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 showed that the Hakka are Han Chinese.

Background

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,

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Hong Kong

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."

References

Publications

* ''Hong Kong in the Cultural Interchange of East and West'' () * ''History of Chinese Nationalities'' () * ''Dr. Sun Yat-sen's Family Lineage'' () * ''Introduction to Hakka Studies'' () * ''Study of Family Lineage in Hong Kong History'' () * 客家源流考 1906 births 1978 deaths Republic of China historians 20th-century Hong Kong historians Chu Hai College of Higher Education faculty Hong Kong people of Hakka descent Tsinghua University alumni Chinese folklorists Yenching University alumni University of Hong Kong faculty People from Xingning Writers from Meizhou Linguists from China Scientists from Guangdong Hakka scientists Hakka writers Historians from Guangdong 20th-century linguists {{China-historian-stub