Chen Cheng (January 4, 1898 - March 5, 1965), a native of Zhejiang Province, enrolled in the Baoding Military Academy in 1919, joined the Chinese Nationalist Party in 1920, was assigned to the Zhejiang Army after graduating in June 1922, and then left to join the Guangdong Army in Guangzhou, where he become a captain and served as a guard for the Grand Marshal's Office of Dr. Sun Yat-sen. In June 1924, the Whampoa Military Academy was formally established, and Sun sent Chen to the Academy for training because of his outstanding performance in battle. Chen participated in the National Revolutionary Army's Eastern Expedition, the Northern Expedition, the two Chinese civil wars and the Second Sino-Japanese War, and served as Corps Commander, Field Army Commander-in-Chief, Chairman of the Hubei Provincial Government, and Chief of Staff of the Ministry of National Defense. After arriving in Taiwan, he served as Governor of Taiwan Province, Chief Executive, Vice President, and Vice Chairman of the Kuomintang. He died of liver cancer in 1965.
In 2005, the Academia Historica of Taiwan published *Chen Cheng's Memoirs*, a six-volume series covering Chen’s memories of the Northern Expedition, the Chinese Civil War, the War Against Japan, and his time in Taiwan.
