▁on ▁both ▁Europe ▁and ▁Asia ▁was ▁mind b og g ling ▁and ▁occupied ▁a ▁fair ▁amount ▁of ▁Par s ons ' ▁time . ▁One ▁scholar ▁Par s ons ▁came ▁to ▁know ▁was ▁Karl ▁August ▁W itt fog el ▁and ▁discussed ▁We ber . ▁On ▁China , ▁Par s ons ▁received ▁fundamental ▁information ▁from ▁Chinese ▁scholar ▁A i - Li ▁S ung ▁Ch in ▁and ▁her ▁husband , ▁Robert ▁Ch in . ▁Another ▁Chinese ▁scholar ▁Par s ons ▁worked ▁closely ▁with ▁there ▁period ▁was ▁H s iao - T ung ▁Fe i ▁( or ▁Fe i ▁X ia ot ong ) ▁( 1 9 1 0 – 2 0 0 5 ), ▁who ▁had ▁studied ▁at ▁the ▁London ▁School ▁of ▁Econom ics ▁and ▁was ▁an ▁expert ▁on ▁the ▁social ▁structure ▁of ▁the ▁Chinese ▁village . ▁ ▁Intel lect ual ▁ex changes ▁Par s ons ▁met ▁Alfred ▁Schutz ▁( or ▁Sch üt z ) ▁during ▁the ▁rational ity ▁sem inar , ▁which ▁he ▁conducted , ▁together ▁with ▁Sch ump eter , ▁at ▁Harvard ▁in ▁the ▁spring ▁of ▁ 1 9 4 0 . ▁Schutz ▁has ▁been ▁close ▁to ▁Edmund ▁Hus ser l ▁and ▁was ▁deeply ▁embedded ▁in ▁his ▁phenomen ological ▁philosophy . ▁Schutz ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Vienna ▁but ▁moved ▁to ▁the ▁US ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 9 , ▁and ▁for ▁years , ▁he ▁worked ▁on ▁the ▁project ▁of ▁developing ▁a ▁phenomen ological ▁soci ology , ▁primarily ▁based ▁on ▁an ▁attempt ▁to ▁find ▁some ▁point ▁between ▁Hus ser l ' s ▁method ▁and ▁We ber