Xu Yuanquan

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Xu Yuanquan
Born1885[1] or 1886[2]
Huanggang, Hubei
Died1960
Taipei, Taiwan
AllegianceBeiyang government
Republic of China
Service/branchNational Pacification Army
National Revolutionary Army
Commands held48th Division
10th Army
2nd Army
26th Army Group
Battles/wars
AwardsOrder of the Sacred Tripod

Xu Yuanquan (徐源泉; Hsü Yüan-ch'üan; c. 1885–1960) was a Kuomintang general. He was born in Huanggang, Hubei. An eyewitness to the Wuchang Uprising,[3] he was a subordinate of Zhang Zongchang before joining the Kuomintang. He was commander of the 48th Division of the Nationalist forces in 1930.[4] In 1933 he was commanding the Tenth Army, stationed in Changsha, and he was involved in the opium trade.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "China Yearbook". Google Books. 1947. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Who's who in China". Google Books. 1936. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  3. ^ Free China Review. Vol. 13. Taiwan. 1963. p. 20.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ "Chinese Engine Hides Its Smoke". Popular Science. 116 (6): 29. June 1930.
  5. ^ Brook, Timothy and Bob Tadashi Wakabayashi, ed. (2000). Opium Regimes: China, Britain, and Japan, 1839-1952. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. p. 284. ISBN 0-520-22009-9.