to head the Chinese Military Advisory Group to the Viet Minh, who also attended the Geneva conference Military command · People’s Republic of China 1913–1989