Nie Yuanzi

Nie Yuanzi
Born	(1921-04-05)5 April 1921 Hua County, Henan
Died	28 August 2019(2019-08-28) (aged 98) Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing
Nationality	Chinese
Alma mater	Renmin University
Occupation(s)	Academic administrator, high-level leader of the Red Guards
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	聂元梓
Traditional Chinese	聶元梓
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Niè Yuánzǐ Gwoyeu Romatzyh Nieh Yuantzyy Wade–Giles Nieh4 Yüan2-tzu3 IPA [njê ɥɛ̌n.tsì]

Nie Yuanzi (5 April 1921 – 28 August 2019) was a Chinese academic administrator at Peking University, known for writing a big-character poster criticising the university for being controlled by the bourgeoisie, which is considered to have been the opening shot of the Cultural Revolution.^[1] She became a top leader of the Red Guards in Beijing, and was sentenced to 17 years in prison after the end of the Cultural Revolution.