Da Jiang

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Da Jiang (大将) (literally: Grand General) was a rank conferred in 1955 to ten veteran leaders of the People's Liberation Army. It was never conferred again and the rank was abolished in 1965 along with all other ranks in the PLA. It was considered equivalent to the Soviet rank of Генера́л а́рмии (General of the Army) and generally considered a five-star rank, although the insignia itself had only four.

When ranks were reintroduced in 1988, the equivalent rank was given a different name Yi Ji Shang Jiang (一级上将), perhaps so as to differentiate it from the ten original holders of the rank. In any event, no one was ever named to the new rank and it was discontinued in 1994.