Lin Yaohua (, March 27, 1910 – November 27, 2000) was a leading Chinese sociologist and anthropologist. He was noted for his studies of Chinese family structures, as well as work on China's minority ethnic groups, particularly the

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. He also collaborated with

Fei Xiaotong Fei Xiaotong or Fei Hsiao-tung (November 2, 1910 – April 24, 2005) was a Chinese anthropologist and sociologist. He was a pioneering researcher and professor of sociology and anthropology; he was also noted for his studies in the study o ...

on works about ethnology in China.

Life

Lin Yaohua was born in

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, on March 27, 1910. In 1935, he earned his master's degree from

Yenching University Yenching University (), was a university in Beijing, China, that was formed out of the merger of four Christian colleges between the years 1915 and 1920. The term "Yenching" comes from an alternative name for old Beijing, derived from its status ...

. In 1940, he earned a Ph.D. in Anthropology from

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Major works

* ''The Golden Wing: A Sociological Study of Chinese Family''. London: Routledge, Kegan Paul, 1947. * ''Liang shan yi jia'' 《凉山彝家》. Beijing, Commercial Press, 1944. Translated as "The Lolo of Lingshan": New Haven, CT" Human Relations Area Files, 1961. * ''Cong yuan dao ren de yanjiu'' 《从猿到人的研究》 (Research from apes to humans). Beijing, Beijing Gengyun Chubanshe, 1951. * ''Yuanshi shehui shi'' 《原始社会史》 (On the History of primitive society). Beijing, Zhonghua shuju, 1984. * ''Fuxi jiazu gongshe xingtai yanjiu''《父系家族公社形态研究》 (The Structure of Patriarchal Society) Qinghai, Qinghai Renmin Chubanshe, 1984. * ''Cong shuzhai dao tianye'' 《从书斋到田野》 (From the study to the open fields) Beijing, Zhongyang Minzu Daxue Chubanshe, 2000.

Notes

References

* Feuchtwang, Stephan, Rowlands, Michael, and Mingming, Wang, "Some Chinese Directions in Anthropology," ''Anthropological Quarterly'' 83(4):897-925 (2010). * Guldin, Gregory Eliyu, ''The Saga of Anthropology in China: From Malinowski to Moscow to Mao.'' New York, NY. Routledge, 1994. 1910 births 2000 deaths Chinese anthropologists Chinese sociologists People from Ningde Yenching University alumni Harvard University alumni 20th-century anthropologists {{Asia-sociologist-stub