Qian Xuantong was a Chinese phonetician who promoted vernacular Chinese. Born as Qian Xia (钱夏), his courtesy name was Deqian (德潜). Qian was born in Wuxing, Zhejiang. He held the position as a professor in numerous universities. He proposed the eradication of Chinese characters. He was a strong supporter of Esperanto; at times he even proposed the substitution of Chinese by it, … Wikipedia
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