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((Short description|Chinese general))
((family name hatnote|[[Guān (surname)|Guan]]|lang=Chinese))
((more citations needed|date=February 2012))
((Infobox officeholder
| name = Guan Linzheng<br> 關麟徵 <br>(关麟征)
| president = [[Li Zongren]]
| office = 5th Commander-in-Chief of the [[Republic of China Army]]
| term_start = 25 August 1949
| term_end = December 1949
| predecessor = [[Gu Zhutong]]
| successor = Gu Zhutong
| birth_date = ((birth date|1905|3|19))
| death_date = ((death date and age|1980|08|01|1905|03|19))
| birth_place = [[Hu County]], [[Shaanxi]], [[Qing dynasty]] China
| death_place = [[British Hong Kong]]
| image = Guan Linzheng2.jpg
| caption = General Guan Linzheng
| nickname = "Guan the Brave", "The Iron Fist"
| allegiance = ((CHN-ROC)) <!--minimal post-1949 service-->
| serviceyears = 1924&ndash;1950
| rank = [[General]]
| commands = 25th Division,52nd Corps, 15th Army, 9th Army Group
| unit = The 3rd military police battalion
| battles = [[Northern Expedition]], [[Encirclement Campaigns]], [[Central Plains War]] [[Second Sino-Japanese War]], [[Chinese Civil War]]
| awards = [[Order of Blue Sky and White Sun]], [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]]
))'''Guan Linzheng''' (((zh|s=关麟征 |t=關麟徵 |p=Guān Línzhǐ |w=Kuan Lin-cheng)); March 19, 1905– August 1, 1980) was a Republic of China general who fought against the Chinese Communists and the [[Imperial Japanese Army]] during his career. Guan was a recipient of [[Order of Blue Sky and White Sun]], the highest honor for a Chinese Nationalist commander.((Citation needed|date=February 2012))

==Early life and career==
Guan Linzheng was born in a rural peasant family in [[Hu County]], [[Shaanxi]]. Shanxi General Governor [[Yu Youren]] recommended him to join the [[Chinese Nationalist Party]] headed by Dr. [[Sun Yat-sen]] in Canton. and attended the [[Whampoa Military Academy]], where some of his notable classmates included [[Du Yuming]], [[Fan Hanjie]], [[Hu Lien]], [[Liu Yuzhang]], [[Zhang Lingfu]], and [[Lin Biao]].((Citation needed|date=February 2012))

In 1925, Guan a member of the first graduating class the academy, he was seriously injured in his knees during the Eastern Expedition against the Cantonese warlord [[Chen Jiongming]].

In 1926, Guan was appointed to be the battalion commander of the Central garrison regiment and participated in the [[Northern Expedition]]. In 1927 Guan received his promotion as regiment commander of the General Headquarters of [[National Revolutionary Army]], and was then transferred to the 11th division, one of Generalissimo [[Chiang Kai-shek]]'s most elite units.

In September 1928, Guan was promoted to brigade commander of the 11th division and later as deputy commander of the newly established 5th division. In 1930 he fought under President [[Chiang Kai-shek]] during the [[Central Plains War]] and was transferred again to the South to attack the Chinese communist forces under Red Army commander [[Chen Geng]] in [[Hubei]], forcing them to join the [[Long March]] two years later. He was then promoted to command the 25th division because of this accomplishment.((Citation needed|date=February 2012))

==Second Sino-Japanese War==
In 1933. Guan received orders from the nationalist government to help General [[Song Zheyuan]] to defend North China against the [[Imperial Japanese Army]] led by Field Marshal [[Nobuyoshi Mutō]] in the [[Defense of the Great Wall]]. He personally led an infantry charge against a Japanese position and was severely wounded in the action, his deputy commander [[Du Yuming]] took over command of the division. The nationalist government awarded him the [[Order of Blue Sky and White Sun]] after the conclusion of the battle. General Guan's unit stayed in [[Beijing]] after this clash as part of the garrison and was post in [[Luoyang]] in 1935. In 1936, he led his unit into [[Shanxi]] province to help the local warlord [[Yan Xishan]] to drive away the communist troops commanded by his former classmate [[Lin Biao]] and was successful in his mission.((Citation needed|date=February 2012))

