death_place death_date children birth_place parents birth_date spouse image article_title alma_mater
china beijing , people 's republic of china 19 december 1998 qian yuan -lrb- 錢瑗 -rrb- 20px wuxi , jiangsu , qing dynasty qian jibo -lrb- 錢基博 -rrb- 21 november 1910 yang jiang qian zhongshu 1940s.jpg qian zhongshu
 tsinghua university university of oxford
qian zhongshu

qian zhongshu -lrb- november 21 , 1910 -- december 19 , 1998 -rrb- was a chinese literary scholar and writer , known for his wit and erudition .
he is best known for his satirical novel `` fortress besieged '' -lrb- traditional : , simplified : -rrb- .
his works of non-fiction are characterised by their large amount of quotations in both chinese and western languages -lrb- including english , french , german , italian , spanish , and latin -rrb- .
he also played an important role in digitizing chinese classics late in his life .
