Ch'ien Mu | |
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| Born | 30 July 1895 |
| Died | 30 August 1990 (aged 95) |
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| Traditional Chinese | 錢穆 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 钱穆 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 賓四 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 宾四 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ch'ien Mu or Qian Mu (Chinese: 錢穆; 30 July 1895 – 30 August 1990) was a Chinese historian, philosopher and writer. He is considered to be one of the greatest historians and philosophers of 20th-century China. Ch'ien, together with Lü Simian, Chen Yinke and Chen Yuan, was known as the "Four Greatest Historians of Modern China" (現代四大史學家).