Liu Bocheng

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Marshal Liu Bocheng
刘伯承
Liu Bocheng in his Marshal uniform, 1955
Personal details
Born	4 December 1892 Kaixian, Sichuan, Qing Empire
Died	7 October 1986 (aged 93) Beijing, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Nickname(s)	Chinese Mars, One-Eyed Dragon, the Kutuzov of China
Military service
Allegiance	People's Republic of China
Branch/service	People's Liberation Army
Years of service	1927–1982
Rank	Marshal of People's Republic of China
Commands	division commander, Eighth Route Army, Commander-in-Chief, Central China Field Army
Battles/wars	Xinhai Revolution Northern Expedition Chinese Civil War Long March Second Sino-Japanese War Hundred Regiments Offensive Sino-Indian War
Awards	Order of Bayi (First Class Medal) Order of Independence and Freedom (First Class Medal) Order of Liberation (First Class Medal)
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	刘伯承
Traditional Chinese	劉伯承
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Liú Bóchéng Wade–Giles Liu2 Po2-ch'êng2 Hakka Pha̍k-fa-sṳ Liù Pak-sṳ̀n Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Làuh Baak-sìhng Jyutping Lau4 Baak3-sing4 Southern Min Hokkien POJ Lâu Peh-sêng
Given name
Chinese	明昭
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Míngzhāo Wade–Giles Ming2-chao1

Liu Mingzhao (simplified Chinese: 刘明昭; traditional Chinese: 劉明昭; pinyin: Liú Míngzhāo; Wade–Giles: Liu Ming-chao), courtesy name Bocheng (Chinese: 伯承; pinyin: Bóchéng; Wade–Giles: Po-ch'eng), more commonly known as Liu Bocheng (simplified Chinese: 刘伯承; traditional Chinese: 劉伯承; pinyin: Liú Bóchéng; Wade–Giles: Liu Po-ch'eng; December 4, 1892 – October 7, 1986), was a Chinese military commander and a Marshal of the People's Republic of China.

Liu is known as the 'half' of the "Three and A Half" Strategists of China in modern history. (The other three are Lin Biao and Su Yu, commanders of the Chinese Communist Party, and Kuomintang commander Bai Chongxi.) Officially, Liu was recognised as a revolutionary, military strategist, and theoretician and one of the founders of the People's Liberation Army. Liu's nicknames, Chinese Mars , The Kutuzov of China and The One-eyed Dragon, also reflect his character, military achievement, Soviet officer education and the fact that he lost his right eye in battle.