Li Ao
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Li Ao at Fayuan Temple in 2005. Fayuansi is a temple in Beijing, which was portrayed for the main scene in his first novel, Martyr's Shrine.
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| Born |
25 April 1935 Harbin, Heilongjiang |
| Alma mater |
National Taichung First Senior High School National Taiwan University |
| Spouse(s) |
Terry Hu (m. 1980–80) Wang Zhihui (m.1992) |
| Children | Hedy Wen Li 李文, born on 22 September 1964 Li Kan , born on 3 August 1992 Li Chen 李諶, born on 23 November 1994 |
| Parent(s) | Li Dingyi Zhang Kuichen 張桂貞 |
Li Ao (Chinese: 李敖; pinyin: Lǐ Áo; born on the 25th of April in 1935) is a Chinese-Taiwanese writer, social commentator, historian, and independent politician.
He is considered by many to be one of the most important modern East Asian essayists today, although some critics have termed him as an intellectual narcissist. His political inclinations are more controversial, being a very vocal critic of both the Kuomintang and the Democratic Progressive Party and their many politicians, including Chiang Kai-shek, Ma Ying-jeou and Chen Shui-bian. Although he favors reunification with the People's Republic of China (PRC), especially under the "One Country, Two Systems" policy, Li refuses to refer to himself as pro-"Pan-Blue" due to its association with the Kuomintang. He also firmly believes in Chinese nationalism and is given much media exposure in Taiwan due to his popularity as a writer.
Li was born in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province to Li Dingyi (李鼎彝), a professor of Chinese, and Zhang Kuichen (張桂貞). His family has ancestry in Wei County (modern-day Weifang), Shandong Province, and Fuyu County, Jilin Province. The entire Li family, except for two children, moved to Taiwan at the end of the Chinese Civil War in 1949. Li received his bachelor's degree from National Taiwan University's Department of History in 1959.
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