Simplify the following text for a Grade 11 native English-speaking person.
Original: 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 .
Simplified: Bai Chongxi ( 18 March 1893 -- 1 December 1966 ) , , also spelled Pai Chung-hsi , was a Chinese general in the National Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China ( ROC ) .