Lian Heng

Infobox Person
name = Lian Heng
連橫
birth_date = February 17, 1878
birth_place = Tainan, Taiwan
death_date = June 28, 1936
death_place = Shanghai, China
death_cause = liver cancer
nationality = Chinese
other_names = Lian Wugong (連武公)
Lian Yatang (連雅堂)
Lian Jianhua (連劍花)
known_for = "The General History of Taiwan"
occupation = historian, poet
relations = Lien Chan (grandson)

Lian Heng (zh-tsp|t=連橫|s=连横|p=Lián Héng), (1878–1936) also written Lien Heng, was a Chinese historian, author and poet. He is most famous for having written the "General History of Taiwan (臺灣通史)", widely considered the first history of the island.

References

*cite book|title=Lien Heng: Taiwan's Search for Identity and Tradition|author=Shui-hui Wu|publisher=Indiana University|year=2005|isbn=978-0933070530