Lien Heng

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Lien Heng 連橫
Photograph of Lien c. 1914
Born	February 17, 1878 Taiwan County [zh], Taiwan Prefecture, Qing China
Died	June 28, 1936(1936-06-28) (aged 58) Shanghai, Republic of China
Nationality	Chinese
Other names	Lien Wugong (連武公(Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Liân Bú-kong)) Lien Yatang (連雅堂(Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Liân Ngá-tông)) Lien Jianhua (連劍花(Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Liân Kiàm-hoa))
Occupation(s)	historian, poet
Known for	The General History of Taiwan
Relatives	Lien Chan (grandson) Sean Lien (great-grandson)

Lien Heng (Chinese: 連橫; pinyin: Lián Héng; Wade–Giles: Lien² Hêng²; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Liân Hêng; 1878–1936) was a Taiwanese historian, politician, poet, merchant, editor of a Tainan's local newspaper. His most representative work was The General History of Taiwan. Some have claimed that he contributed to the creation and spread of a unified and strong Taiwanese cultural identity through his historical research and works of poetry.^[1]