About: Yang Kuo-shu

Yang Kuo-shu (Chinese: 楊國樞; pinyin: Yáng Guóshū; 22 December 1932 – 17 July 2018) was a Chinese psychologist and political activist in Taiwan, considered the founder of indigenized Chinese psychology. He served as professor and Chair of the Psychology Department of National Taiwan University. He became Vice-President of Academic Sinica in 1996, and was elected as an academician in 1998. He was an advocate for political freedom and democracy during the Martial Law era, and was the founding president of the Taipei Society.