Complex sentence: Song Zheyuan (宋哲元 pinyin: song4 zhe2 yuan2) (October 30 1885-April 5 1940) was a Chinese general during the Chinese Civil War and World War II. He worked under numerous Beiyang generals including Yuan Shikai, Feng Yuxiang and Lu Jianzhang.
Split into simpler sentences: Song Zheyuan (宋哲元 pinyin: song4 zhe2 yuan2) (October 30 1885-April 5 1940) was a Chinese general during the Chinese Civil War and WWII. He was one of the Beiyang generals as he had worked under numerous famous Beiyang generals including Yuan Shikai, Feng Yuxiang and Lu Jianzhang.