臺軍

臺軍

1. Taiwanese military; Republic of China Armed Forces

   Coordinate term: 解放軍 / 解放军 (jiěfàngjūn)

2. (historical, of the Southern Dynasties) imperial army

   • 怎奈兵不用命，孤掌難鳴，叛軍節節向前，臺軍步步退後，結果是旗靡轍亂，輿屍敗歸。 [MSC, trad.]
     怎奈兵不用命，孤掌难鸣，叛军节节向前，台军步步退后，结果是旗靡辙乱，舆尸败归。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1925, Cai Dongfan,《兩晉演義》Volume XXXVIII

     Zěn nài bīng bù yòngmìng, gūzhǎngnánmíng, pànjūn jiéjié xiàngqián, táijūn bùbù tuìhòu, jiéguǒ shì qí mǐ zhé luàn, yú shī bài guī. [Pinyin]

     Without soldiers' full commitment, even the strongest leader stood powerless. Faced with the steady advance of the rebels, the loyalist forces gradually lost ground. In great disarray, they had no other choice but to flee, carrying their dead.

This term is primarily used the CPC in mainland China, as well as the DPP, albeit for different reasons; the CPC does not recognise the legitimacy of the Republic of China, while the DPP considers Taiwan to be an independent country separate from China, and use 臺軍 to indicate that it is referring to the Taiwanese and not Chinese military. The KMT normally uses 國軍 instead.

(Taiwanese military):

• 國軍／国军 (guójūn) (Taiwan, chiefly used by the Kuomintang)

(imperial army):

• 禁軍／禁军 (jìnjūn)
• 御林軍／御林军 (yùlínjūn)