Lin Yu-sheng explained

Lin Yu-sheng (; 7 August 1934 – 22 November 2022) was a Taiwanese philosopher and historian.

Biography

Lin was born in Shenyang. At the age of seven, he moved to Beijing, and aged 14, settled in Taiwan. In 1958, he earned a bachelor's degree in history from National Taiwan University. He emigrated to the United States in 1960, obtained a doctorate in social thought at the University of Chicago in 1970, and joined the University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty that year, after a period of postdoctoral research at Harvard University. Lin retired from UW–Madison in 2004.^{[1] [2]} Among Lin's influences were Yin Haiguang, Friedrich Hayek, and Edward Shils.^{[3] [4] [5]}

Lin was elected a member of Academia Sinica in 1994.^[2] He died in Denver, Colorado on 22 November 2022 of dementia, aged 88.^{[6] [7]}

Selected books

• Book: Lin . Yu-sheng . Crisis of Chinese Consciousness: Radical Antitraditionalism in the May Fourth Era . 1979 . University of Wisconsin Press . 9780299074104. ^[8]

Notes and References

1. News: 林 . 宸誼 . 著名思想史家、中研院院士林毓生去世 享壽88歲 . 17 September 2023 . United Daily News . 23 November 2022 . zh.
2. News: Yu-sheng Lin . 17 September 2023 . Academia Sinica.
3. News: Chen . Longgen . Professor Lin Yu-sheng delivers lecture on academic freedom at CityU . 17 September 2023 . City University of Hong Kong . 21 December 2009.
4. News: 公民社會先驅 中研院士林毓生辭世 享壽88歲 . 17 September 2023 . World Journal . 24 November 2022 . zh.
5. News: 楊 . 淑閔 . 中研院士、思想史家林毓生辭世 享壽88歲 . zh . 17 September 2023 . Central News Agency . 23 November 2022.
6. News: Yu-Sheng Lin August 7, 1934 — November 22, 2022 . Horan and McConaty Funeral Service and Cremation . November 2022.
7. News: Academician Yu-sheng Lin Has Passed Away . 17 September 2023 . Academia Sinica.
8. Reviews of Crisis of Chinese Consciousness include:
   • Alitto . Guy S. . The Crisis of Chinese Consciousness: Radical Antitraditionalism in the May Fourth Era. By Lin Yü-sheng. Foreword by Benjamin I. Schwartz. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1979, xiv, 201 pp. Bibliography, Character List, Index. $20.00. . The Journal of Asian Studies . November 1979 . 39 . 1 . 140–142 . 10.2307/2053519.
   • Chang . David W. . Book Reviews : The Crisis of Chinese Consciousness: Radical Anti-Traditionalism in the May Fourth Era. By LIN YU-SHENG. (Madison:The University of Wisconsin Press, 1979. Pp. xiv, 201. $20.00.) . Political Research Quarterly . March 1980 . 33 . 1 . 10.1177/1065912980033001.
   • Moody . Peter R. . Chinese Radicals - Lin Yü-sheng: The Crisis of Chinese Consciousness: Radical Antitraditionalism in the May Fourth Era. (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press. Pp. 201. $20.00.) . The Review of Politics . April 1980 . 42 . 2 . 256–258 . 10.1017/S0034670500031491.
   • Gasster . Michael . LIN YÜ-SHENG. The Crisis of Chinese Consciousness: Radical Antitraditionalism in the May Fourth Era. Foreword by BENJAMIN I. SCHWARTZ. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press. 1979. Pp. xiv, 201. $20.00 . The American Historical Review . December 1979 . 84 . 5 . 1453 . 10.1086/ahr/84.5.1453.