Marshal of the People's Republic of China

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Chinese military rank military rank

Marshal of the People's Republic of China was the highest military rank in the Chinese armed forces, awarded in 1955 to a select group of top Communist military leaders for their roles in the revolution and early PRC.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Marshal of the People's Republic of China canonical	5
Marshal of the People’s Republic of China	2
Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó Yuánshuài	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T823738 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Marshal of the People's Republic of China
Context triple: [Zhu De, militaryRank, Marshal of the People's Republic of China]

A. Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission
The Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission is a senior leadership position in China’s top military decision-making body, ranking directly below the Chairman and overseeing major aspects of national defense and armed forces command.
B. Chairman of the Central Military Commission
The Chairman of the Central Military Commission is the top military leadership post in China, overseeing the country's armed forces and defense policy.
C. Marshal of the Soviet Union
Marshal of the Soviet Union was the highest military rank in the Soviet Armed Forces, bestowed upon the most senior and distinguished commanders.
D. Marshal of the Pan Pacific Defense Corps
The Marshal of the Pan Pacific Defense Corps is the highest-ranking military commander responsible for overseeing humanity’s Jaeger program and overall defense strategy against the Kaiju threat in the Pacific Rim universe.
E. Chief of the General Staff
The Chief of the General Staff is the highest-ranking professional military officer responsible for overseeing the strategic command, planning, and operational readiness of a nation's armed forces.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Marshal of the People's Republic of China
Target entity description: Marshal of the People's Republic of China was the highest military rank in the Chinese armed forces, awarded in 1955 to a select group of top Communist military leaders for their roles in the revolution and early PRC.

A. Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission
The Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission is a senior leadership position in China’s top military decision-making body, ranking directly below the Chairman and overseeing major aspects of national defense and armed forces command.
B. Chairman of the Central Military Commission
The Chairman of the Central Military Commission is the top military leadership post in China, overseeing the country's armed forces and defense policy.
C. Marshal of the Soviet Union
Marshal of the Soviet Union was the highest military rank in the Soviet Armed Forces, bestowed upon the most senior and distinguished commanders.
D. Marshal of the Pan Pacific Defense Corps
The Marshal of the Pan Pacific Defense Corps is the highest-ranking military commander responsible for overseeing humanity’s Jaeger program and overall defense strategy against the Kaiju threat in the Pacific Rim universe.
E. Chief of the General Staff
The Chief of the General Staff is the highest-ranking professional military officer responsible for overseeing the strategic command, planning, and operational readiness of a nation's armed forces.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Chinese military rank ⓘ military rank ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	China ⓘ surface form: People's Republic of China
awardingInstrument	1955 PLA rank regulations ⓘ
ChineseNameSimplified	中华人民共和国元帅 ⓘ
ChineseNameTraditional	中華人民共和國元帥 ⓘ
conferredBy	Central Military Commission of the People's Republic of China ⓘ People's Republic of China government ⓘ surface form: Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China
country	China ⓘ surface form: People's Republic of China
distinctFrom	Field Marshal (British Army) ⓘ surface form: Field Marshal (United Kingdom) Grand Marshal of the People's Republic of China ⓘ Marshal of the Soviet Union ⓘ
eligibility	senior commanders of the Chinese Red Army and Eighth Route Army ⓘ top Communist military leaders ⓘ
eligibilityCriteria	major contributions to the founding of the People's Republic of China ⓘ outstanding contributions to the Chinese revolution ⓘ
endTime	1965 ⓘ
firstAwarded	1955 ⓘ
hasHolder	Chen Yi ⓘ He Long ⓘ Lin Biao ⓘ Liu Bocheng ⓘ Luo Ronghuan ⓘ Nie Rongzhen ⓘ Peng Dehuai ⓘ Xu Xiangqian ⓘ Ye Jianying ⓘ Zhu De ⓘ
hierarchicalPosition	highest military rank in the Chinese armed forces ⓘ
higherRank	none ⓘ
historicalContext	early years of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
introducedInPeriod	1955 ⓘ
languageOfName	Chinese ⓘ
lastAwarded	1955 ⓘ
lowerRank	General of the People's Liberation Army ⓘ
militaryBranch	People's Liberation Army ⓘ Chinese Air Force ⓘ surface form: People's Liberation Army Air Force People's Liberation Army Ground Force ⓘ People's Liberation Army Navy ⓘ
numberOfHolders	10 ⓘ
partOf	People's Liberation Army rank system ⓘ
pinyinTransliteration	Marshal of the People's Republic of China self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó Yuánshuài
rankClass	five‑star rank ⓘ
reasonForAbolition	abolition of military ranks in the People's Liberation Army in the mid‑1960s ⓘ
shortFormChineseNameSimplified	元帅 ⓘ
shortFormChineseNameTraditional	元帥 ⓘ
startTime	1955 ⓘ
status	abolished ⓘ
usedDuringConflict	Chinese Civil War ⓘ surface form: Chinese Civil War (as recognition of earlier service) Korean War (as recognition of leadership) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Zhu De → militaryRank → Marshal of the People's Republic of China ⓘ

Liu Bocheng → militaryRank → Marshal of the People's Republic of China ⓘ

Lin Biao → militaryRank → Marshal of the People's Republic of China ⓘ

Chen Yi → militaryRank → Marshal of the People's Republic of China ⓘ

this entity surface form: Marshal of the People’s Republic of China

De → heldRank → Marshal of the People's Republic of China ⓘ

subject surface form: Zhu De

Marshal of the People's Republic of China → pinyinTransliteration → Marshal of the People's Republic of China self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó Yuánshuài

Ye Jianying → militaryRank → Marshal of the People's Republic of China ⓘ

Nie Rongzhen → militaryRank → Marshal of the People's Republic of China ⓘ