Yang Lien-sheng

Yang Lien-sheng
楊聯陞
Born(1914-07-26)July 26, 1914
DiedNovember 16, 1990(1990-11-16) (aged 76)
Alma materTsinghua University (BA)
Harvard University (MA, PhD)
Scientific career
FieldsSinology
InstitutionsHarvard University
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese楊聯陞
Simplified Chinese杨联升
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYáng Liánshēng
Wade–GilesYang2 Lien2-sheng1
IPA[jǎŋ ljɛ̌n.ʂə́ŋ]

Yang Lien-sheng (Chinese: 楊聯陞; July 26, 1914 – November 16, 1990) who often wrote under the name L.S. Yang, was a Chinese-American sinologist and professor at Harvard University. He was the first full-time historian of China at Harvard and a prolific scholar specializing in China's economic history.[1]

  1. ^ "Yang Lien-sheng," History of the Department, 1940-1950, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures (Harvard University) [1]