caption serviceyears laterwork commands branch death_place death_date birth_place battles birth_date nickname rank image article_title name
marshal liu bocheng december 4 , 1892 - october 7 , 1986 politician , writer , military instructor division central china field army commander , eighth route army , commander-in-chief , 22px people 's liberation army beijing , people 's republic of china 1986 -lrb- aged 93 or 94 -rrb- kaixian , sichuan , china northern , chinese civil war expedition , long march , hundred regiments offensive 1892 chinese mars , one-eyed dragon marshal of people 's republic of china liu bocheng.jpg liu bocheng
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liu bocheng

liu bocheng -lrb- ; december 4 , 1892 -- october 7 , 1986 -rrb- was a chinese communist military commander and marshal of the people 's liberation army .
liu is known as one of the `` three and a half '' strategists of china in modern history .
-lrb- the other two are lin biao , commander of the cpc , and kuomintang commander bai chongxi , and the half refers to cpc commander su yu . -rrb-
officially , liu was recognised as a revolutionary , military strategist and theoretician , and one of the founders of the people 's liberation army .
liu 's nicknames , `` chinese mars '' and `` the one-eyed dragon '' , also reflect his character and military achievement .
