Luo Changpei

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Luo Changpei

Luo Changpei (simplified Chinese: 罗常培; traditional Chinese: 羅常培; pinyin: Luó Chángpéi, courtesy name: Xīntián 莘田, art name: Tián'ān 恬庵) (1899–1958) was a Chinese linguist. He made important contributions to the study of historical Chinese phonology. He was also a pioneer of the modern studies of Chinese dialects and of non-Chinese languages in China.

Born into a Manchu family, he graduated from the Peking University. Besides spending some years in the United States as a visiting scholar, he spent most of his academic life at Peking University. One of his students there was Michael Halliday. In 1929, along with Yuen Ren Chao and Li Fanggui, he became a researcher at the Institute of History and Philology (歷史語言研究所) of the Academia Sinica (then located at Beijing, i.e. the now Chinese Academy of Sciences). He also served as director of the Research Institute of Linguistics at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences until his death in 1958.

Luo also co-authored a book on the 'Phags-pa script with Cai Meibiao (Chinese: 蔡美彪).

Bibliography

With Cai Meibiao (Chinese: 蔡美彪)

• 1959. Basibazi yu Yuandai Hanyu [Ziliao Huibian] 八思巴字與元代漢語[資料彙編]. Beijing : Kexue Chubanshe. Revised edition, 2004.

References

• (Chinese) Biographical sketch (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)
• (Chinese) A memoir of Luo Changpei (悼念羅常培先生) by Lao She