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Liu Bocheng (刘柏承; Wade-Giles: Liu Po-ch'eng; 1892-1986) was a Chinese Communist military commander.
Liu, nicknamed The One-eyed Dragon began his career as a mercenary in the warlord armies of his native Sichuan Province. He lost an eye fighting against Yuan Shikai's forces in 1916. During the Long March, Liu was Red Army Chief of Staff and supported the Maoist line against the 28 Bolsheviks. He often openly disputed the advice and direction given by Otto Braun, a German Comintern agent sent by Moscow to direct the Chinese Red Army. During the Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) he commanded the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army Soviet Base Area in Northeast China. In 1947, Liu spearheaded the Communist counter-offensive out of Shanxi Province and he and Chen Yi executed the devastating encirclement in the Huai-Hai offensive of 1948-49. He was made a marshal in 1955.
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