# Ye Peng > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ye_Peng > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ye_Peng.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ye_Peng > Source revision: 1346616815 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) [[File:Ye Feng.jpg|180px|thumb|Ye Peng as pictured in ''[The Most Recent Biographies of Chinese Dignitaries](/source/The_Most_Recent_Biographies_of_Chinese_Dignitaries)'']] '''Ye Peng''' ({{zh|s=叶蓬|t=葉蓬|p=Yè Péng|w=Yeh P'eng}}, sometimes also transliterated '''Ye Feng''', 1897–1947) was a [Chinese](/source/Chinese_people) [lieutenant general](/source/lieutenant_general) who fought for the [Republic of China](/source/Republic_of_China_(1912%E2%80%9349)) and later became a key figure in the [Nanjing Nationalist Government](/source/Reorganized_National_Government_of_the_Republic_of_China) of [Wang Jingwei](/source/Wang_Jingwei). == Biography == Ye was born in [Huangpi County](/source/Huangpi%2C_Wuhan), Hubei in 1897. {{Cite web |title=民國近代史 |url=https://digroc.pccu.edu.tw/CNH/Personage/personage.aspx?ID=0002225 |access-date=2025-08-03 |website=digroc.pccu.edu.tw}}He entered the [Baoding Military Academy](/source/Baoding_Military_Academy) in 1917 and graduated in 1919 from its artillery department. He rose through the ranks of the [National Revolutionary Army](/source/National_Revolutionary_Army) during the 1930s, holding various military posts. In 1939 he joined [Wang Jingwei](/source/Wang_Jingwei) and his pro-peace faction, being appointed to the [Kuomintang](/source/Kuomintang) central committee under his [Reorganized National Government of China](/source/Wang_Jingwei_regime). Ye became the head of a training center in [Shanghai](/source/Shanghai) and was a member of the Central Military Commission. In 1941 he was appointed to command the 29th Army. In June 1942, he replaced [Yang Kuiyi](/source/Yang_Kuiyi) as Chief of General Staff. In April 1943, he became head of the Minister of Military Affairs. In 1945 Ye became governor of the [Hubei Province](/source/Hubei_Province). After the defeat of Japan in August of that year, he served under [Chiang Kai-shek](/source/Chiang_Kai-shek) again briefly, commanding the 7th Army. On September 18, however, he was [executed](/source/Capital_punishment) in Nanjing for the crime of [hanjian](/source/hanjian). == Alma mater == [Baoding Military Academy](/source/Baoding_Military_Academy) == Sources == === Literature === * Xu, Youchun. ''Dictionary of the People of the Republic'' (民国人物大辞典 増訂版). Hebei People's Publishing House, 2007. {{ISBN|978-7-202-03014-1}}. * Liu, Shou. ''Official Chronology of the Republic of China'' (民国職官年表). Zhonghua Book Company, 1995. {{ISBN|7-101-01320-1}}. ==References== {{Reflist}} {{S-start}} {{s-mil}} {{Succession box | before = [Yang Kuiyi](/source/Yang_Kuiyi) | after = [Liu Yufen](/source/Liu_Yufen) | title = [Chief of Army Staff](/source/Collaborationist_Chinese_Army) | years = June 1942 – August 1942 }} {{s-off}} {{Succession box | before = [Bao Wenyue](/source/Bao_Wenyue) | after = [Xiao Shuxuan](/source/Xiao_Shuxuan) | title = Minister of Military Affairs | years = April 1943 – March 1945 }} {{Succession box | before = [Yang Kuiyi](/source/Yang_Kuiyi) | after = Position abolished | title = Governor of [Hubei Province](/source/Hubei) | years = March 1945 – August 1945 }} {{s-end}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ye, Peng}} Category:1897 births Category:1947 deaths Category:Baoding Military Academy alumni Category:Executed Kuomintang collaborators with the Empire of Japan Category:Executed military leaders Category:National Revolutionary Army generals from Hubei Category:People executed by the Republic of China (1912–1949) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Ye Peng](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ye_Peng) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ye_Peng?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.