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Chinese literary scholar and writer (–)

In this Chinese name, the family name is Qian.

Qian Zhongshu (November 21, – December 19, ), also transliterated as Ch'ien Chung-shu^[1] or Dzien Tsoong-su,^[2] was a renowned 20th century Chinese literary scholar and writer, known for his wit and erudition.

He is best known for his satirical novel Fortress Besieged. His works of nonfiction are characterized by large amount of quotations in both Chinese and Western languages such as English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, and Latin.^[3] He also played an important role in digitizing Chinese classics late in his life.^[4]

Qian created a profound theoretical meaning for the three features of motivational nature, empathetic nature, and rational nature of aesthetic emotion for literature by deeply studying questions such as the source of emotion motivation, the ways to express emotion, and the optimal comfort in emotion in wri