Li Zhisui, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Li Zhisui

Chinese physician

Date of Birth: 30-Dec-1920

Place of Birth: Beijing, China

Date of Death: 13-Feb-1995

Profession: writer, physician, biographer

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Li Zhisui (simplified Chinese: ???; traditional Chinese: ???; pinyin: Li Zhìsui) (1919 – February 13, 1995) was Mao Zedong's personal physician and confidante.
He was born in Beijing, China in 1919.
After emigrating to the United States, he wrote a biography of Mao entitled The Private Life of Chairman Mao.
The biography was based on his recollection of journals he had kept, and later found expedient to destroy, while serving as physician to Mao. In the summer of 1968 and during the Cultural Revolution, Mao's wife, Jiang Qing, placed Li's life in danger by accusing him of trying to poison her.
Li managed to hide out, living incognito with the workers of the Beijing Textile Factory.
These workers were among the 30,000 Mao dispatched to Qinghua University to quell the warfare there between two factions of the Red Guards. Li's book about Mao is universally regarded as of great interest, but critics are numerous.On February 13, 1995, Li died of a heart attack at his son's house in Carol Stream, Illinois, where he had been living since emigrating. As a physician, Li was interested in psychiatry.
In October 1986, Li wrote the Preface for the first Chinese textbook on psychopharmacology, "Psychopharmacological Treatment for Psychiatric Disorders." [Editors: Drs.
Neng Cai (Tsai)(??), Hong-zhang Shi (???), etc., Shanghai Scientific Technology Publisher, May 1987]