Mr.Lin Jiayou is an outstanding representative among the older generation of scholars studying Sun Yat-sen in China.Since he embarked on the road of research on Sun Yat-sen in the late 1970s,he has been forging ahead and constantly innovating,playing an indispensable role in the process of research on Sun Yat-sen to prosperity.Mr.Lin,with a high degree of academic consciousness,broke through the para⁃digm of revolutionary history earlier and devoted himself to systematically expounding Sun Yat-sen’s thoughts on construction.The biography of Sun Yat-sen,edited by him in his later years,is the culmina⁃tion of his dedication to the academic community.Mr.Lin has also demonstrated remarkable achievements in academic exchanges and other fields.Mr.Lin’s academic exploration in the field of research on Sun Yat-sen is a microcosm of the first generation of scholars who rose during the reform and opening-up peri⁃od.