Song Zheyuan
| Song Zheyuan 宋哲元 |
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General Song Zheyuan
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| Born | October 30, 1885 Leling, Shandong |
| Died | April 5, 1940 (aged 54) Mianyang, Sichuan |
| Allegiance |
 Qing Dynasty China
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| Years of service | 1907–1940 |
| Rank | General |
| Unit | Northwestern Army |
| Commands held | 29th Route Army |
| Battles/wars | Northern Expedition, Central Plains War, Defense of the Great Wall, Marco Polo Bridge Incident, Battle of Beiping–Tianjin |
| Awards | Order of Blue Sky and White Sun |
| Other work | military advisor |
Sòng Zhéyuán (宋哲元) (October 30, 1885 – April 5, 1940) was a Chinese general during the Chinese Civil War and Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945).
Born in the village of Zhaohong, northwest of the seat of Laoling County, Shandong, he was educated under his uncle from his mother's side, a teacher of a traditional Confucian private school in Yanshan County. At the age of 20 (1904) he began studying in the military institute founded by Lu Jianzhang at Beijing and had since become Lu's favorite. In 1912 the troops of Lu and Feng Yuxiang, now subordinates of Yuan Shikai, were regrouped and Feng had then been Song's superior.
In 1917, a year after being appointed the head of 1st battalion of Feng's 2nd regiment, his battalion spearheaded the removal of Zhang Xun from his imperial restoration in 1917. As part of the Guominjun he became Governor of Jehol Province in 1926. Following the defeat of the Guominjun in the Anti–Fengtian War Feng Yuxiang participated in the Northern Expedition, Sòng assumed the Chairmanship of Shaanxi province in November 1927 and in April of the same year the head of 4th division under the II Corps of the National Revolutionary Army.
Switching sides to the Kuomintang after the abortive coup d'état in 1930 of Feng against Chiang Kai-shek, his troops were designated as the 29th Army and garrisoned in southern Shanxi province where he was responsible for the frontiers of the Rehe and Chahar provinces against the Japanese in Manchukuo.
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