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Qian Zhongshu (钱钟书; Pinyin: Qián Zhongshu, WG: Ch'ien Chung-shu) ( 1910 - December 19, 1998) was a Chinese writer and scholar, born in Wuxi.He was one of the most well-known Chinese authors to the Western world. Graduating from Tsinghua University in Beijing in 1933, Qian continued his studies in Oxford University ( Exeter College) in Britain, and later University of Paris in France. He returned to China in 1938 and became a professor at Tsinghua University.
His most famous novel, Wei Cheng ( Fortress BesiegedFortress Besieged (Wei Sheng) is a comedy of manners written by Qian Zhongshu, published in 1947. The title is based on a French proverb: Marriage is like a fortress besieged: those who are outside want to get in, and those who are inside want to get out.), was then published in 1947. His other works include Ren*Shou*Gui (Men*Beasts*Ghosts) and Xiezai Rensheng Bianshang (The Marginalia of Life).
He also wrote elaborate notes on Chinese classicsChina has a wealth of classical literature, both poetry and prose, dating from the Eastern Zhou Dynasty (1122 BC 256 BC) and including the Chinese classics texts or Chinese canonical texts''. Some of them are attributed to Confucius but he might only be t, showing his erudition and insight into a comparative study of different cultures. For all of this, literature was not his primary employment, he was the translator for much of Mao Tse-tung's collected works, which occupied most of the remainder of his active professional life. Only recently have translations of his earlier works become widely available, though Fortress Besieged was adapted into a television mini-series in China in 1990.
His wife, Yang Jiang , is also an author, best known for her translation of Don QuixoteDon Quixote (or Don Quijote pronounced kee-HO-teh) de la Mancha is a novel by the Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes. It is one of the earliest novels in a modern European language and many people consider it the best book in the Spanish language. The ful into Chinese.
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