Nationalist general and one of the closest aides of 蒋介石. After 1949 he ran the land reform in Taiwan that capped farm rents at 37.5 percent of the harvest, and later served there as premier and vice president.
His army faction was nicknamed the 土木系 'Earth-Wood clique' after the units he rose with, the 11th Division and 18th Army: write 十 above 一 and you get 土; write 十 above 八 and you get 木.
