1Peng Dehuai (1898-1974), Chinese marshal, commander of Chinese forces in the Korean War and defense minister from 1954 to 1959, who criticized the Great Leap Forward at the 1959 Lushan Conference
Marshal who commanded the Chinese People's Volunteers in the Korean War. At the 1959 庐山会议 he wrote to Mao about the failures of the 大跃进, was removed from office, and died after persecution in the Cultural Revolution.
Peng Dehuai dared to speak out bluntly at the Lushan Conference.
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毛泽东 praised him in a 1935 poem that ends 谁敢横刀立马？唯我彭大将军！ 'Who dares ride out, sword drawn? Only our great General Peng!' The Party cleared his name in 1978, four years after his death.
