Qian Mu (1895- 1990) was born in Wuxi, Jiangsu. At the age of nine, he entered a private school. After dropping out of school at 19 12, he became a self-taught teacher and taught in primary and secondary schools in his hometown. 1930, recommended by Gu Jiegang, was employed as a lecturer in Chinese Department of yenching university, and later served as a professor in Peking University, Tsinghua University, The National SouthWest Associated University, cheeloo university, Wuhan University, West China University, Sichuan University and Jiangnan University. 1949 went to Hong Kong and founded Xinya College. 1967 settled in Taiwan Province province. He has written more than 60 academic works.