Shi Yousan

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Shi Yousan
石友三
Shi Yousan in NRA uniform, before 1933
9th Governor of the Chahar Province
Preceded by	Liu Ruming
Succeeded by	Hua Zeyu
3rd Governor of Anhui Province
Preceded by	Fang Zhenwu
Succeeded by	Wang Jinyu
Personal details
Born	December 12, 1891 Changchun, Jilin, Qing China
Died	December 12, 1940(1940-12-12) (aged 48–49) Puyang, Henan, Republic of China
Political party	Kuomintang
Nickname(s)	"Defector General" "Shi who turns three times"
Military service
Allegiance	Republic of China  Empire of Japan
Branch/service	New Army Guominjun National Revolutionary Army
Rank	Lieutenant general

Shi Yousan (Chinese: 石友三; pinyin: Shí Yǒusān) (December 12, 1891 – December 12, 1940) was a Chinese general of the National Revolutionary Army who served as the 9th Governor of the Chahar and 3rd Governor of Anhui provinces during the Republican era of China.

Shi is also notable for joining/defecting to, and subsequently betraying the forces of Wu Peifu, Feng Yuxiang, Chiang Kai-shek, Wang Jingwei, Zhang Xueliang, the Chinese Communist Party, and Japan, in that order. For his many betrayals and defections he is known as the "Defector General" (Chinese: 倒戈將軍; pinyin: Dǎogē Jiāngjūn) or as Shi Sanfan (Chinese: 石三翻; pinyin: Shí sānfān; lit. 'Shi [who] turns three times').^[1]

While leading the 39th Army Group of the National Revolutionary Army, he planned to defect to the Japanese, but before he could do so he was kidnapped and buried alive by his sworn brother and subordinate Gao Shuxun, who later gained command of Shi's unit.