Guo moruo biography for kids

Guo Moruo is a widely acclaimed author, playwright, poet, historian and archaeologist of the 20th century. He is well known for his vernacular Chinese poets, novels and dramas.

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Born in 1892 into a landlord merchant’s family in Leshan, Sichuan Province, Guo was first tutored privately when he was a child. In 1906, he entered a primary school at Jiading, and in 1910 he studied in a high school in Chengdu.

Under the influence of the Revolution in 1911, Guo became a zealous activist for democratic cause. Also in the same year, Guo’s family announced an arranged marriage for him.

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He tied the knot with the unseen bride in 1912, but immediately regretted the marriage and went back to Chengdu. During Guo’s whole life, he never formally divorced Zhang Qionghua, his first wife, yet neither lived with her.

In 1914, he went to Tokyo No.1 High School in Japan.

After that, he entered Sixth Higher School in Okayama. He met his second wife—Sato Tomiko at St. Luke’s Hospital in To