Qian Qianyi on Du Fu

Qian Qianyi, pic from here

My classmate, Hao Ji, brought a text called Chu xue ji 初學集 (The 'Begin to Study' Collection) by the Ming-Qing scholar Qian Qianyi 銭謙益 (1582-1664).


We read a few prefaces that describe Qian Qianyi's conception of previous scholarship on Du Fu and modestly introduces his own contributions to the field. The modesty that characterizes the tone and the rhetoric of the pieces is of great note here (more to come when I'm not so tired). Notes to the reading.

Also see:

Yan, Zhixiong. The Poet-historian Qian Qianyi. New York: Routledge, 2009.