Zhili–Anhui War

E203500

civil war military conflict warlord conflict

The Zhili–Anhui War was a brief 1920 civil conflict in early Republican China in which rival cliques of the Beiyang Army fought for control of the Beijing government, leading to the downfall of the Anhui clique and the rise of the Zhili clique.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Zhili–Anhui War canonical	10
Zhili–Anhui Campaign	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	civil war ⓘ military conflict ⓘ warlord conflict ⓘ
aftermath	increased influence of Zhili clique in central government ⓘ resignation and exile of Duan Qirui ⓘ weakening of Anhui-aligned Anfu Club ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Zhili–Anhui War ⓘ surface form: Zhili–Anhui Campaign
belligerent	Anhui clique ⓘ Zhili clique ⓘ
cause	competition for control of Beijing government ⓘ power struggle within Beiyang Army ⓘ
combatantGroup	Anhui clique ⓘ surface form: Anhui warlords Zhili clique ⓘ surface form: Zhili warlords
conflictType	intra-Beiyang Army conflict ⓘ
country	Republic of China ⓘ
describedAs	brief civil conflict in early Republican China ⓘ
endDate	1920-08-14 ⓘ
followedBy	First Zhili–Fengtian War ⓘ
governmentImplication	change in control of Beijing government ⓘ
hasCommander	Cao Kun ⓘ Duan Qirui ⓘ Wu Peifu ⓘ Xu Shuzheng ⓘ
historicalPeriod	early 20th century ⓘ
location	Anhui ⓘ surface form: Anhui Province North China ⓘ Zhili province ⓘ surface form: Zhili Province vicinity of Beijing ⓘ
militaryForceUsed	Beiyang Army ⓘ surface form: Beiyang Army units
opponent	Anhui clique ⓘ Zhili clique ⓘ
outcome	reconfiguration of warlord alliances in North China ⓘ
partOf	Chinese Warlord Era conflicts ⓘ Warlord Era ⓘ
politicalContext	early Republican China ⓘ
precededBy	internal political struggle in Beijing government ⓘ
primaryTheater	railway corridors near Beijing ⓘ
result	decisive Zhili clique victory ⓘ downfall of Anhui clique ⓘ end of Anhui clique dominance in Beijing government ⓘ rise of Zhili clique ⓘ
significantEvent	Battle of Yangcun ⓘ Battle of Yangcun ⓘ surface form: Battle of Zhuozhou
startDate	1920-07-14 ⓘ
temporalLocation	1920 ⓘ

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Instruction

You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10.

# Requirements
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- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
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Input

Subject: Zhili–Anhui War
Description of subject: The Zhili–Anhui War was a brief 1920 civil conflict in early Republican China in which rival cliques of the Beiyang Army fought for control of the Beijing government, leading to the downfall of the Anhui clique and the rise of the Zhili clique.

Referenced by (11)

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

Beiyang Army factions → conflict → Zhili–Anhui War ⓘ

Warlord Era → hasPart → Zhili–Anhui War ⓘ

Wu Peifu → participatedIn → Zhili–Anhui War ⓘ

Zhili clique → participatedIn → Zhili–Anhui War ⓘ

Zhili clique → wonConflict → Zhili–Anhui War ⓘ

Beiyang Army → roleIn → Zhili–Anhui War ⓘ

Anhui clique → defeatedIn → Zhili–Anhui War ⓘ

Anhui clique → involvedInConflict → Zhili–Anhui War ⓘ

Zhili–Anhui War → alsoKnownAs → Zhili–Anhui War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zhili–Anhui Campaign

Cao Kun → notableEvent → Zhili–Anhui War ⓘ

Beiyang Government → significantEvent → Zhili–Anhui War ⓘ