Lo Hsiang-lin 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 to 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==
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