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Guo Moruo
Guo Moruo (郭沫若, 1892–1978) was a Chinese romantic writer, Marxist historian, and politician who served as the first president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Guo Pu (Jin dynasty scholar and diviner)
Guo Pu (郭璞) was a Jin dynasty scholar, poet, and diviner, famed for his fu poetry and classical annotations, executed in 324 for refusing the rebel Wang Dun a favorable oracle.
Guo Pu (Ming dynasty official)
Guo Pu (郭朴, 1511–1593) was a Ming dynasty official from Anyang who twice headed the Ministry of Personnel, sat in the Grand Secretariat, and retired after factional attacks.
Guo Qin Lun
Guo Qin Lun (过秦论, "Faulting the Qin") is a classic political essay by the Western Han statesman Jia Yi, written around 178 BCE on why the Qin dynasty fell.
Guo Qiqi
Guo Qiqi (郭崎琪), Chinese rhythmic gymnast born 1998 in Chongqing; won women's group all-around gold at Paris 2024, China's first Olympic rhythmic gymnastics gold, after fourth at Tokyo 2020 and 2023 world titles.
Guo Shoujing
Guo Shoujing (1231–1316) was a Yuan-dynasty engineer and astronomer from Xingtai, Hebei, whose 82 km Tonghui Canal, completed in 1293, brought grain barges into Beijing.
Guo Si
Guo Si (郭汜) was a late Eastern Han military leader who stormed Chang'an after Dong Zhuo's death and fought Li Jue for control of the emperor.
Guo Songlin
Guo Songlin (郭松林, courtesy name Zimei, 1833–1880) was a Qing dynasty field commander from Xiangtan, Hunan, who rose from junior officer to provincial commander-in-chief suppressing the Taiping and Nian rebellions.
Guo Songtao
Guo Songtao (郭嵩焘, 1818–1891) was a Qing dynasty official, diplomat, and scholar from Xiangyin, Hunan, who served as China's first minister to Britain and France.
Guo Tai
Guo Tai (郭泰), courtesy name Linzong, was an Eastern Han scholar from Jiexiu, Shanxi, famed for judging men's character and named among the "Eight Emergent Ones"; he died in 169.
Guo Tu
Guo Tu (郭图), courtesy name Gongze, was an adviser to the Han warlord Yuan Shao who urged war on Cao Cao and lost at Guandu.
Guo Wei
Guo Wei (郭为, born 1963) is a Chinese technology executive who joined Legend, now Lenovo, in 1988 and has led Digital China Holdings since its 2001 listing in Hong Kong.
Guo Weiyang
Guo Weiyang (郭伟阳), Chinese artistic gymnast born 1988; 2012 London Olympic men's team gold as late replacement for injured Teng Haibin; 2011 world team champion; three-time national all-around champion 2010-2012.
Guo Wengui (郭文贵)
Guo Wengui, also known as Miles Guo, is a Chinese-born real estate developer sentenced in the United States to 30 years in prison for fraud.
Guo Wenjun
Guo Wenjun (郭文珺), born 1984 in Xi'an, is a Chinese sport shooter who won Olympic gold in women's 10 m air pistol at Beijing 2008 and London 2012, the second woman to defend an Olympic shooting title.
Guo Xi
Guo Xi (郭熙, ca. 1000–1090) was the leading Chinese landscape painter of the late Northern Song dynasty, known for Early Spring (1072) and the treatise Linquan Gaozhi, the first systematic account of landscape painting.
Guo Xiaochuan
Guo Xiaochuan (郭小川) was a Chinese poet and political figure, one of the leading political lyric poets of 1949–1966, known for works such as Sugarcane Forest — Green Gauze Tent.
Guo Yaoshi's defection to the Jin
Guo Yaoshi's defection to the Jin (郭药师叛降) was the 1125 surrender of the Song general Guo Yaoshi and his Ever-Victorious Army to the Jin commander Wolibu.
Guo Yihong
Guo Yihong (过以宏, English name Young Guo) is a senior partner at IDG Capital in Beijing since 1999, an early backer of Baofeng, Meitu, and Qihoo 360.
Guo Yue
Guo Yue (郭跃, born 1988) is a retired Chinese table tennis player from Anshan, Liaoning: two Olympic team golds (2008, 2012), two Olympic bronzes, and the 2007 world singles title.
Guo Zhizhang
Guo Zhizhang (郭知章), courtesy name Mingshu, was a Song dynasty official who rose to Hanlin Academician and pressed the court to return the Yellow River eastward.
Guo Zixing
Guo Zixing (郭子兴) was a late Yuan rebel leader who seized Haozhou in 1352, became one of its five commanders, and sponsored the future Ming founder, dying in 1355.
Guo Ziyi
Guo Ziyi (郭子仪) was a Tang dynasty general who suppressed the An Lushan rebellion and recovered Chang'an and Luoyang, dying in 781 as Prince of Fenyang.
Guo Zizhang
Guo Zizhang (郭子章, 1542–1618) was a Ming dynasty official, scholar, and gazetteer compiler from Taihe, Jiangxi, who rose to Grand Coordinator of Guizhou and Minister of War.
Guo-li Ming
Guo-li Ming (明国莉) is a neuroscientist at the University of Pennsylvania who studies human brain development using stem cells and brain organoids, including Zika virus research.
Guo‐Min Li
Guo-Min Li is a molecular biochemist and DNA mismatch repair researcher who reconstituted human mismatch repair from purified proteins and directs the Chinese Institute for Cancer Research in Beijing.
Guo‐Ping Shi
Guo-Ping Shi is a principal investigator in cardiovascular medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, known for Nature Medicine papers showing mast cells promote atherosclerosis.
Guo–ye system
The Guo–ye system (国野制), also called the xiang–sui system, divided Western Zhou China between the walled guo, where the Zhou conquerors lived, and the ye countryside of the subjugated population.
Guochao Guixiu Shichao
Guochao Guixiu Shichao (国朝闺阁诗钞), also romanized Guochao Guige Shichao, is an 1844 anthology of poetry by about one hundred Qing dynasty women poets, compiled by Cai Dianqi.
Guochao Guixiu Zhengshi Ji
Guochao Guixiu Zhengshi Ji (国朝闺秀正始集) is an 1831 anthology of poetry by Qing-dynasty gentry women, compiled over decades by the Manchu poet Yun Zhu (恽珠).