Bo Yang
Bo Yang (Chinese柏杨, Pinyin Băi Yáng, W.-G. Băi Yang; born as: Guo Libang (郭立邦, Guo libang, Kuo Li -pang ), born March 7, 1920 in Kaifeng, Henan, Republic of China, today: people's Republic of China, † April 29, 2008 in Taipei, Taiwan) was a Chinese cultural critic and author.
He was born as Guo Libang in Kaifeng, Henan. Some sources give the city Huixian, part of today Xinxiang, Henan, to being the birthplace of Bo Yang. He later changed his name to Guo Yidong (Chinese郭 衣 洞), presumably because he had fallen out with his father and stepmother. In 1949 he traveled to Taiwan, where he led the pseudonym Bo Yang began to use in 1960, under which he wrote critical essays.
One of the particular throughout the Chinese -speaking world famous works Bo Yang is the book The Ugly Chinese (Chinese丑陋 的 中国 人). It deals with the central theme of his cultural criticism: destructive forms of competition struggle of the Chinese people themselves.
Because of his criticism of Chiang Kai- shek (KMT ), he was for nine years on the Emerald Isle ( " Ludao Xiang" ) imprisoned. The trigger for this was his translation of a comic strip Popeye, which he had begun. Inside is Popeye on a boat at sea, with the baby " Swee'pea " in the arm. Popeye is on a remote island and says: ". I'll be king of this island and you my sweet little prince " The government of Taiwan saw it as a parody of Chiang Kai- shek's decision, his son Chiang Ching- kuo (KMT ) as the successor to be determined. In detention, Bo Yang wrote a number of works on Chinese history.
Bo Yang lived in Taipei and was until his death the honorary title of national political adviser of President Chen Shui -bian (DPP ). On April 20, 2008 it was the Taiwanese television MAC TV (宏观 电视), as the elected President Ma of the KMT Yingjiu Bo Yang visited at the bedside and this assured the path of democracy would continue after taking office on 20 May 2008. Nine days later, on 29 April 2008, Bo Yang died of respiratory failure. Bo Yang was married since 1978 to the poet Zhang Xiang - Hua (张香华) and had three daughters and two sons from his four previous marriages.