Zhou Guoping
Zhou Guoping 周国平 | |
|---|---|
 Zhou in 2019 | |
| Born | July 25, 1945 |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Education | Peking University Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences |
| Occupation | • Writer
• Scholar • Philosopher |
| Spouse | Minzi (?-1980)
Xiang Lingyu (divorced) Guo Hong (1997-present) |
| Children | Niuniu (deceased) Jiujiu |
Zhou Guoping (Chinese: 周国平; pinyin: Zhōu Guópíng; born July 25, 1945), is a modern Chinese author, poet, scholar, translator, philosopher, and research fellow at the Institute of Philosophy of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
As of 2017, Zhou had published more than 20 books, some in Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Korea.[which?]
Biography
[edit]Zhou was born in Shanghai, where he grew up and attended Shanghai High School. After he graduated from Peking University in 1967, Zhou worked on a Hunan farm for one and a half years. He was later relocated to work in the Tzeyuan town in Guangxi, where he married his first wife, Minzi (Chinese: 敏子).
In 1978 he left Guangxi and attended the Institute of Philosophy of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, where he received a masters degree and a PhD.
In the spring of 1980 Zhou’s first marriage ended. He then married Xiang Lingyu (Chinese: 项灵羽). When Zhou was 43, he had his first daughter Niuniu (Chinese: 妞妞), who was diagnosed with and died from a rare cancer, Retinoblastoma. His second marriage ended soon after Niuniu’s death.[1]
In September 1997 Zhou married Guo Hong (Chinese: 郭红), who was twenty years younger than him. Together they had a daughter, Jiujiu (Chinese: 啾啾).[2]
Zhou caused controversy in 2015 by a Weibo post which said that women were beautiful when cleaning the house or feeding babies, which led to him being accused of having straight man cancer.[3]
Selected publications
[edit]- Niuniu: the Reading Notes of a Father (Shanghai People's Publishing House, 2006)[4] was written after the death of Niuniu (Zhou's first daughter) from retinoblastoma.
- Men and Eternity (Shanghai People's Publishing House, 1987)[5] is a book of short essays.
- The Starry Sky of Thoughts (People's Literature Publishing House, 2009)[6] is a book of essays.
- Souls Only Walk Alone (People's Literature Publishing House, 2009)
- Freestyle (People's Literature Publishing House, 2001) is a book of dialogues between Zhou and rock musician Cui Jian.
Controversy
[edit]In the Starry Sky of Thoughts, Zhou states that from his viewpoint, the beauty of a woman will inevitably be compromised if she fails to become a good lover, wife, and mother.[7] His words lead to criticisms from numerous feminists.[8] Lu Ping (Chinese: 吕频), a feminist activist, argued that Zhou’s words were "not only ignorant about women, but also contained an arrogant attitude from his ivory tower.”[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "周国平：当时没给妞妞做手术，我后悔了(图)-搜狐滚动". roll.sohu.com. Retrieved 2017-11-16.
- ^ "鲁豫有约：周国平的三次婚姻". enjoy.eastday.com. Retrieved 2017-11-16.
- ^ Steinfeld, Jemimah (Mar 13, 2015). "China's 'straight man cancer': are Chinese women finally on the rise?". Retrieved 4 November 2015.
- ^ Zhou, Guoping (2006). Niuniu: the Reading Notes of a Father. Shanghai People's Publishing House.
- ^ Zhou, Guoping (1987). Men and Eternity. Shanghai People's Publishing House.
- ^ Zhou, Guoping (2009). The Starry Sky of thoughts. People's Literature Publishing House.
- ^ "周国平回应"直男癌"之争：我是一名女性主义者". 搜狐文化.
- ^ "外媒："直男癌"性别歧视主义". 中国日报网.
- ^ "女权主义者集体发声：批判周国平意味真正性别革命的到来_思想市场_澎湃新闻-The Paper". www.thepaper.cn. Retrieved 2017-11-13.
External links
[edit]- Article by Zhou Guoping at China Digital Times
- (zh) Selected Works of Zhou Guoping - Sina
- (zh) Zhou Guoping's Blog - Sina
- (zh) [1]
- Translators to Chinese
- Academic staff of the Southwest University of Political Science & Law
- Writers from Shanghai
- Educators from Shanghai
- Philosophers from Shanghai
- 1945 births
- Living people
- 20th-century Chinese translators
- 21st-century Chinese translators
- 20th-century Chinese philosophers
- 21st-century Chinese philosophers