Guo Tianmin

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Guo Tianmin
郭天民
PLA National Defence University
In office 1958–1955
Chairman	Mao Zedong
Personal details
Born	1905 Order of Bayi (First Class) Order of Independence and Freedom (First Class) Order of Liberation (China) (First Class)
Military service
Allegiance	China
Branch/service	People's Liberation Army
Years of service	1926–1989
Rank	General
Commands	Red Fourth Army
Battles/wars	Guangzhou Uprising, Northern Expedition, Long March, Encirclement Campaigns, Second Sino-Japanese War, Chinese Civil War

Guo Tianmin (Chinese: 郭天民; pinyin: Guō Tiānmín; 1905 – 26 May 1970)^[1][2] was a general in the People's Liberation Army of the People's Republic of China from Hubei. He was a descendant of the Tang dynasty general Guo Ziyi.^[3]

Early life

Guo had his primary education in the provincial agricultural school, and later enrolled into the Wuchang Zhonghua University's Affiliated Middle School. He returned to his hometown in Guangzhou in 1925, joining several local rebellions. In the following year, he enrolled into the