Qian Wenzhong

Qian Wenzhong, born in Shanghai in 1966 and a native of Wuxi, Jiangsu, is a professor in the Department of History at Fudan University and a scholar of Sanskrit and Pali. In 1984 he entered Peking University to study under Ji Xianlin, and later studied at the University of Hamburg, researching Indology and Buddhist studies. He is known for his lectures on CCTV's Lecture Room, including Journey to the West with Xuanzang and the Three Character Classic, and is the author of works such as Wa Fu Ji and Ji Men Li Xue. The library holds three of his books: Seeking the Way: Ji Xianlin's Student Years, Ji Men Li Xue: My Teacher Ji Xianlin, and A Brief History of Fifty Thousand Years of China (2 volumes). These works fall mainly into biography and history readings. The former trace Ji Xianlin's early life and the bond between teacher and student in a plain, warm tone of personal witness; the latter outline China's historical development in a concise form for general readers. His writing combines an academic foundation with popular readability, with care for making history and figures accessible.