Dayuanshuai

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Dayuanshuai 大元帥
Shoulder boards for the PLA rank da yuan shuai ("generalissimo")
Country	People's Republic of China
Service branch	People's Liberation Army
Abolished	1965
Next lower rank	Yuanshuai

Dayuanshuai (ta-yuan-shuai; traditional Chinese: 大元帥; simplified Chinese: 大元帅; pinyin: dàyuánshuài; Wade–Giles: ta⁴-yüan²-shuai⁴) was a Chinese military rank, usually translated as grand marshal or generalissimo.

During the early Republic of China, the rank of "grand marshal of the army and navy" (陸海軍大元帥; 陆海军大元帅; lùhǎijūn dàyuánshuài) was assumed by Yuan Shikai in 1913, Sun Yat-sen in 1917 and Zhang Zuolin in 1927.^[1]

The rank was replaced by the Nationalist government with the "general special class" or "generalissimo" (特級上將; 特级上将; tèjí shàngjiàng) and awarded to Chiang Kai-shek in 1935.

The rank of "grand marshal of the People's Republic of China" (中华人民共和国大元帅; Zhōnghuá rénmín gònghéguó dàyuánshuài) was proposed after the establishment of the People's Republic for Mao Zedong, but was refused by Mao.