Dayuanshuai
| Dàyuánshuài 大元帥 | |
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Shoulder boards for the PLA rank | |
| Country | |
| Service branch | National Revolutionary Army People's Liberation Army |
| Abolished | 1965 |
| Next lower rank | Yuánshuài |
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| Traditional Chinese | 大元帥 | ||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 大元帅 | ||||||||||||||
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Dàyuánshuài (simplified Chinese: 大元帅; traditional Chinese: 大元帥; lit. 'Great chief commander') was a Chinese military rank, usually translated as grand marshal.
During the early Republic of China, the rank of "grand marshal of the army and navy" (陸海軍大元帥; 陆海军大元帅; lùhǎijūn dàyuánshuài) was assumed by Yuan Shikai in 1913, Sun Yat-sen in 1917 and Zhang Zuolin in 1927.
The rank was replaced by the Nationalist government with the "general special class" or "generalissimo" (特級上將; 特级上将; tèjí shàngjiàng) and awarded to Chiang Kai-shek in 1935.
The rank of "grand marshal of the People's Republic of China" (中华人民共和国大元帅; Zhōnghuá rénmín gònghéguó dàyuánshuài) was proposed after the establishment of the People's Republic for Mao Zedong, but was refused by Mao.