page_title: Zhu De
hierarchical_section_title: Zhu De
caption_attribution_description: English: Zhū Dé (Chinese: 朱德; pinyin: Zhū Dé; Wade-Giles: Chu Teh; zi: Yùjiē 玉阶; 1 December 1886 – 6 July 1976) was a Chinese Communist military leader and statesman. He is regarded as the founder of the Chinese Red Army (the forerunner of the People's Liberation Army) and the tactician who engineered the revolution from which emerged the People's Republic of China. 中文: 朱德（1886年12月1日－1976年7月6日），字玉阶，原名朱代珍，曾用名朱建德，中国共产党、中国人民解放军和中华人民共和国的主要缔造者和领导人之一。中华人民共和国十大元帅之首，被中华人民共和国誉为革命家、军事家、政治家、国家的领袖。抗日战争期间，中华民国政府授予国民革命军上将衔。中华人民共和国成立之后，1955年，被授予中国人民解放军元帅军衔。
context_page_description: Zhu De was a Chinese general, warlord, politician, revolutionary and one of the pioneers of the Communist Party of China. Born poor in 1886 in Sichuan, he was adopted by a wealthy uncle at age nine; this prosperity provided him a superior early education that led to his admission into a military academy. After his time at the academy, he joined a rebel army and soon became a warlord. It was after this period that he adopted communism. He ascended through the ranks of the Chinese Red Army as it closed in on securing the nation. By the time China was under Mao's control, Zhu was a high-ranking official within the Communist Party of China. He served as Commander-in-Chief of the Eighth Route Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War. In 1955 he became one of the Ten Marshals of the People's Liberation Army, of which he is regarded as the principal founder. Zhu remained a prominent political figure until his death in 1976. As the chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress from 1975 to 1976, Zhu was the head of state of the People's Republic of China.
context_section_description: Zhu De (/ˈdʒuː ˈdeɪ/; also Chu Teh; 1 December 1886 – 6 July 1976) was a Chinese general, warlord, politician, revolutionary and one of the pioneers of the Communist Party of China. Born poor in 1886 in Sichuan, he was adopted by a wealthy uncle at age nine; this prosperity provided him a superior early education that led to his admission into a military academy. After his time at the academy, he joined a rebel army and soon became a warlord. It was after this period that he adopted communism. He ascended through the ranks of the Chinese Red Army as it closed in on securing the nation. By the time China was under Mao's control, Zhu was a high-ranking official within the Communist Party of China. He served as Commander-in-Chief of the Eighth Route Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War. In 1955 he became one of the Ten Marshals of the People's Liberation Army, of which he is regarded as the principal founder. Zhu remained a prominent political figure until his death in 1976. As the chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress from 1975 to 1976, Zhu was the head of state of the People's Republic of China.
caption: Marshal Zhu De (1955)
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