Guo moruo biography

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.

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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