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= Luo Xiao Wei = Luo Xiao Wei (Chinese: 罗小未)(born September 10, 1925 and passed away on June 8, 2020) started her education at the St. John's University in Shanghai where she graduated in 1948 as an architecture major. She became a lecturer afterwards, and with the 1952 Reorganization of Chinese Higher Education, she found herself working with Tongji University In Shanghai. There, she practiced as a teaching assistant, lecturer, associate professor and professor, as well as eventually becoming the founder of the Architectural History and Theory department at the institution.

Exchange of Architectural Thought and Culture
Luo Xiao Wei is best known for systematically introducing one of the first courses on Western history, theory and thought into the Chinese architectural curriculum, as well as authoring a plethora of textbooks, many of which have been adopted and are now considered fundamental to the curriculum of over 300 schools across the country. While she gained recognition and respect in China for these accomplishments, Luo Xiao Wei is celebrated not for a one-sided import of information and ideas but rather the exchange of cultures between the east and west during her time abroad. After the implementation of the 1978 Open Door Policy, she is considered to have entered her 'golden age' of teaching, in which she spent a vast amount of time abroad immersing herself in various countries both learning and teaching: she conducted numerous lectures at overseas universities and would dedicate a large portion of her time engaging in academic discussions with local practitioners and scholars. Despite being such a big proponent of western architectural theory, she was one also of the first to vocalize a move away from eurocentrism ideologies. She emphasized that by learning about western architecture, one must understand "what it is and why it is the way it is" because "if one is unable to analyze and criticize it, one would not be able to learn from it," which was the real goal of looking at and studying cultures outside of one's own.

The First Textbooks
Scholarly literature in Luo Xiao Wei's specialization was not abundant when she first entered the field of teaching. Recognizing this, she took it upon herself to compile and publicize information that could fill this gap. Given the extremely limited resources as well as the multidisciplinary knowledge that was needed to put these texts together, this was no easy feat; she additionally believed that imagery would be a priceless contribution to these publications as many viewing the books would have no way of ever visiting the structures in person. In total, she produced over 10 types of teaching materials composed up a multitude of textbooks, photo collections, and presentation slides. Books such as A Pictorial History of World Architecture, as she promised, were filled with images of architectural forms, construction detailing, and building facades painstakingly compiled in order to advance academic knowledge in the area.

Restoration Work
Luo Xiao Wei was also passionate about restoration work of heritage buildings within her hometown of Shanghai. As such, she was involved in the protection of notable structures as well as worked on heritage conservation policies within the architectural realm. Due to this efforts, many see her as a pioneer in the preservation of culture and conservation work in Shanghai and even gained the nickname of 'the Goddess of Protection' for this work.