biography
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Wu Peifu
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also spelled Wu P'ei-fu
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pronunciation:
[woo payfoo]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1874–1939)
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| biography:
| Major figure in the warlord struggles of China (1916–27), born in Shandong province, E China. He joined the new army created by Yuan Shikai, and after Yuan's death (1916), when Duan Qirui sought to reunite China by force, Wu and other N generals refused Duan's orders. In the civil war which followed, he was unable to sustain his government of national unity (1923), and was defeated in battle near Tientsin. |
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