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Yao Wenyuan was born on 12 January, 1931 in Zhuji, Zhejiang, Republic of China, is a Chinese politician (1931–2005). Discover Yao Wenyuan's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 74 years old?
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Politician |
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74 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Capricorn |
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12 January 1931 |
| Birthday |
12 January |
| Birthplace |
Zhuji, Zhejiang, Republic of China |
| Date of death |
23 December, 2005 |
| Died Place |
Shanghai, People's Republic of China |
| Nationality |
China
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Yao Wenyuan Height, Weight & Measurements
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Yao Wenyuan Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Yao Wenyuan worth at the age of 74 years old? Yao Wenyuan’s income source is mostly from being a successful politician. He is from China. We have estimated Yao Wenyuan's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
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Yao Wenyuan (January 12, 1931 – December 23, 2005) was a Chinese literary critic, politician, and member of the Gang of Four during China's Cultural Revolution.
Yao Wenyuan was born in Zhuji, Zhejiang, to an intellectual family.
His father, Yao Pengzi (姚蓬子) was a writer, translator and art critic.
He began his career in Shanghai as a literary critic, where he became known for his sharp attacks against colleagues, such as in June 1957 against the newspaper Wenhuibao.
Since that time, he began to closely collaborate with leftist Shanghai politicians, including the head of the city's Propaganda Department, Zhang Chunqiao.
Yao claimed it was a coded attack on Mao for dismissing in 1959 then-minister of defense Peng Dehuai, a critic of Mao's Great Leap Forward.
Confused by this unexpected attack, Beijing's party leadership tried to protect Wu Han, providing Mao the pretext for a full-scale "struggle" against them in the following year.
Yao was soon promoted to the Cultural Revolution Group.
Yao Wenyuan was an ideal candidate for the criticism for such an opera because of his consistent socialist background.
His article "On the New Historical Beijing Opera 'Hai Rui Dismissed from Office, published in Wenhuibao on November 10, 1965, launched the Cultural Revolution.
The article was about a popular opera by Wu Han, who was deputy mayor of Beijing.
Zhang Chunqiao and Jiang Qing feared the play could be counter-revolutionary because parallels could be drawn between the characters in the play and officials in the communist government.
In the play, Hai Rui, a government official, speaks for the peasants against the imperial government, criticizing officials for hypocritically oppressing the masses while pretending to be virtuous men.
Hai Rui is dismissed because of this.
In April 1969 he joined the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, working on official propaganda.
A member of "Proletarian writers for purity" he was the editor of Liberation Daily, one of Shanghai's main newspapers.
He joined the state's efforts to rid China's writers union of the famous writer Hu Feng.
On October 6, 1976, he was arrested for his participation in the Cultural Revolution and sentenced to 20 years imprisonment in 1981.
He was released on October 5, 1996, and spent the remainder of his life writing a book and studying Chinese history.
He lived in Huzhou and Shanghai and became the last surviving member of the Gang of Four after Zhang Chunqiao died in April 2005.
According to China's official Xinhua news agency, he died of diabetes on December 23, 2005, aged 74.
