Between 1955 and 1965, the Chinese People's Liberation Army awarded a total of 1,614 founding generals with "100 family names" (including all nationalities), including 10 marshals, 10 generals, 57 generals, 177 lieutenant generals, and 1,360 major generals.
The founding generals of the People's Republic of China refer to the general general of the Chinese People's Liberation Army who were awarded the rank of general after the implementation of the military rank system of the Chinese People's Liberation Army in 1955~1965. There are 217 surnames involving "100 family names". Among them, there are 3 surnames with more than 100 people, which happen to be the top three surnames in China: 120 surnamed Zhang, 110 surnamed Li, and 102 surnamed Wang.
There are 89 people surnamed Liu, 62 people surnamed Chen, 40 people surnamed Yang, 38 people surnamed Wu, 36 people surnamed Huang, 32 people surnamed Zhou, 29 people surnamed Luo, 27 people surnamed Xiao, 26 people surnamed Zhao, 25 people surnamed Zeng, 23 people surnamed Zhu, 23 people surnamed Xu, and 20 people surnamed He. Other surnames are basically less than 20 people, and only one surname accounts for the majority. In addition, there are 4 Tibetan, 4 Uyghur, and 1 Tatar names.
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The Ten Marshals have all passed away
In 1955, 10 generals were awarded the rank of Marshal of the People's Republic of China, namely: Zhu De, Peng Dehuai, Lin Biao, Liu Bocheng, He Long, Chen Yi, Luo Ronghuan, Xu Xiangqian, Nie Rongzhen, and Ye Jianying. These 10 generals are known as the "Ten Marshals".
The first to die was Lo Wing-woon (1963) at the age of 61. The last to die was Nie Rongzhen (1992), who died at the age of 93.
The average age of marshals at the time of their conferral was 57.1 years, with the oldest being Zhu De at 69 years old and the youngest being Lin Biao at 48 years old.
The top ten generals have all passed away
In 1955, 10 generals were awarded the rank of general of the Chinese People's Liberation Army: Su Yu, Xu Haidong, Huang Kecheng, Chen Geng, Tan Zheng, Xiao Jinguang, Zhang Yunyi, Luo Ruiqing, Wang Shusheng, and Xu Guangda. These 10 generals are known as the "Top Ten Generals".
The first to die was Chen Geng (1961), who died at the age of 58. The last to die was Xiao Jinguang (1989), who died at the age of 86.
The average age of the generals at the time of the award was 51.8 years, with the eldest being Zhang Yunyi at 63 years old and the youngest being Xu Guangda at 47 years old.
Admirals (57) have all died
In 1955, 55 generals were awarded the rank of general of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. Wang Jian'an in 1956 and Li Jukui in 1958, two senior generals, were awarded the rank of general after taking the lead. In summary, a total of 57 generals were awarded the rank of general during the first implementation of the military rank system, and they were called "founding generals".
Lieutenant generals (177) have all died
The first to die was Doga Phuntsok Raojie (1957) at the age of 54 and the last to die was Zhang Zhen (2015) at the age of 101.
The average age of lieutenant generals was 45.1 years old, the oldest of which was Fu Lianhuan, who was 61 years old at the time, and the youngest were Xie Youfa, Zhang Chiming, Zhou Zhijian, and Liu Xiyuan, all of whom were 38 years old at the time.
Major generals (1,360) are alive in 2
The first to die was Zifeng (1955) at the age of 60.
The average age at the time of the award of major generals was 44.8 years old, and the oldest was Shi Kequan, who was 63 years old at the time.
The youngest was Markov Iskhakov, who was 32 years old. The latest among the founding generals was Wang Fuzhi, who was born in 1923 and was 41 years old when he was awarded the rank of major general in 1964.
There are currently 2 founding major generals who are still alive:
Zhang Lixiong (born in 1913) is a native of Shanghang, Fujian, former political commissar of the Yunnan Provincial Military Region, political commissar of the Jiangxi Provincial Military Region, and advisor to the Fuzhou Military Region, and was promoted to major general in 1961.
Wang Fuzhi (born in 1923) is a native of Zizhou, Shaanxi, former alternate member of the Central Committee, secretary of the Shanxi Provincial Party Committee, deputy commander of the Urumqi Military Region, and was promoted to major general in 1964.