This is a Chinese name; the family name is Chen. Personal Names in Chinese culture follow a number of conventions different from those of personal names in Western cultures. Chinese family name is one of the hundreds or thousands of Family names that have been historically used by Han Chinese and Sinicized Chinese ethnic Chén ( is one of the most common Chinese family names It ranks at the 5th most popular surname in Mainland China and the most popular surname in Singapore

Statue of Chen Yi

Chen Yi (simplified Chinese: 陈毅; traditional Chinese: 陳毅; pinyin: Chén Yì; August 26, 1901 - June 6, 1972) was a Chinese communist military commander and politician. Pinyin, more formally Hanyu pinyin, is the most common Standard Mandarin Romanization system in use Events 1071 - Battle of Manzikert: The Seljuk Turks defeat the Byzantine Army at Manzikert. Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 1508 - Maximilian I Holy Roman Emperor, is defeated in Friulia by Venetian forces; he is forced to sign a three-year Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Communist Party of China ( CPC) ( also known as the Chinese Communist Party ( CCP) is the founding and ruling political party of the

Biography

He was born in Lezhi, near Chengdu, Sichuan, into a moderately wealthy magistrate's family. ( located in southwest People's Republic of China, is the capital of Sichuan province and a Sub-provincial city. ( Postal map spelling: Szechwan and Szechuan) is a province in western China with its capital in Chengdu.

A comrade of Lin Biao from their guerilla days, Chen was a commander of the New Fourth Army during the Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945), spearheaded the Shandong counter-offensive during the Chinese Civil War, and later commanded the Communist armies that defeated the KMT forces at Huai-Hai and conquered the lower Yangtze region in 1948-49. Lin Biao ( born as Lin Yurong ( December 5, 1907 ?[[September 13]] 1971) was a Chinese Communist military leader The New Fourth Army ( was a unit of the National Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China established in 1937 The Second Sino-Japanese War ( July 7, 1937 to September 9, 1945) was a major war fought between the Republic of China and the ( is a coastal province of eastern People's Republic of China. He was made a Marshal of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in 1955. The People's Liberation Army ( PLA) ( is the unified Military organization of all land sea and air forces of the People's Republic of China. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar)

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Chen became mayor of Shanghai. Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES Shanghai ( 上[[wikt 海|海]] is the largest city in China in terms of population and one of the largest urban areas in the world with over 20 million He also served as vice premier from 1954 to 1972 and foreign minister from 1958 to 1972 and president of the China Foreign Affairs University from 1961 to 1969. The China Foreign Affairs University ( CFAU) ( Simplified Chinese: 外交学院 Traditional Chinese: 外交學院 Pinyin: Wàijiāo xuéyuàn During the Cultural Revolution, he was purged in 1967, but not officially dismissed, so Zhou Enlai performed the duties of foreign minister in his place. The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution in the People’s Republic of China was a struggle for power within the Communist Party of China that manifested into Zhou Enlai ( (5 March 1898 – 8 January 1976 was the first Premier of the People's Republic of China, serving from 1949 until his death in January 1976

See also

List of officers of the People's Liberation Army

References

• Handbook for the Chinese Civil War (US Naval War College)

External links

• Long March Leaders: Chen Yi (by Paul Noll)
• 陈毅纪念馆 (Chen Yi memorial site; in Chinese)
• 诗人元帅——陈毅 (The poet-general Chen Yi; in Chinese)

Ten Great Marshals of the People's Republic of China Zhu De - Peng Dehuai - Lin Biao - Liu Bocheng - He Long - Chen Yi - Luo Ronghuan - Xu Xiangqian - Nie Rongzhen - Ye Jianying

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