[曹操, Cáo Cāoㄘㄠˊ ㄘㄠ] Cao Cao (155-220), famous statesman and general at the end of Han, noted poet and calligrapher, later warlord, founder and first king of Cao Wei 曹魏, father of Emperor Cao Pi 曹丕; the main villain of novel the Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义, See Also: 曹魏, 曹丕, 三國演義, 三国演义#8281
[刘备 / 劉備, Liú Bèiㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄅㄟˋ] Liu Bei (161-223), warlord at the end of the Han dynasty and founder of the Han kingdom of Shu 蜀漢|蜀汉 (c. 200-263), later the Shu Han dynasty, See Also: 蜀漢, 蜀汉#12655
[诸侯 / 諸侯, zhū hóuㄓㄨ ㄏㄡˊ] feudal vassal; feudal princes, esp. the monarchs (dukes or princes) of the several vassal states 諸侯國|诸侯国 of Zhou during Western Zhou and Spring and Autumn periods 11th-5th century BC; subordinate warlord, See Also: 諸侯國, 诸侯国#17204
[貂蝉 / 貂蟬, Diāo Chánㄉㄧㄠ ㄔㄢˊ] Diaochan (-192), one of the Four legendary beauties 四大美女, in fiction a famous beauty at the break-up of Han dynasty, given as concubine to usurping warlord Dong Zhuo 董卓 to ensure his overthrow by fighting hero Lü Bu 呂布|吕布, See Also: 四大美女, 董卓, 呂布, 吕布#19750
[张学良 / 張學良, Zhāng Xué liángㄓㄤ ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄌㄧㄤˊ] Zhang Xueliang (1901-2001) son of Fengtian clique warlord, then senior general for the Nationalist and subsequently for PRC People's liberation army#20515
[袁世凯 / 袁世凱, Yuán Shì kǎiㄩㄢˊ ㄕˋ ㄎㄞˇ] Yuan Shikai (1859-1916), senior general of late Qing, subsequently warlord and self-proclaimed emperor of China#22379
[孙权 / 孫權, Sūn Quánㄙㄨㄣ ㄑㄩㄢˊ] Sun Quan (reigned 222-252), southern warlord and king of state of Wu 吳|吴 in the Three Kingdoms period, See Also: 吳, 吴#25189
[特别行政区 / 特別行政區, tè bié xíng zhèng qūㄊㄜˋ ㄅㄧㄝˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄓㄥˋ ㄑㄩ] Special Administrative Region, namely Hong Kong 香港 and Macau 澳門|澳门; refers to many different areas during late Qing, foreign occupation, warlord period and Nationalist government; refers to special zones in North Korea and Indonesia, See Also: 香港, 澳門, 澳门#49138
[刘渊 / 劉淵, Liú Yuānㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄩㄢ] Liu Yuan, warlord at the end of the Western Jin dynasty 西晋, founder of Cheng Han of the Sixteen Kingdoms 成漢|成汉 (304-347), See Also: 西晋, 成漢, 成汉#52991
[白崇禧, Bái Chóng xǐㄅㄞˊ ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄒㄧˇ] Bai Chongxi (1893-1966), a leader of Guangxi warlord faction, top Nationalist general, played important role in Chiang Kaishek's campaigns 1926-1949#61840
[北伐战争 / 北伐戰爭, Běi fá zhàn zhēngㄅㄟˇ ㄈㄚˊ ㄓㄢˋ ㄓㄥ] the Northern Expedition, the Nationalists' campaign of 1926-1927 under Chiang Kaishek against the Northern Warlords#69316
[王敦, Wáng Dūnㄨㄤˊ ㄉㄨㄣ] Wang Dun (266-324), powerful general of Jin dynasty and brother of civil official Wang Dao 王導|王导, subsequently rebellious warlord 322-324, See Also: 王導, 王导#76933
[陈炯明 / 陳炯明, Chén Jiǒng míngㄔㄣˊ ㄐㄩㄥˇ ㄇㄧㄥˊ] Chen Jiongming (1878-1933), a leading warlord of Guangdong faction, defeated in 1925 and fled to Hong Kong#76962
[陆荣廷 / 陸榮廷, Lù Róng tíngㄌㄨˋ ㄖㄨㄥˊ ㄊㄧㄥˊ] Lu Rongting (1858-1928), provincial governor of Guangxi under the Qing, subsequently leader of old Guangxi warlord faction#122127
[中苏解决悬案大纲协定 / 中蘇解決懸案大綱協定, Zhōng Sū jiě jué xuán àn dà gāng xié dìngㄓㄨㄥ ㄙㄨ ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄢˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄍㄤ ㄒㄧㄝˊ ㄉㄧㄥˋ] the treaty of 1923 normalizing relations between the Soviet Union and the Northern Warlord government of China
[二次革命, èr cì gé mìngㄦˋ ㄘˋ ㄍㄜˊ ㄇㄧㄥˋ] second revolution; campaign from 1913 of the provisional revolutionary government (under Sun Yat-sen and the Guomindang) against Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯 and the Northern Warlords, See Also: 袁世凱, 袁世凯
[北洋政府, Běi yáng zhèng fǔㄅㄟˇ ㄧㄤˊ ㄓㄥˋ ㄈㄨˇ] the Warlord government of Northern China that developed from the Qing Beiyang army 北洋軍閥|北洋军阀 after the Xinhai revolution of 1911, See Also: 北洋軍閥, 北洋军阀
[北洋军 / 北洋軍, Běi yáng jūnㄅㄟˇ ㄧㄤˊ ㄐㄩㄣ] north China army, a modernizing Western-style army set up during late Qing, and a breeding ground for the Northern Warlords after the Qinghai revolution
[清史稿, Qīng shǐ gāoㄑㄧㄥ ㄕˇ ㄍㄠ] Draft History of the Qing dynasty, sometimes listed as number 25 or 26 of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Zhao Erxun 趙爾巽|赵尔巽 in 1927 during the Northern Warlords period, 536 scrolls, See Also: 二十四史, 趙爾巽, 赵尔巽
[皖系战败 / 皖系戰敗, Wǎn xì zhàn bàiㄨㄢˇ ㄒㄧˋ ㄓㄢˋ ㄅㄞˋ] Anhui faction of Northern Warlords (1912-c. 1920), led by Duan Qirui 段祺瑞 with Japanese support, See Also: 段祺瑞
[直皖战争 / 直皖戰爭, Zhí Wǎn zhàn zhēngㄓˊ ㄨㄢˇ ㄓㄢˋ ㄓㄥ] war of 1920 between Northern Warlords, in which the Zhili faction beat the Anhui faction and took over the Beijing government
[ぐんゆうかっきょ, gunyuukakkyo] (n, vs) rivalry of local warlords; a number of powerful (talented, influential) persons standing by themselves in a given field