Sun Li-jen earned a nickname that was in homage to the general of what nationality?
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Sun Li-jen Sun Li-jen () (December 8, 1900–November 19, 1990) was a Chinese Nationalist (KMT) general, a graduate of Virginia Military Institute, best known for his leadership in the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Chinese Civil War. His achievements earned him the laudatory nickname "Rommel of the East". His New First Army was known as the "1st [Best] Army under heaven" and credited with effectively confronting Japanese troops in the 1937 Battle of Shanghai and in the Burma Campaign, 1943-1944.
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Erwin Rommel Erwin Rommel (15 November 1891 – 14 October 1944) was a German general and military theorist. Popularly known as the Desert Fox, he served as field marshal in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II.
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Ge Zhenfeng Ge Zhenfeng (; born October 1944) is a retired general of China's People's Liberation Army.
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Li Wen (general) Li Wen (; November 26, 1905 – April 20, 1977) was a KMT general from Hunan.
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Li Ling Li Ling (, died 74 BC), courtesy name Shaoqing (少卿), was a Han Dynasty general, who served under the reign of Emperor Wu (漢武帝) and later defected to the Xiongnu after being defeated in an expedition in 99 BC.
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Soong Ching-ling Soong Ching-ling (27 January 189329 May 1981) was a Chinese political figure. As the second wife of Sun Yat-sen, one of the leaders of the 1911 revolution that established the Republic of China, she was often referred to as Madame Sun Yat-sen. She was a member of the Soong family and, together with her siblings, played a prominent role in China's politics prior to 1949.
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Ma Yuan (Han dynasty) Ma Yuan () (14 BC – 49 AD), known by his official title "Fubo Jiangjun" (伏波将军; "General who Calms the Waves"), was an ancient Chinese general of the Eastern Han dynasty. He was descended from the Warring States general Zhao She.
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Guo Kan Guo Kan or Kuo K'an (), (1217–1277) was a famous general of Han descent who served the Mongol Khans in their Western conquests and the conquest of China itself. He was descended from a lineage of Chinese generals. Both his father and grandfather had served the Khan, while his forefather Guo Ziyi, a famed general of the Tang Dynasty. He was not a senior Mongol commander but was in charge of Chinese artillery units under the Mongol Empire. He was one of the foreign legions that served the Mongol Empire, and some of the later conquests of the Mongols were done by armies under his command. The biography of this Han commander in the "Yuan Shi" ("History of Yuan") said that Guo Kan's presence struck so much fear in his foes that they called him the "Divine Man".
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Li Kaigu Li Kaigu (李楷固), known as Wu Kaigu (武楷固) from 700 to 705, formally the Duke of Yan (燕公), was a general during the reign of Wu Zetian. He was of Khitan ethnicity.
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Ma Xiaotian Ma Xiaotian (; born August 1949) is a Chinese general who served as Commander of the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) from 2012 to 2017. He also served as Deputy Chief of the Joint Staff and President of the PLA National Defence University.
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Ye Fei Ye Fei (; 7 May 1914 – 18 April 1999) was a Filipino-Chinese military general and politician of the People's Republic of China. Born Sixto Mercado Tiongco in the Philippines to a Chinese father and a Filipina mother, he joined the Chinese Communist Party at a young age and fought many battles as a senior commander of the People's Liberation Army in the Chinese Civil War. At age 40, he was among the first PLA commanders to be awarded the rank of General by the newly established People's Republic of China and later served as Commander-in-Chief of the Chinese Navy. He also served in a number of civilian posts including Governor and Communist Party Chief of Fujian Province, and Minister of Transport.
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Liu Mao'en Liu Mao'en (; 8 June 1898 – 24 April 1981) was a Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist Party) general from Gong County, Henan, who commanded the 14th Army Group when the Second Sino-Japanese War broke out.
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Li Guang Li Guang (died 119 BC), born in Tianshui, was a general of the Western Han dynasty. Nicknamed "Flying General" by the Xiongnu, he fought primarily in the campaigns against the nomadic Xiongnu tribes to the north of China. He was known to the Xiongnu as a tough opponent when it came to fortress defense, and his presence was sometimes discouraging enough for the Xiongnu to abort a siege.
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Li Hanhun Li Hanhun (; 7 October 1895–30 June 1987), courtesy name Bohao (伯豪) was a Chinese (Kuomintang) general from Wuchuan, Guangdong. He participated in the Northern Expedition and Second Sino-Japanese War, when he served as chair of the Guangdong provincial government for six years. In 1949, he went to the United States, where, in 1987, he died in New York. Former Harvard Professor Frederick Pei Li was his son.
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Ma Ching-chiang Ma Ching-chiang (Xiao'erjing: ﻣَﺎ دٍ ﺛِﯿْﺎ ) was a Chinese Muslim general of the Republic of China Army, who served in the 1970s. He served as Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Service Forces and an advisor of President Chiang Kai-shek.
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Sun Dianying Sun Dianying (Traditional Chinese: 孫殿英; Simplified Chinese: 孙殿英; pinyin: Sūn Diànyīng; Wade-Giles: Sun Tienying; 1889–1948) was one of the minor warlords during the Warlord Era.
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Li Hongzao Li Hongzao (; 1820－1897), styled Lansun (), pseudonym Shisun (), was a high government official towards the end of the Qing dynasty. One of his sons was Li Shizeng, a prominent politician in the Chinese Nationalist Party. He is often mistaken to be the brother of Li Hongzhang because of their similar names, but they are not related.
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Liu Juying Liu Juying () (31 March 1917 – 6 December 2015) was a Chinese politician, revolutionary, and general in the People's Liberation Army.
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Cai Xiao Cai Xiao (; 1919–1990) was a Taiwan-born Chinese military officer and politician.
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Peng Guangqian Peng Guangqian (彭光谦), born on November 1943 in Huangpi, Hubei province, is a major general in the People's Liberation Army and a strategist for China's Academy of Military Science. On December 3, 2003 he warned that "Taiwan independence means war" and that Beijing was willing to risk diplomatic isolation, economic recession, a loss of foreign investment and a boycott of the 2008 Olympics to prevent Taiwan independence.
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He Fenglin He Fenglin (; 1873–1935) was a general in the Republic of China. He belonged to Anhui clique and Fengtian clique. His courtesy name was Maoru (茂如 ). He was born in Pingyin, Shandong.
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Tan Furen Tan Furen () (April 1, 1910 – December 17, 1970) was a lieutenant general in the People's Liberation Army and People's Republic of China politician. Born in Renhua County, Guangdong Province, he was governor of Yunnan Province. A veteran of the Nanchang Uprising and Chinese Civil War, he was shot and killed in Kunming during the Cultural Revolution.