Lo Hsiang-lin (羅香林) | |||||||||
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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.
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.
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]
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