Qian Daxin

Born: 1728

Death: 1804

Biography:

Qian Daxin was a historian and linguist of Qing Dynasty China. He served as a commissioner of education and examinations in Guangdong Province. As the proponent of kaozheng approach, he criticized moralizing interpretations of the Chunqiu and argued that the importance of history should be deemed as valid as importance of classics.