Lo Hsiang-lin
Lo Hsiang-lin (羅香林) | |||||||||
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| Born | October 19, 1906 | ||||||||
| Died | April 20, 1978 (aged 71) | ||||||||
| Other names | Lò Hiông-lìm | ||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Writer, researcher, linguist, lecturer | ||||||||
| Known for | Hakka Studies | ||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 罗香林 | ||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 羅香林 | ||||||||
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Lo Hsiang-lin (19 October 1906 – 20 April 1978) was one of the most renowned researchers in Hakka language and culture. His pioneering research in Hakka genealogy[1] showed that the Hakka are Han Chinese.
Background
[edit]Lo Hsiang-lin was born in Xingning, Guangdong in 1906 and died in 1978. He attended Xingmin middle school, Tsinghua University, and Yenching University. From 1956–1968 he was a professor in Hong Kong University's Chinese department. In 1969, he became the first director of the Research Institute of Chinese Literature and History, Chu Hai College.
Hong Kong
[edit]In 1963, Lo Hsiang-lin was widely recognized for his depictions of Hong Kong as a center for cultural interchange between Eastern and Western civilizations, saying, "Friendship between nations, like friendship between persons, grows only where there is mutual respect and give and take."[2]
References
[edit]- ^ The Taiping Ideology: Its Sources, Interpretations, and Influences, By Vincent Yu-chung Shih, Youzhong Shi, Yu-chung Shih. University of Washington Press. 1967. ISBN 9780295739571. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
- ^ Edge of Empires: Chinese Elites and British Colonials in Hong Kong, By John M. Carroll. Harvard University Press. 2005. ISBN 9780674029231. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
Publications
[edit]- Hong Kong in the Cultural Interchange of East and West (香港與中西文化之交流)
- History of Chinese Nationalities (民族生存論)
- Dr. Sun Yat-sen's Family Lineage (國父家世源流考)
- Introduction to Hakka Studies (客家研究導論)
- Study of Family Lineage in Hong Kong History (香港前代史)
- 客家源流考
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