Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c10.s2.t4.8

v2.c10.s2.t4.8

Guo Moruo was an ardent admirer and lover of Rabindranath Tagore's poems during the time when he was pursuing higher studies in Japan as a student. However, on the eve of Tagore's visit to China, in view of the changing socio-economic–political conditions and fierce ideological debate then raging in China; Guo Moruo without mincing words, is reported to have vividly showed his cynicism and scepticism about the message that the Indian poet was likely to convey to the Chinese people and youth when the latter would visit China. But, even then, Guo Moruo continued to have high regards and appreciation for Tagore's poems.