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xu shiyou

xu shiyou -lrb- 1905 -- 1985 ; -rrb- was a general in the chinese people 's liberation army .
born in xinxian , henan province -lrb- it belonged to hubei previously -rrb- , xu grew up studying martial arts at the shaolin temple for eight years and he later became a soldier in wu peifu 's warlord army .
after having served as a lieutenant in the kuomintang army , he joined the chinese communist party in 1927 .
