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Army Rank Flags (Taiwan)

Army Flags Regulations, 1953-1985
Commander-in-Chief 1953-1958
Commanding General of the Army 2007-
Commander-in-Chief of the Army (de facto 1958-circa 1992)
Deputy Commander-in-Chief 1953-1958
Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Army (de jure 1958-1986)
Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Army (de facto 1958-1986)
Senior General 1958-1986 (de jure)
Senior General 1958-1986 (de facto)
Senior General 1986-circa 1992 (de facto)
Senior General (de jure since 1986, de facto since circa 1992)
General 1958-1986 (de jure)
General 1958-1986 (de facto)
General 1986-circa 1992 (de facto)
General (de jure since 1986, de facto since circa 1992)
Lieutenant-General 1958-1986 (de jure)
Lieutenant-General 1958-1986 (de facto)
Lieutenant-General (de jure since 1986, de facto since circa 1992)
Major-General 1958-1986 (de jure)
Major-General 1958-1986 (de facto)
Major-General 1986-circa 1992 (de facto)
Major-General (de jure since 1986, de facto since circa 1992)
Colonel 1964-1986 (de jure)
Colonel 1964-1986 (de facto)
Colonel 1986-circa 1992 (de facto)
Colonel (de jure since 1986, de facto since circa 1992)
Lieutenant Colonel 1964-1986 (de jure)
Lieutenant Colonel 1964-1986 (de facto)
Major 1964-1986 (de jure)
Major 1964-1986 (de facto)

See also:

Army Flags Regulations, 1953-1985

Just happened to find the ROC (Taiwan) Army Flags Regulations on Wikisource, as enacted on April 24, 1953, and abolished on December 17, 1985.
To summarize:
The Army flag was in the proportions of 7:8 [since officially changed to 2:3], red field with a blue rectangle, 1/4 the total area of the flag, bearing a white sun, at the centre;
The Army Commander-in-Chief flag had additional yellow border and fringe, topped with a small blue-white-red tricolour bearing a yellow plum blossom (shown in Flags Through the Ages and Across the World [smi75b);
The Army Vice Commander-in-Chief flag had additional yellow fringe (but not border), topped with a small red rectangular flag bearing a yellow plum blossom;
Corps/Division/Brigade Command; Airborne/Armoured Branch; Garrison Command; Corps/Division Military District all had their army flag topped with a small yellow triangular flag (right angled at the lower hoist, as per the pre-1890 Chinese National Flag) bearing one or two ideograms in black as a kind of initials to indicate the level of command;
Army Hospitals and Sanitary Units had their army flag topped with a small white rectangular flag bearing a red cross;
Regiments and lower units had their army flag topped with red tassels, and with unit name in black on a white stripe near the hoist;
Army schools' flag had the sun inside a circle rather than a rectangle, and with yellow fringes.
Miles Li, 30 May 2008

Commander-in-Chief, 1953-1958

image by Miles Li, 28 July 2014

In May 6, 1953, a flag similar to the National Revolutionary Army Commander-in-Chief was created in Taiwan for the position of Commander-in-Chief. It was again based on the Army flag, but with a yellow border on all four sides, and was further fringed in yellow. Above it was a small blue-white-red horizontal tricolour with a yellow plum blossom at its centre. Like all other Taiwanese military flags, it was carried on a red pole with white metal spearhead finial and white metal pike base.
Miles Li, 3 April 2004

This flag was instituted according to Army Flags Regulations, 1953-1985. However, it was adopted in 1958 and replaced with Commanding General of the Army.
Akira Oyo, 14 April 2014

Dimensions: 130cm x 113.7cm, plus 10cm yellow border, plus 12cm yellow fringe. Above it is a small flag, "one-fourth the dimensions of the flag" (32.5cm x 28.4cm), blue-white-red horizontal tricolor with yellow plum blossom at the centre. The pole is red, 20cm long in total, 12cm circumference, with a white bronze spearhead finial 20cm long and a white bronze pike base 15cm long.
Miles Li, 15 August 2014

Commanding General of the Army, 2007-

[flag of Commanding General of the Army]

image by Akira Oyo and Miles Li, 05 April 2014

This flag was used by Commander-in-Chief of the Army de jure 1958-2007, de facto circa 1992-2007.
Miles Li, 05 April 2014

Commander-in-Chief of the Army, (de facto 1958-circa 1992)

image by Akira Oyo and Miles Li, 05 April 2014

Deputy Commander-in-Chief, 1953-1958

image by Miles Li, 28 July 2014

This flag was instituted according to Army Flags Regulations, 1953-1985. However, it was adopted in 1958 and replaced with Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Army's Flag 1958 - 1986.
Akira Oyo, 14 April 2014

The ROC Armed Forces are used to using "Deputy" instead of "Vice" to translate a position only lower than the leader but higher than others. If a new position are setup between the leader and the deputy leader, it will be translated in "Vice", for example, "Vice-Minister of Defence" and "Vice Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces."
Akira Oyo, 14 April 2014

Dimensions: 130cm x 113.7cm, plus 12cm yellow fringe. Above it is a small flag, 32.5cm x 28.4cm, red field with yellow plum blossom at the centre. The pole is red, 200cm long in total, 12cm circumference, with a white bronze spearhead finial 20cm long and a white bronze pike base 15cm long.
Miles Li, 28 July 2014

Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Army, (de jure 1958-1986)

image by Akira Oyo and Miles Li, 05 April 2014

Flag of Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Army was abolished on 03 January 1986 as Act of Ensign of the ROC Armed Forces adopted.
Akira Oyo, 05 April 2014

Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Army, (de facto 1958-1986)

image by Akira Oyo and Miles Li, 05 April 2014

Flag of Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Army was abolished on 03 January 1986 as Act of Ensign of the ROC Armed Forces adopted.
Akira Oyo, 05 April 2014

Rank Flag Information

The Taiwanese Army rank flags are green, with the Army emblem above yellow five-pointed stars arranged horizontally: General First Class has four, General Second Class has three, Lieutenant-General has two, Major-General has one. That of colonel has thee plum blossoms in place of stars.
The Army emblem consists of crossed rifle and sword, surrounded by two panicles of rice, each containing seven grains (representing July 7, the beginning of Sino-Japanese War in 1937), the whole under the white sun on blue disc.
Miles Li, 7 July 2004