Bǎi yáng (b? iYá ng), a Christian, was originally named Guo, later renamed Guo Libang, and finally Guo Yidong himself. He used to use the pen name Deng Kebao. Born in Tongxu County, Kaifeng City, Henan Province, his ancestral home is Huixian County, Henan Province. Mr. Bai Yang claimed to have been born around 1920. His father was the county magistrate of Tongxu County, and Poplar was born in the yamen apartment of the county government at that time. I don't know the date of birth, but the final recognized birthday is March 7th to commemorate the day when 1968 was arrested and imprisoned.

I have attended many schools in my life, but I have never got a diploma. I went to college with a fake degree several times and was "expelled from school forever" by the Ministry of Education.

Tang Degang, a historian, has a saying: "The life of Poplar, from the day he was born, constituted a standard image of traditional China society-he was a little orphan abused by his' dead mother'."

1949, to Taiwan Province province. 1953, published the first article in my life. 1960 began to write essay columns in the name of "Bai Yang".

1968 was sentenced to death for Popeye incident, which was later reduced to fixed-term imprisonment 12 years and then reduced to 8 years. 1 977 released in April1,actually imprisoned for 9 years and 26 days. From 1950 to 2004, ten years' novels, ten years' essays, ten years' imprisonment, five years' columns, ten years' historical writing, ten years' human rights and Chinese-speaking places have spread Bai Yang's works.

From 65438 to 0966, he served as president of Pingyuan Publishing House. His wife, Ni Minghua (poet), is the editor-in-chief of the home edition of China Daily, and he is in charge of Popeye comic column of this edition. 1968 65438+ 10/3, because a cartoon was published, which said that two fathers and sons bought an island, only two fathers and sons established a kingdom on the island, and the father and son ran for president. This cartoon angered the authorities of Taiwan Province Province and arrested him on March 4th on charges of "insulting the Fuehrer" and "associating with bandits". This was the Popeye incident that shocked Taiwan Province Province at that time. Bai Yang was imprisoned for 9 years and 26 days and suffered serious physical and mental injuries. However, his will is not depressed. While in prison, he persisted in completing three manuscripts: Outline of the People's History of China, Descendants of Kings and Generals in China, and Chronology of Chinese History. 1978 After he was released from prison, the Taiwan Province provincial authorities ordered him to set three rules: no talking about the past, no repeating the same old story, no exposing the darkness of Taiwan Province society, and no writing a column for China Times. After he was released from prison, he married the poetess Zhang Xianghua. 1979, South Korea invited Bai Yang and Zhang Xianghua to attend the Poets' Congress, but Taiwan Province provincial authorities refused on the grounds that political prisoners could not leave the country.

Bai Yang mainly writes novels and essays, and the latter is more successful. Once listed as one of the top ten best-selling writers in Taiwan Province Province. His prose mainly includes Jade Carving, Talking about Dreams (set 10), Essays on the West Window (set 10), Unintentional Collection, Travel Notes on the Cloud, etc. Masterpieces: Outline of the History of China People, Ugly China People and Foreign Countries.