Shi Yousan

Shi Yousan (Chinese: 石友三; pinyin: Shí Yǒusān) (1891 – December 1940) was a KMT general who defected to, and subsequently betrayed, Feng Yuxiang, Chiang Kai-shek, Wang Jingwei, Zhang Xueliang, the Chinese Communist Party, and Japan, in that order.

Shi Yousan
Shi Yousan
Shi Yousan as pictured in The Most Recent Biographies of Chinese Dignitaries
Born1891
DiedDecember 12, 1940(1940-12-12) (aged 48–49)
NationalityChinese
OccupationKMT general
Known forKnown as the "Defector General"

In 1928, his troops set fire to the Shaolin Monastery, burning it for over 40 days, destroying 90 percent of the buildings including many manuscripts of the temple library.[1]

While leading the 39th Army Group, he planned to defect to the Japanese, but before he could do so he was kidnapped and killed by his sworn brother and subordinate Gao Shuxun, who later gained command of this unit.

For his many betrayals and defections he is known as the "Defector General" (Chinese: 倒戈將軍; pinyin: Dǎo Gē Jiāng Jūn) or as Shi Sanfan (Chinese: 石三翻; pinyin: Shí sānfān, "Shi who turns three times").[2]

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References
  1. Gene Ching. Kungfumagazine.com Archived 2003-01-02 at the Wayback Machine, Bak Sil Lum vs. Shaolin Temple].
  2. D. Lary (2006): Treachery, Disgrace and Death: Han Fuju and China's Resistance to Japan", War in History, 13 (1) 65-90 (footnote 8 on p. 70)
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