Guo moruo biography

Guo Moruo (born November 1892, Shawan, Leshan county, Sichuan province, China—died June 12, 1978, Beijing) was a.
Guo Moruo (November 16, 1892 – June 12, 1978), courtesy name Dingtang, was a Chinese author, poet, historian, archaeologist, and government official.
Biography: Born Guo Kaizhen into a well-to-do family in Sichuan province.

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Guo Moruo (1892 – 1978)

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Guo Moruo (16 November 1892–12 June 1978 ) was a modern Chinese poet, statesman, social activist, calligrapher, dramatist, historian, and archaeologist. Originally named Guo Kaizhen, he was born in the small town of Shawan in the prefecture level city of Leshan in Sichuan Province, and died in Beijing in 1978. In 1913, Guo left China to study in Japan, and in 1918 entered the Medical School of Kyushu Imperial University in Fukuoka, aiming to “make practical contributions to his country.” The harsh reality then, however, changed his plans, and he, like Lu Xun, chose to save his country by writing rather than by practicing medicine. From 1919, he started to publish his poetry and novels. In 1921, he published his ground breaking first anthology of poems, entitled The Goddesses. Soon after the Marco Polo Bridge Incident in 1937, Guo returned to China to join the anti-Japanese resistance activities, and during this period he created six historical plays including The Flower of Shadbush and Qu Yuan. In 1944, he publi

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Guo Moruo (Chinese: 郭沫若; pinyin: Guō Mòruò; Wade-Giles: Kuo Mo-jo, courtesy name Dǐng Táng 鼎堂) (November 16, 1892 - June 12, 1978) was a Chinese author, poet, historian, archaeologist, and government official from Sichuan, China.

Guo Moruo studied at Sixth Higher School and the Medical School of Kyushyu Imperial University (九州帝国大学) in Japan in his youth. After returning to China, he joined the Kuomintang led by Chiang Kai-shek. Guo Moruo, however, confronted with Chiang Kai-shek and joined the Chinese communist party. After World War II, he took various high government positions of People's Republic of China and became the first President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1949 until his death in 1987.

In 1966, Guo Moruo was forced to give "self-criticism" under Cultural Revolution led by Mao Zedong. His family members were also persecuted and two of his children were led to kill themselves. In order to protect himself, he praised Mao and Jiang Qing and joined Mao's campaign of criticism against Confucianism and Lin Biao. When the Gang of Four (Mao and f

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Guo Moruo

Chinese politician, poet, and historian (1892–1978)

Guo Moruo (November 16, 1892 – June 12, 1978),^[1]courtesy nameDingtang, was a Chinese author, poet, historian, archaeologist, and government official.

Biography

Family history

Guo Moruo, originally named Guo Kaizhen, was born on November 10 or 16, in the small town of Shawan, located on the Dadu River some 40 km (25 mi) southwest from what was then called the city of Jiading (Lu) (Chia-ting (Lu), 嘉定(路)), and now is the central urban area of the prefecture level city of Leshan in Sichuan Province.

At the time of Guo's birth, Shawan was a town of some 180 families.^[2]

Guo's father's ancestors were Hakkas from Ninghua County in Tingzhou Prefecture, near the western border of Fujian. They moved to Sichuan in the second half of the 17th century, after Sichuan had lost much of its population to the rebels/bandits of Zhang Xianzhong (c. 1605–1647). According to family legend, the only possessions that Guo's ancestors brought to Sichuan were things they could carry on