Dayuanshuai

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Dayuanshuai 大元帥
Shoulder boards for the PLA rank da yuan shuai ("generalissimo")
Country	China
Service branch	People's Liberation Army
Abolished	1965
Next higher rank	None
Next lower rank	Yuanshuai

Dayuanshuai (ta-yuan-shuai; traditional Chinese: 大元帥; simplified Chinese: 大元帅; pinyin: dàyuánshuài; Wade–Giles: ta⁴-yüan²-shuai⁴) was a Chinese military rank, usually translated as grand marshal or generalissimo.

During the early Republic of China, the rank of "grand marshal of the army and navy" (陸海軍大元帥; 陆海军大元帅; lùhǎijūn dàyuánshuài) was assumed by Yuan Shikai in 1913, Sun Yat-sen in 1917 and Zhang Zuolin in 1927.^[1]

The rank was replaced by the Nationalist government with the "general special class" or "generalissimo" (特級上將; 特级上将; tèjí shàngjiàng) and awarded to Chiang Kai-shek in 1935.

The rank of "grand marshal of the People's Republic of China" (中华人民共和国大元帅; Zhōnghuá rénmín gònghéguó dàyuánshuài) was proposed after the establishment of the People's Republic for Mao Zedong, but was refused by Mao.