Liu Dalin 2785818 214769439 2008-05-25T04:58:08Z 222.95.63.165 '''Liu Dalin''', also sometimes '''Dalin Liu''' or '''Ta-lin Liu''', ([[Chinese Language|Chinese]]:刘达临,born c. [[1932]]) is a retired professor of [[sociology]] at [[Shanghai University]] who pioneered the field of [[sexology]] in [[China]]. From [[1989]]-[[1990]], he helped conduct a nation-wide survey on sexual behavior and attitudes in China, not unlike the [[Kinsey Report]] in the [[United States]]. A report on the survey's outcomes was first published in [[1992]] in [[Shanghai]]; in [[1997]] Liu published the English edition ''Sexual Behavior in Modern China'' (ISBN 0-8264-0886-9). Also in [[1997]], he opened China's first [[sex museum]] in Shanghai; it has since moved to [[Tong Li, Suzhou]]. Liu won the [[Magnus Hirschfeld Medal]] for his research in sexology in [[1994]]. Liu published several books on the history of erotica in China: *''History of Erotica in China'' (2004), People's Daily Press, ISBN 7-80153-776-9 (in Chinese) *''Pictorial History of Erotica''. ==External links== * [http://en1.chinabroadcast.cn/1857/2004-7-8/14@129857.htm Interview with Prof. Liu Dalin, 2004] * [http://www2.hu-berlin.de/sexology/CSM/index.htm Home page of his sex museum] <!-- Liu is the family name, Dalin the given name --> [[Category:Chinese sociologists]] [[Category:Sexologists]] [[zh:刘达临]]