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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ten Great Marshals NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesTo People's Liberation Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
approvedBy Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Chinese Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ
Chinese Communist Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ
Long March NERFINISHED ⓘ
Second Sino-Japanese War NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithOrganization Chinese Communist Party NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
country China ⓘ
surface form: People's Republic of China
dateOfConferment 1955 ⓘ
hasGenderComposition all male ⓘ
hasNotableMemberRole Lin Biao commanded the Fourth Field Army of the PLA NERFINISHED ⓘ
Liu Bocheng was a principal commander in the Huaihai Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
member Chen Yi NERFINISHED ⓘ
He Long NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lin Biao NERFINISHED ⓘ
Liu Bocheng NERFINISHED ⓘ
Luo Ronghuan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nie Rongzhen NERFINISHED ⓘ
Peng Dehuai NERFINISHED ⓘ
Xu Xiangqian NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ye Jianying NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zhu De NERFINISHED ⓘ
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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“Confucius General” → hasHonorificTitle → Ten Marshals of China ⓘ
subject surface form: Liu Bocheng
Xu Xiangqian → partOf → Ten Marshals of China ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ten Marshals of the People’s Republic of China
Nie Rongzhen → oneOf → Ten Marshals of China ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ten Marshals of the People’s Republic of China