Liu Dalin, also sometimes Dalin Liu or Ta-lin Liu, (; 2 June 1932 – 17 December 2022) was a Chinese professor of

sociology Sociology is the scientific study of human society that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of Interpersonal ties, social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life. The term sociol ...

Shanghai University Shanghai University (SHU) is a municipal public university in Shanghai, China. It is owned by the Shanghai Municipal People's Government. The university is part of Project 211 and the Double First-Class Construction. Shanghai University mai ...

, who pioneered the field of

sexology Sexology is the scientific study of human sexuality, including human sexual interests, Human sexual activity, behaviors, and functions. The term ''sexology'' does not generally refer to the non-scientific study of sexuality, such as social crit ...

. Liu was born on 2 June 1932. In 1989–90, he helped conduct a nationwide survey on sexual behavior and attitudes in China, not unlike the

Kinsey Report The Kinsey Reports are two scholarly books on human sexual behavior, ''Sexual Behavior in the Human Male'' (1948) and ''Sexual Behavior in the Human Female'' (1953), written by Alfred Kinsey, Wardell Pomeroy, Clyde Martin, and (for ''Sexual Beh ...

in the United States. A report on the survey's outcomes was first published in 1992 in

Shanghai Shanghai, Shanghainese: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: is a direct-administered municipality and the most populous urban area in China. The city is located on the Chinese shoreline on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the ...

; in 1997 Liu published the English edition '' Sexual Behavior in Modern China'' (). Also in 1997, he opened China's first

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in Shanghai; it has since moved to

Tongli Tongli, alternately Tong-Li (; Wu: Don li, ) is a town in Wujiang district, on the outskirts of Suzhou, Jiangsu province. It is known for a system of canals, it has been given the nickname "Venice of the East". The place retains many of the ...

. Liu won the

Magnus Hirschfeld Medal The Magnus Hirschfeld Medal is awarded by the German Society for Social-Scientific Sexuality Research (DGSS) for outstanding service to sexual science, granted in the categories "Sexual Research" and "Sexual Reform". It is named in honour of Germa ...

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, , . *''Pictorial History of Erotica''. *''World Sex Culture'' (2005), China Friendship Press, , . Liu died on 17 December 2022, at the age of 90.著名性学专家、上海大学社会系教授刘达临逝世，享年90岁

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