Huang Wenshan | |
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黃文山 | |
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| Born | 1898 |
| Died | 1988 (aged 89–90) |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Other names | Huang Lingshuang (黃凌霜) Wen-shan Huang |
| Alma mater | Peking University Columbia University |
| Occupation(s) | Anthropologist, Sociologist |
| Years active | 1919–1982 |
Huang Wenshan (Chinese: 黄文山; pinyin: Huáng Wénshān, also known as Wen-shan Huang, 1898-1988) was a Chinese scholar of cultural studies, sociology, anthropology and ethnology.
As a university student he was a well-known libertarian socialist during the May Fourth Movement. In his subsequent career he became a leading advocate for the science of culturology, lecturing and publishing on the topic in Chinese and English, at first under the pen name Huang Lingshuang (Chinese: 黃凌霜; pinyin: Huáng Língshuāng) and later under his given name, while researching and teaching in China and the United States.
He was also an avid practitioner and promoter of tai chi (taijiquan), and wrote one of the earliest comprehensive and popular books on that topic in English. He was the grandfather of Chinese-American visual artist and film director Andrew Thomas Huang.