Feng Yuxiang (1882-1948) was a warlord during Republican China. As the son of an officer in the Qing Imperial Army, Feng spent his youth immersed in the military life. He joined the army at age 16 and proved himself to be hard working and motivated. Feng, like many young officers, was seduced by revolutionary romanticism and was nearly executed for treason. He later joined Yuan Shikai's Beiyang Army and converted to Christianity in 1914.

Zhang Zuolin had always remained cordial with Puyi, the Last Emperor of China, and had sent him a gift of £1,600 for his wedding as a token of loyalty. In 1917 he plotted with Zhang Xun, a Qing-loyalist general, to restore the abdicated Puyi to the throne.

Zhang Xueliang or Chang Hsüeh-liang (3 June 1901 (according to other accounts in 1898 or 1900) in Haicheng County, Fengtian province of China – 14 October 2001 in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States), nicknamed the "Young Marshal" (少帥), became the effective ruler of Manchuria and much of North China after the assassination of his father Zhang Zuolin by the Japanese on 4 June 1928.

Li Tsung-jen (13 August 1890 - 13 January 1969), courtesy name Delin (德鄰), was prominent Guangxi warlord and Kuomintang (KMT) military commander during the Second Sino-Japanese War and Chinese Civil War. He served as vice-president and acting president of the Republic of China under the 1947 Chinese Constitution.

Wu Peifu or Wu P'ei-fu, was a major figure in the struggles between the warlords who dominated Republican China from 1916 to 1927. Born in Shandong Province in Eastern China, Wu initially received a traditional Chinese education. He later joined the Baoding Military Academy (保定軍校) in Beijing and embarked on a career as a professional soldier. His talents as an officer were recognized by his superiors, and he rose quickly in the ranks.

Cao Kun (Traditional Chinese: 曹錕; Simplified Chinese: 曹锟; pinyin: Cáo Kūn; Wade-Giles: Ts'ao K'un; Courtesy name: Zhongshan (仲珊)) (December 12, 1862-May 15, 1938) was a military leader of the Zhili clique in the Beiyang Army.

Féng Guózhāng (1858 - December 1919) native of Hejian, Hebei. He was a Beiyang Army general and politician in early republican China. Feng broke with Yuan Shikai when the latter attempted to make himself emperor. His name was prominently missing from the list of proposed successors Yuan revealed after death. Feng then served as vice president under Li Yuanhong and was founder of the Zhili clique of warlords. During the occupation of Beijing by Zhang Xun, …

Bai Chongxi (18 March 1893 - 1 December 1966), also spelled Pai Chung-hsi, was a Chinese Muslim general in the National Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China (ROC). He was a warlord with a sphere of influence centred around Guangxi Province, commanding his own troops and governing Guangxi with autonomy, though part of the Republic of China.

Chen Jiongming (1878-1933) was a revolutionary figure in the early periods of the Republic of China. Chen Jiongming was born in 1878, in Haifeng, Guangdong, China. He was by training a lawyer and became a Qing legislator, a republican revolutionary, a military leader, a civil administrator and a federalist who sought to reconstruct China as a democratic republic.

Guo Songling (1883 - 24 December 1925) was a Chinese warlord and Manchurian general who led a three month rebellion against Zhang Zuolin. Rising from obscure origins, Guo Songling enlisted in the service of Zhang Zuolin's Fengtian clique army as a division commander in 1920. After nearly five years of service, Guo was gradually encouraged by Guominjun rival Feng Yuxiang to rebel against Zhang in mid-1925.

Sun Chuanfang aka the "Nanking Warlord" or leader of the "League of Five Provinces" was a Zhili clique warlord and protege of the "Jade Marshal" Wu Peifu (1874-1939). He was given command of Zhejiang in 1924. By the next two years he expanded his rule to Jiangsu, Fujian, Anhui, and Jiangxi. He set his headquarters in Nanjing.

Cai E or Tsai Ao was a Chinese revolutionary leader and warlord. He was born Cai Genyin (蔡艮寅 "Cài Gěnyín") in Shaoyang, Hunan Province and his courtesy name was Songpo (松坡 "Sōngpō"). In 1898, Cai entered Shiwu School, where he learned from Liang Qichao. He later went to Japan to study in 1899. Cai returned to China in 1900.

Ma Hongkui was a prominent warlord in China during the Republic of China era, ruling the northwestern province of Ningxia. Born in 1892, in Linxia, Gansu, China. A Hui, he graduated from Lanzhou Military Academy and became commander of the Ningxia Modern Army and commander of the 7th Division after the founding of the republic. He was in Beijing until Cao Kun's presidency (1923-1924), even though he was the commander of the Ningxia Army.

