Ten Marshals of China

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The Ten Marshals of China were the highest-ranking military leaders of the People's Liberation Army, honored in 1955 for their decisive roles in the Chinese Communist revolution and the founding of the People's Republic of China.

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instanceOf group of people
military rank
alsoKnownAs Shi Da Yuan Shuai
Ten Great Marshals
appliesTo People's Liberation Army
approvedBy Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
associatedWithEvent Chinese Civil War
Chinese Communist Revolution
linked to: Chinese Civil War

Long March
Second Sino-Japanese War
associatedWithOrganization Chinese Communist Party
commanded major field armies of the People's Liberation Army
major forces of the Chinese Red Army
major forces of the Eighth Route Army
major forces of the New Fourth Army
commemoratedIn Chinese history textbooks
PLA memorials and museums
conferredBy Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China
country People's Republic of China
linked to: China
dateOfConferment 1955
hasGenderComposition all male
hasNotableMemberRole Lin Biao commanded the Fourth Field Army of the PLA
linked to: Lin Biao clique

Liu Bocheng was a principal commander in the Huaihai Campaign
linked to: Liu Bocheng

Peng Dehuai was Commander of the Chinese People's Volunteers in the Korean War
Ye Jianying played a key role in the 1976 arrest of the Gang of Four
linked to: Ye Jianying

Zhu De was Commander-in-Chief of the Red Army
higherRankThan general of the army (da jiang)
historicalPeriod early People's Republic of China
honorificFor highest-ranking military leaders of the PLA
ideology Chinese communism
influenced PLA military doctrine
PRC national defense policy
languageOfAlternateName Chinese
legalBasis 1955 Regulations on the Ranks of Officers of the Chinese People's Liberation Army
member Chen Yi
He Long
Lin Biao
Liu Bocheng
Luo Ronghuan
Nie Rongzhen
Peng Dehuai
Xu Xiangqian
Ye Jianying
Zhu De
numberOfMembers 10
partOf 1955 Chinese military rank conferment system
rankLevel marshal
reasonForHonor contributions to the founding of the People's Republic of China
decisive roles in the Chinese Communist revolution
symbolizes founding generation of PRC military leadership

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Liu Bocheng hasHonorificTitle Ten Marshals of China
subject linked to: “Confucius General”
Xu Xiangqian partOf Ten Marshals of the People’s Republic of China
linked to: Ten Marshals of China
Nie Rongzhen oneOf Ten Marshals of the People’s Republic of China
linked to: Ten Marshals of China
Xu Xiangqian memberOf Ten Marshals of the People's Republic of China
subject linked to: Xiangqian
linked to: Ten Marshals of China
Xu Xiangqian partOf Ten Marshals of the People’s Republic of China
subject linked to: Marshal Xu
linked to: Ten Marshals of China