| 英文摘要 |
Lo Hsienglin is one of the most renowned researchers in Hakka language and culture. He is also well known in various fields of history studies including the history of race, the history of Tang Dynasty, the research of clanregister, the history of Hong Kong. Lo was one of the most famous historians of his times.
This paper examines the research methodologies applied by Lo on his Hakka studies. Lo analyzed Hakka's bloody relatives through the relationship between the Hakka and the Han race. He also applied the clan register in his studies to show that the Hakka is originated from the Han. Lo’s studies have promoted the study of Hakka from other disciplines such as topographical records and linguistics. In his two books, “The Introduction to Hakka Studies.” and “The Textual Research of the Source and History of Hakka”, Lo proposed several new perspectives regarding to the studies of Hakka which are so influential that studying Hakka has become popular among other subjects. Lo Hsienglin is an important figure on Hakka language and cluture studies. Lo’s Hakka studies have great contributions to academia in generating the Hakka identity, emphasizing the importance of Hakka language, and building the “Taiwanese Hakka Studies”.
Despite the importance of Lo’s studies on Hakka related topics, his studies have been criticized for overemphasizing the uniqueness of Hakka and replying too heavily on the data from c1anregisters. Lo’s studies, therefore, are been narrowed to certain angles of the whole stories which make his viewpoints on the literature subject to further investigations. |
