{{Short description|Chinese General}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Zhu Peide | image = Zhu Peide2.jpg | office = Chief of the General Staff | term_start = 11 September 1929 | term_end = 16 March 1932 | predecessor = He Yingqin | successor = Chiang Kai-Shek | office1 = Governor of Jiangxi | term_start1 = 7 November 1927 | term_end1 = 10 September 1929 | predecessor1 = Li Liejun | successor1 = Lu Diping | party = {{flagicon|KMT}} Kuomintang | native_name = 朱培德 | native_name_lang = zh | birth_date = 6 October 1889 | death_date = 17 February 1937 | birth_place = Lufeng, Yunnan, Qing China | death_place = Nanjing, Republic of China }}
'''Zhu Peide''', also '''Chu Pei-teh''' ({{lang-zh|t=朱培德|p=Zhū Péidé}}; 6 October 1889 – 17 February 1937) was a Chinese General. Born in Lufeng, Yunnan. He held positions such as colonel general of the National Revolutionary Army in China,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Guo |first=Tingyi |title=中華民國史事日誌·中華民國二十四年三月二十七日 |publisher=Academia Sinica |year=1979 |location=Taipei}}</ref> Commander of the Third Army, and Governor of Jiangxi Province. He died due to medical malpractice in 1937.
== Biography ==
=== Early years === left|thumb|208x208px|Zhu Peide Zhu Peide was schoolmates with famous communist General Zhu De, and because of their exceptional grades, they were known as "The Two Exceptional Zhu's" and participated in the Xinhai Revolution in 1911. In 1917, he joined Sun Yat-Sen's Constitutional Protection Movement.<ref name="情">{{Cite book |author=Lü Fangshang, Wang Qisheng, Wang Chaoguang, Shao Minghuang, Lin Tongfa, Jin Yilin, Huang Daoxuan, Yang Weizhen, Liu Weikai, Luo Minzhu |title=《蔣介石的親情、友情與愛情》 |date=2011-03-18 |publisher=China Times Publishing Co. |location=Taipei}}</ref>
=== Career === thumb|Zhu wearing his military uniform After the formation of the Nationalist Government in July 1925, his troops were reorganized as the Third Army under the Kuomintang. On October 1, Chen Jiongming tried to convince Zhu to join his forces, considering he already had a deal with Xiong Kewu, however, Zhu was angered to hear the news and ordered them to be arrested while reporting the incident to the Nationalist Government.<ref name=":3">{{Cite book |author=呂芳上，王奇生、汪朝光、邵銘煌、林桶法、金以林、黃道炫、楊維真、劉維開、羅敏著 |title=《蔣介石的親情、友情與愛情》 |date=2011-03-18 |publisher=時報文化 |location=Taipei}}</ref> The government realized the danger of the situation, and promptly arrested Xiong on October 3.
During the Northern Expedition, he served as Governor of Jiangxi Province<ref name=":3"/> and appointed Zhu De to be the Nanchang City Public Security Bureau Chief in April 1927. This allowed the Nanchang Uprising to happen.<ref>{{Cite web |title=开国领袖最爱的庐山别墅 |url=http://travel.sohu.com/20090714/n265211899_2.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160630202830/http://travel.sohu.com/20090714/n265211899_2.shtml |archive-date=2016-06-30 |access-date=2016-06-04}}</ref>
After the success of the Northern Expedition, he served in a variety of governmental and military roles.<ref name="情"/> and was well trusted by Chiang Kai-Shek. Zhu was invited to be the Director of the General Office of the Military Commission and to participate in the preparations for the Second Sino-Japanese War. While he was anti-communist, he didn't use too much violence against them. In April 1935, he was awarded the position of Army General by the Nationalist Government.<ref name="情"/>
== Death == Zhu was hospitalized in the Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital on February 7, 1937 after participating in The Third Plenary Session of the Fifth Central Committee while suffering with his disease. He was treating it with imported anti-anemia drugs, which also caused sepsis. At 11:20 that night, he died.<ref name="情"/>
He was given a state funeral on March 3 of the same year.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Zhonghua Minguo shi. Da shi ji |date=2011 |publisher=Zhonghua shu ju |isbn=978-7-101-07998-2 |editor-last=Han |editor-first=Xinfu |edition=Beijing di 1 ban |location=Beijing Shi |editor-last2=Jiang |editor-first2=Kefu}}</ref>
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