Ma Hongbin, was a prominent Muslim Ma clique warlord in China during the Republic of China era. As a nephew of Ma Fuxiang, he followed him and later Feng Yuxiang in the army. Upon his cooperation with Chiang Kai-shek, he was named commander of the 22nd Division, 24th Army, within the National Revolutionary Army. He was governor of Ningxia from 1921 to 1928 and chairman of the government of Ningxia in 1930.

Tang Jiyao was a Chinese general and warlord of Yunnan during the Warlord Era of Republican China. Tang was born in Huize county(會澤縣) in 1883 in nowadays Qujing, Yunnan province. He became a revolutionary warrior in southwestern China after he finished his military studies in Japan. When Yuan Shikai proclaimed himself as the emperor of China in the December of 1915, Tang announced the independence of Yunnan with Cai E, Li Jiejun and etc.

Sheng Shicai (1897 - 1970) was a Chinese warlord who ruled Xinjiang from 1933 to 1944. A Han Chinese born in Kaiyuan, Liaoning Province, he was first sent to Xinjiang to work for Governor Jin Shuren. He repressed the Kumul Uprising with support from the Soviet Union, but in exchange made several agreements with the USSR that gave it virtual control over the Sinkiang province. At Josef Stalin's request, Sheng joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) in 1939.

Zhang Zongchang (1881 - 1932), nicknamed the "Dogmeat General," was a Chinese warlord in Shandong in the early 20th century. Born in poverty in Yi County (now Laizhou) in Shandong, he joined a bandit gang in 1911 and rose quickly after the bandits took service in the forces of the warlord of Jiangsu. After his defeat by rivaries, Zhang Zongchang sought refuge under Zhang Zuolin's power, and he made a good impression for himself at Zhang Zuolin's birthday party.

General Liu Wenhui or Liu Wen-hui (1895-1976), Chinese: 刘文辉, one of the warlords of Sichuan Province during China's Warlord era. Liu Wenhui who rose to prominence in Sichuan in the 1920s and 1930s, came from a peasant family. At the beginning of his career, he was aligned with the Guomindang, commanding the Sichuan-Xigang Defence Force from 1927 to 1929. The western part of Sichuan province was then known as Xikang.

Chen Jitang, also spelled Chen Chi-tang, was born in Fangcheng, Guangxi, China. He joined the Chinese Revolutionary Alliance in 1908 and began serving in the Guangdong Army in 1920, rising from battalion to brigade commander. He was designated commander of the 11th Division within the 4th Army in 1925 and took up the garrison of Qinzhou city, Guangxi, in 1926, thus staying in the south during the Northern Expedition.

Yang Hucheng (26 November 1893 - 6 September 1949) was a Chinese warlord during the Warlord Era of Republican China and Kuomintang general during the Chinese Civil War. A bandit of unknown origins, Yang Hucheng had become a popular warlord of Shaanxi Province by 1926. Following the defeat of Feng Yuxiang and Yan Xishan in the Central Plains War of 1930, …

Zhang Jinghui or Chang Ching-hui, (Traditional Chinese: 張景惠; 1871-1959) Chinese general and politician during the Warlord Era. Helped to establish the Japanese puppet regime of Manchukuo and was its second and last Prime Minister. Zhang was born in Tai'an, southwest of Mukden. He joined the army at an early age and worked for the Manchurian warlord Zhang Zuolin for a time. He deserted Zhang Zuolin to join with Wu Peifu's Zhili clique.

Liu Xiang or Liu Hsiang (1890-1938) was one of the warlords controlling Sichuan province during the Warlord era of 20th century China. During the period from 1927-1938, Sichuan was in the hands of five warlords: Liu Xiang, Yang Sen, Liu Wenhui, Deng Xihou, and Tian Songyao. No one warlord had enough power to take on all the others at once, so many small battles occurred, pitting one warlord against another.

Long (Lung) Yun was governor and warlord of the Chinese province of Yunnan from 1927 to near the end of the Chinese Civil War, when he was removed by Du Yuming under the order of Chiang Kai-shek in October, 1945. Long Yun first joined the local warlord's army in 1911 and was gradually promoted to the rank of corps commander. In February 1927, he launched a coup and seized power. After being removed from his reign of 18 years, …

Wu Junsheng, or Wu Tsi-cheng, 吳俊陞, (1863-1928) General of the Fengtian clique and its cavalry commander. Wu Junsheng was born in a peasant family in Changtu, Fengtien province (today Liaoning), on November 23, 1863. He joined a cavalry troop in 1880, crushed the Manchu independence plan (supported by the Japanese) in 1912. He supported Yuan Shikai's monarchy in 1915, and supported Zhang Zuolin's effort to seize Manchuria.

