Qian Zhongshu, a Chinese Literary scholar and writer,
錢鐘書,中國文學研究家、作家,
was born on the 21st November, 1910 in Wuxi, Jiangsu.
1910年11月21日出生于江蘇無錫,
He is known for his burning wit and formidable erudition.
以驚人的才智和博學著稱。
His achievement in literature, ancient learning,comparative literature,and Cultural Critique was dubbed the title of "Qian Xue".
他在文學、國學、比較文學及文化批評等領域都取得了巨大的成就,被冠以“錢學”的稱號。
Qian was accepted into the Department of Foreign Languages of Tsinghua University in 1929 because of his excellent performance in Chinese and English languages.
1929年,鑒于他出色的漢語和英語水平,錢鐘書被清華大學外國語學院錄取。
He graduated with honors four years later.
四年后,他以優異的成績畢業。
In 1935, Qian received government scholarship to pursue his studies at Exeter College, Oxford in Britain.
1935年,錢鐘書考取了國家公費留學資格,留學英國牛津大學艾克賽特學院,
In the same year, he married Yangjiang, who was to become a successful translator and playwright.
同年與未來的著名翻譯家、作家楊絳結婚。
After returning to China in 1938, he taught in many schools due to the unstable situation during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
1938年回國后,由于當時抗日戰爭的動蕩局勢,他曾在多所高校任教。
In 1949, when the People's Republic of China was founded,he was appointed a professor in his alma mater Tsinghua University.
1949年新中國成立后,錢鐘書被母校清華大學聘為教授。
He was instated as the deputy director of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in his old age, and died at the age of 88.
晚年就職于中國社會科學院任副院長,并于88歲與世長辭。
After spending two years to study English Literature at Exeter College,Qian received his Bachelor of Literature.
錢鐘書在艾克賽特學院攻讀英國文學兩年后,獲得了文學碩士學位。
During this period, he spent almost all his time reading,
留學期間,他研心苦讀,
including a variety of books as literature, philosophy, history, psychology,
博覽文學、哲學、史學、心理學等各方面的書籍,
as well as a large amount of western modern novels.
包括大量的西方現代小說。
There is the best library all around the world in Oxford - Bodleian Library,
牛津大學擁有世界一流的圖書館——牛津大學圖書館。
which contains not only the tremendous central library but also dozens of special libraries around it.
牛津大學不僅有規模龐大的中心圖書館,而且在其周圍建有幾十個專題圖書館。
Thanks to his formidable erudition, Qian was employed as the contributing editor of Oxford Eastern Philosophy, Religion, and Art books.
由于錢鐘書的知識面極寬,“牛津大學東方哲學、宗教、藝術叢書”曾聘任他為特約編輯。