丁乃通:醉心于中国民间故事研究的美籍华人学者

Ding Naitong:A Chinese American Scholar Indulged in the Study of Chinese Folklore

著名美籍华人学者丁乃通先生(1915-1989)长期任教于美国西伊利诺大学,曾以10年之力编纂出版《中国民间故事类型索引》一书,运用芬兰学派的历史地理方法研究中国民间故事,蜚声海内外。20世纪80年代中国迈入改革开放的历史时期以后,他多次来中国讲学,促进中国民间文艺学与国际学界交流接轨,培育内地人才,为弘扬中华民间文学作出了可贵贡献。

The famous Chinese American scholar Ding Naitong（1915—1989）taught in Western Illinois University in America for a long time.He compiled and published The Type and Index of the Chinese Folklore with 10 years efforts which use the historical and geographical method of Finnish School and is renowned at home and abroad.In the 1980 s,when China entered into the reforming and opening historical period,he came back to China to give lectures several times,which promoted the connection and integration between Chinese folk art and international academic circle,cultivated mainland talents,and made a valuable contribution to carry forward the Chinese folk literature.