Han Fuqu or Han Fu-chu (1890 - 24 January 1938) was a member of the Kuomintang, who once held the position as the Premier of Shandong. He took over Zhang Zongchang's role as the warlord in Shandong Province after the latter's demise. He was originally loyal to Feng Yuxiang, but later defected to Chiang Kai-Shek's Nanjing government. After the onset of the Second Sino-Japanese War, he abandoned his base in Jinan and was executed by Chiang Kai-shek.

Yen Hsi-shan, (8 October, 1883 – 22 July, 1960) was a Chinese warlord who served in the government of the Republic of China. Yen received his formal military training first in China and later at Imperial Japanese Army Academy. In Japan he became a member of Sun Yat-sen's Revolutionary Alliance (Tongmenghui) and following the 1911 Xinhai Revolution he seized power in the province of Shanxi. Though a member of the Beiyang Army and affiliated with Duan Qirui, …

Ma Qi (1869 - 1931) was a warlord in early 20th century China.

Zhang Jingyao, Chang Ching-yao, 張敬堯, (1881 - 1933), was a Chinese General, the military governor of Chahar and later Hunan Province. He was known as one of the most notorious of China's war-lords, known for his troops' atrocities and the looting of Hunan of its wealth during his administration.

Xu Shuzheng (1880 - 29 December 1925), was a Chinese warlord in Republican China. A subordinate and right-hand man of Duan Qirui, he was the leader of the Chinese military expedition that invaded Mongolia in 1919 and temporarily brought Mongolia back under Chinese control. He lost his position after Duan fell from power in 1920, and was assassinated by fellow warlord Feng Yuxiang in 1925. He had two sons who were active in Republic of China politics.

Ma Lin (1873 - d. Jan. 26, 1945), chairman of the government of Qinghai (1931-38); brother of Ma Qi. A Muslim born in 1873, Linxia, Gansu, China, he mainly succeeded to the posts of his brother, being general of southeastern Gansu province, as well as councillor of the Qinghai provincial government and acting head of the Construction Bureau of Qinghai province. He died in January 26, 1945. See also * Ma clique External links * Rulers

Sun Diangying (Traditional Chinese: 孫殿英; Simplified Chinese: 孙殿英; pinyin: Sun Dianying; Wade-Giles: Sun Tienying) (1887 - 1946) was one of the minor warlords during the Warlord Era.

Ma Chung-ying (Ma Zhongying) was a (Chinese Muslim) leader and a Hui warlord of the Gansu province during the 1930s period. Ma Zhongying attempted to expand his territory into southern Xinjiang by launching campaigns from his power base in Gansu, but was eventually defeated by Xinjiang warlord Sheng Shicai in 1934.

Jiang Guangnai (1888-1967) was a general and statesman in the Republic of China and the People's Republic of China.

Ma Fuxiang (1876 - 1932), a Hui, was born in 1876, in Linxia, Gansu, China he was named the military governor of Xining, and then of Altay, in Qing times. He held a large number of military posts in the northwestern region after the founding of the republic. Governor of Qinghai in 1912, Ningxia from 1912 to 1920, and Suiyuan from 1920 to 1925. Having turned to Chiang Kai-shek in 1928, he was made chairman of the government of Anhui in 1930.

Lu Diping, was a Chinese general and politician. Born in 1887 in Ningxiang, Hunan, China, he was a graduate of Hunan Military College and a participant of the Wuchang Uprising. He commanded the 2nd Army and of the 18th Division. Lu was allied with Wang Jingwei and the left wing faction of the KMT. He was Chairman of the governments of Hunan from 1928 to 1929, and Jiangxi from 1929 to 1931, and Zhejiang from 1931 to 1934. Lu died in January 24, 1935 in Nanjing, China.

Sen Yang (20 February 1884-15 May, 1977) was a Sichuan warlord and general. He was also known as a Chi Kung an Tao Yin master.

Chen Bingkun was born in 1868 in Liujiang, Guangxi, China. A general in the late Qing period, he was commander of the 1st Division of the Guangxi Provincial Army. As a supporter of the Old Guangxi Clique he became the military governor of Guangxi from 1916 to 1917 and civil governor of Guangxi in 1916 and military governor of Guangdong in 1917. With Lu Rongting, he opposed the southern government led by Sun Yat-sen.

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