# Bo Yang

> Bo Yang, sometimes also erroneously called Bai Yang, was a Chinese historian, novelist, philosopher, poet based in Taiwan. He is also regarded as a social critic. His best-known work is The Ugly Chinaman, a controversial book that was banned in mainland China until the year 2000; in it he harshly criticized Chinese culture and the national character of Chinese people. According to his own memoir, the exact date of his birthday was unknown even to himself. He later adopted 7 March, the date of his 1968 imprisonment, as his birthday.

*Chinese author (1920–2008)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Born:** 1920-03-07
- **Died:** 2008-04-29
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
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## Sources
- [Wikiquote](https://zh.wikiquote.org/wiki/%E6%9F%8F%E6%A5%8A)
- [بو يانج](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88_%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AC)
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- [Bo Yang](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_Yang)
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- [Бо Ян](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE_%D0%AF%D0%BD)
- [Bá Dương](https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A1_D%C6%B0%C6%A1ng)
- [柏楊](https://zh_yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9F%8F%E6%A5%8A)
- [柏楊](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9F%8F%E6%A5%8A)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q704051)

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