On October 15, 1936, Guan was promoted to lieutenant general and tasked to block a large Chinese communist force commanded by his former classmate [[Xu Xiangqian]], who had been ordered by the [[Chinese Communist Party]] to establish a base in [[Xinjiang]], as part of the communist plan to receive aid from the [[Soviet Union]]. General Guan again successfully accomplished his mission and Generalissimo [[Chiang Kai-shek]] promoted him to commander of the 52nd corps when the [[Second Sino-Japanese War]] broke out the next year. Guan led his unit in successive battles against the Japanese Army, which included the [[Battle of Taierzhuang]], [[Battle of Wuhan]], and [[Battle of Changsha (1939)]]. Because of his personal bravery, he was nicknamed '''Guan the Brave''' and the '''Iron Fist'''.((Citation needed|date=February 2012))

In 1938, General Guan was promoted to command the 33rd army, and was promoted to the position of commander-in-chief of 15th army group, becoming the first graduate of the [[Whampoa Military Academy]] to command an army group. In 1940, Guan led his unit into [[Yunnan]] province, and was put in charge of defend the border between China and [[Vietnam]]. However, Guan's relation with General [[Chen Cheng]] suffered another setback when he decided to remove Chen Cheng's favorite commander General [[Huang Wei]] as commander of the 54th corps because of Huang's alleged corruption. In 1944, General Guan received another promotion as deputy commander-in-chief of the 1st Area Army and was one of the most successful Chinese commanders in the entire war.((Citation needed|date=February 2012))

==Chinese Civil War==
Because of General Guan's impressive track record, he was President [[Chiang Kai-shek]]'s original choice to lead the American-trained Nationalist troops to [[Manchuria]] against Communist troops under [[Lin Biao]] in 1945. However, General [[Chen Cheng]] opposed Guan's appointment as security commander of Manchuria because of the intense rivalry between the two of them, and Guan was appointed as garrison commander of Yunnan instead. On November 25, college students went on strike in [[Kunming]] to protest the resumption of the [[Chinese Civil War]]. Four days later, General Guan held a press conference and stated the government troops has the right to use force to quell the strike, and ordered the students to resume their classes. But on December 1, 1945, nationalist troops and student protestors clashed with each other and there were many casualties on both sides, Guan was made a scapegoat of the incident and resigned his command the next year. In 1947, Guan succeeded President Chiang Kai-shek as commandant of the [[Whampoa Military Academy]], and was appointed as deputy commander-in-chief of the [[Republic of China|ROC]] army. In August 1949, the acting president [[Li Zongren]] appointed him as commander-in-chief of the [[Republic of China (1912–1949)|ROC]] army, because Chiang Kai-shek put Guan's old rival General Chen Cheng in charge of [[Taiwan]] and greatly favored him, General Guan decided to retire in [[Hong Kong]] in that November. He formally resigned his position as commander-in-chief of the army in 1950.((Citation needed|date=February 2012))

==Retirement in Hong Kong==
During his stay in [[Hong Kong]], Guan declined any political activities and spent most of his time in calligraphy and Chinese opera. Guan's relationship with General Chen Cheng was very rivalrous throughout their career, Guan maintained a close friendship with General [[Hu Lien]], one of Chen Cheng's ablest subordinates. Guan also formed a closer relationship with his own former adjutant, General [[Liu Yuzhang]] when their children married each other. In April 1975 Guan travelled to Taiwan to show his last respect to [[Chiang Kai-shek]]'s funeral. In 1980, General Guan Linzheng himself died at age 75. General Guan Linzheng and his wife are buried in [[Rose Hills Memorial Park]] in [[Whittier College|Whittier]], [[California]]. General Guan Linzheng is survived by two sons, four daughters, twelve grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.((Citation needed|date=February 2012))

==References==
((Reflist))

==Bibliography==
* Hsu Long-hsuen and Chang Ming-kai, History of The Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) 2nd Ed., 1971. Translated by Wen Ha-hsiung, Chung Wu Publishing; 33, 140th Lane, Tung-hwa Street, Taipei, Taiwan Republic of China.

==External links==
* https://generals.dk/general/Guan_Linzheng/_/China.html
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080706133557/http://www.mnd.gov.tw/English Ministry of National Defense R.O.C]
* http://www.guanlinzheng.com
*[http://www.xitek.com/forum/sorthread.php?threadid=426775 抗日名将關麟徵]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070928163930/http://m84.a.lunqun.com/read-htm-tid-235635.html 青天白日勋章获颁者履历 莫非王土整理]

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