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Guo Moruo

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From: Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
Date: 20070301
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[or Kuo Mo-jo orig. Guo Kaizhen ] (born Nov. 1892, Shawan, Luoshan county, Sichuan province, China—died June 12, 1978, Beijing) Chinese scholar and writer. In his youth he abandoned medical studies to devote himself to foreign literature, producing a popular translation of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 's Sorrows of Young Werther (1922). He wrote prolifically in every genre, including poetry, fiction, plays, nine autobiographical volumes, translations of Western works, and historical and philosophical treatises, including a monumental study of ancient inscriptions. Initially a liberal ...

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