#BOTD: Qian Xuantong 錢玄同 (1887–1939), Chinese writer and linguist, one of the leaders of the May Fourth and New Culture Movement #五四運動 #新文化運動; a promoter of #Esperanto, he wanted to abolish Written Chinese. #MayThe4thBeWithYou #白話文 #文言文 #新青年 #疑古派 #學衡 #linguist #ModernChina #Linguistics