| Lo Hsiang-lin (羅香林) | |||||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 19 October 1906 | ||||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Ningxin, Xingning, Guangdong, Qing Dynasty | ||||||||||||
| Death Place: | British Hong Kong | ||||||||||||
| Other Names: | Lò Hiông-lìm | ||||||||||||
| Occupation: | Writer, researcher, linguist, lecturer | ||||||||||||
| Known For: | Hakka Studies | ||||||||||||
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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]