Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c10.s2.t4.6

v2.c10.s2.t4.6

In 1923, Guo Moruo returned to China and joined the Kuo-min-tang (Nationalist Party) as political commissar while participating in the Northern Expedition of Jiang Jieshi. But when the rising peasant and workers movement in Jiang-xi and An-hui was crushed in March 1927, and the Communist Party members were subjected to severe persecution and suppression by Jiang Jieshi and his party, Guo Moruo felt disillusioned with the KMT policies. He left the KMT and joined the Chinese Communist Party. He actively participated in the Nan-chang uprising of August 1927, but after its dismal failure, Guo Moruo fled to Japan where he continued to prolong his stay for about 10 years, and devoted all his precious time in scholarly works till the outbreak of the anti-Japanese Resistance War of 1937, when again, he returned to China.