Qian Daosun

Qian Daosun 錢稻孫 (1887-1966) was a renowned Chinese writer and interpreter.

Since 1900 Qian lived in Japan, where studied in a French language school. Afterwards he also lived in Belgium and Italy, graduated from the University of Rome and returned to China in 1910.

Qian Daosun was a close friend of Lu Xun and Xu Shoushang (1983-1948). Together with them, he co-authored the Twelve Symbols national emblem in 1912.

Since 1927, Qian taught Japanese in the Qinghua University, where he obtained the professor's title in 1931, while also being the head of the university library.

His renowned translations include the Inferno part of the Divine Comedy, Man'yōshū and The Tale of Genji.