Yuan shuai

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  Yue Fei

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  Puxian Wannu

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  Chiang Kai-shek
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  Lu Rongting
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  Tang Jiyao

The rank Marshal of the People's Republic of China (traditional Chinese: 中華人民共和國元帥; simplified Chinese: 中华人民共和国元帅; pinyin: Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó Yuánshuài) was awarded to ten veteran generals of the People's Liberation Army in 1955. However, it was abolished in 1965 and was never restored. Deng Xiaoping and Zhou Enlai were also offered the rank, but they declined, citing they had entered government work and were no longer involved with military affairs. Chen Yi also initially refused the rank for the same reason but Zhou Enlai insisted he took it, citing that because all of the other nine Marshals came from the Eighth Route Army, if he didn't take the rank, there would be nobody of the Marshal rank to represent the legacy of the New Fourth Army, citing Nikolai Bulganin who held the rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union whilst working primarily in government. Thus, the recipients of the rank were:

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  1. Zhu De
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  2. Peng Dehuai
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  3. Lin Biao
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  4. Liu Bocheng
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  5. He Long
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  6. Chen Yi
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  7. Luo Ronghuan
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  8. Xu Xiangqian
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  9. Nie Rongzhen
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  10. Ye Jianying

• Other pronunciations of the characters 元帥
  • Gensui, the Japanese equivalent
  • Wonsu, the Korean equivalent
  • Nguyên soái, the Vietnamese equivalent
• Grand yuan shuai (大元帥), a rank higher than yuan shuai
  • Da yuan shuai in Chinese
  • Dai-gensui, the Japanese equivalent
  • Taewonsu, the Korean equivalent
  • Đại nguyên soái, the Vietnamese equivalent

• PLA Figures at PLA Daily at the Wayback Machine (archived February 6, 2012)