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Guo Pu, a Common card
Guo Pu, courtesy name Jingchun, was a Chinese historian, poet, and writer during the Jin dynasty, and is best known as one of China's foremost commentators on ancient texts.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 55
- DEF
- 35
- Power
- 90
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 4,500
Power 90 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 30 % of WikiCards cards.
Guo Pu quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Guo Pu card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Guo Pu was the well-educated son of a ______.
Answer
governor. Guo Pu was the well-educated son of a governor. From the Guo Pu article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Maclyn McCarty. Maclyn McCarty 59 · Guo Pu 55 · George Siemens 52 · Saignon 46 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Guo was a Taoist mystic, geomancer, collector of strange tales, editor of old texts, and erudite commentator.
- He was the first commentator of the Shan Hai Jing and so probably, with the noted Han bibliographer Liu Xin, was instrumental in preserving this valuable mythological and religious text.
- Guo Pu was the well-educated son of a governor.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Guo Pu article was read about 4,500 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 55 and blocks with 35: each hit it takes is cut by 14 %.
How to get Guo Pu
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
More Science cards
Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Guo Pu in the power ranking, all domains together.
- SaignonCommon · Society · ATK 46 DEF 44
- Sturgis Pretzel HouseCommon · Arts · ATK 49 DEF 41
- George SiemensCommon · Science · ATK 52 DEF 38
- Lars Saabye ChristensenCommon · Arts · ATK 58 DEF 32
- Michael J. McCulleyCommon · History · ATK 57 DEF 33
- Mikhail ArtsybashevCommon · Arts · ATK 54 DEF 36
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Guo Pu (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : 任渭長(1822-1857), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
