Li Guozhang was born in a Hmong village called Bixun which is located in the Baode town, Leishan County in southeast of Guizhou in November 1956. His house is surrounded by mountains. There is a big maple tree behind the house, with a square shaped pond in front of the house, as well as, four eight-diagram shaped windows in the middle of the house.
In July 1973, Li Guozhang graduated from junior high school and returned to his hometown to work in agriculture where he lived for five years entirely after graduation. In October 1978, he was admitted to the Supply and Marketing School of Guizhou Province and graduated in July 1981 and assigned to the Price Bureau in Leishan County in August of the same year. He also worked in the Procuratorate, the Political Committee, the General Affairs office, the courts, the Comprehensive Administration office successively since 1981. All the work experience seems to have nothing to do with the environment of his hometown, but also with his research for the Hmong Genesis calendars.
In June 2006, Li Guozhang was appointed as the director of the Hmong Culture Research Center in Leishan County of the Chinese National Museum of Ethnology. He is the _disibledevent="http://image.danews.cc/upload/doc/20200715/5f0e7a2f4161c.png" />