郭沫若
郭沫若 appears near the end of 75.故事新编：骷髅被复活后会感激庄子吗？ as a source-scoped example of the opportunistic reversal that the episode sees in 《起死》. The hosts connect his earlier attacks on 鲁迅 and later praise after Lu Xun’s death to the pattern of using whatever position becomes useful.
The episode also suggests that some 《故事新编》 myth rewritings may be in dialogue with Guo’s earlier myth-themed writing and with Creation Society attacks on Lu Xun. The point is not to reduce every story to Guo, but to show how Republican literary politics can sit behind ancient-story satire.
《资治通鉴·周纪》97-4丨史上为事业送老婆第一人 uses Guo in a separate source-scoped role as a modern skeptic of the claim that 嬴政 / 秦始皇 was 吕不韦’s biological son. The episode cites Guo’s reasoning as part of Historical Detective Reasoning: the story is isolated, internally strained, and resembles the 春申君 succession scandal too closely to be accepted without caution.
Connections
- 鲁迅 - writer whom the episode says Guo attacked and later publicly praised.
- 《故事新编》 - myth-rewriting collection possibly in dialogue with Guo’s own mythic writing.
- 《起死》 - source story used to frame opportunistic reversals.
- Instrumental Belief Critique - broader concept for the “whatever works” logic.
- 嬴政 / 秦始皇, 吕不韦, 赵姬, and Historical Detective Reasoning - Zhouji 97 part 4 use of Guo as a paternity-rumor skeptic.