It is also used as jang in North and South Korea, shō in Japan, and tướng in Vietnam.
This rank was awarded to 10 of the veteran leaders of the PLA in 1955 and never conferred again.
The decision to name the equivalent rank yiji shangjiang (Chinese: 一级上将; lit.
'Upper commander first class') when it was briefly re-established in 1988-1994 was likely due to a desire to keep the rank of dajiang an honorary one awarded after a war, much as General of the Armies in the United States Army.
The same rank names are used for all services, prefixed by riku (Japanese: 陸, lit.