Yang Sen

Yang Sen
Yang Sen, c. 1920s
Native name	楊森
Born	(1884-02-20)20 February 1884 Guang'an, Sichuan, Qing dynasty
Died	15 May 1977(1977-05-15) (aged 93) Taipei, Taiwan
Allegiance	Qing Dynasty  Republic of China
Years of service	1904–1977
Rank	General
Unit	Beiyang Army National Revolutionary Army
Commands	Governor of Sichuan Province, Military-Governor of Sichuan Province, General Officer Commanding XX Corps, Commander in Chief 27th Army Grou, Deputy Commander in Chief 6th War Area, Deputy Commander in Chief 9th War Area, Chairman of the Government of Guizhou Province
Battles / wars	Xinhai Revolution North Expedition Central Plains War Second Sino-Japanese War Chinese Civil War
Awards	Order of Blue Sky and White Sun
Relations	Yang Hanxiu (楊漢秀, niece, 1913-1949) Yang Hanlie (楊漢烈, son, 1917-1987)
Other work	Politician

Yang Sen (Chinese: 楊森; pinyin: Yáng Sēn; 20 February 1884 – 15 May 1977) was a warlord and general of the Sichuan clique who had a long military career in China. Although he was a provincial warlord, he served Chiang Kai-shek and his Kuomintang (KMT) government, especially during the Second Sino-Japanese War. He also served as governor of Sichuan and Guizhou provinces. After the Communists defeated the KMT in the Chinese Civil War, he retreated with the KMT government to Taiwan.

He was also known as a

Yang was born into a scholarily landowner family. He graduated from the Sichuan Army Primary School in 1906 and the Sichuan Military Academy in 1910. He quickly rose through the military ranks, gaining control of Sichuan during the warlord era. Yang served as the governor of Sichuan from 1924 to 1925. During the 1926

Following the Kuomintang evacuation to Taiwan, he served as an advisor in the Presidential office in Taipei. An avid sports person, he was the Republic of China's Olympic Committee Chairman and at the Olympic Games in Mexico carried the national flag of Taiwan, Republic of China in the opening ceremony. He was a well-known mountaineer and the chairman of the Taiwan Mountain Climbing Association and chairman of the Chinese National Athletic Foundation. Yang was known to have numerous wives and concubines. He claimed to have 43 children; 22 daughters and 21 sons, the first born in 1912 and the last in 1960, when he was 76. Yang Sen died in Taipei of lung cancer in 1977 at age 93.^[1]

General Yang knew the

In 1927 he invited him to his residence in

• Order of battle of Battle of Wuhan
• Warlord Era

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• Daniel Reid, "Tao of Health, Sex, and Longevity.", Fireside, New York, 1989, pp. 345–349.
  ISBN 0-671-64811-X
• Hsu Long-hsuen and Chang Ming-kai, "History of The Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)." 2nd Ed., 1971. Translated by Wen Ha-hsiung, Chung Wu Publishing; 33, 140th Lane, Tung-hwa Street, Taipei, Taiwan Republic of China.
• OLSON, Stuart Alve. "Qigong Teachings of a Taoist Immortal: The Eight Essential Exercises of Master Li Ching-yun." Healing Arts Press, 2002.
  ISBN 0-89281-945-6
• Yang Sen. "A Factual Account of the 250 Year-Old Good-Luck Man." (一个250岁长寿老人的真实记载). Published by the Chinese and Foreign Literature Storehouse, Taipei, Taiwan.

Preceded by Zhang Dulun

Mayor of Chongqing 1948–1949

Succeeded by Chen Xilian