# Liu Dalin

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{{Short description|Professor of sociology (1932–2022)}}
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'''Liu Dalin''', also sometimes '''Dalin Liu''' or '''Ta-lin Liu''', ({{zh|c=刘达临}}; 2 June 1932 – 17 December 2022) was a Chinese professor of [sociology](/source/sociology) at [Shanghai University](/source/Shanghai_University), who pioneered the field of [sexology](/source/sexology).

Liu was born on 2 June 1932.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uLYoAQAAIAAJ&q=%E5%88%98%E8%BE%BE%E4%B8%B4+1932%E5%B9%B46%E6%9C%882%E6%97%A5 | title=情色文化史: 性的解放與禁錮 : 從雜交、春宫到房中術 | author1=劉達臨 | year=2004 | publisher=八方出版社 | isbn=978-957-29245-4-9 |language=zh }}</ref> In 1989–90, he helped conduct a nationwide survey on sexual behavior and attitudes in China, not unlike the [Kinsey Report](/source/Kinsey_Report) in the United States. A report on the survey's outcomes was first published in 1992 in [Shanghai](/source/Shanghai); in 1997 Liu published the English edition ''[Sexual Behavior in Modern China](/source/Sexual_Behavior_in_Modern_China)'' ({{ISBN|0-8264-0886-9}}). Also in 1997, he opened China's first [sex museum](/source/sex_museum) in Shanghai; it has since moved to [Tongli](/source/Tongli).

Liu won the [Magnus Hirschfeld Medal](/source/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 lang|zh}}.
*''Pictorial History of Erotica''.
*''World Sex Culture'' (2005), China Friendship Press, {{ISBN|7-5057-2110-0}}, {{in lang|zh}}.

Liu died on 17 December 2022, at the age of 90.<ref>[https://c.m.163.com/news/a/HOUPJMQB0514R9P4.html 著名性学专家、上海大学社会系教授刘达临逝世，享年90岁] {{in lang|zh}}</ref>

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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070929123657/http://en1.chinabroadcast.cn/1857/2004-7-8/14@129857.htm Interview with Prof. Liu Dalin, 2004]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050818124300/http://www2.hu-berlin.de/sexology/CSM/index.htm Home page of his sex museum]

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