Miao Ch'üan-sun (1844-22 December 1919), the foremost Chinese bibliographic scholar of his day and the founder of several excellent libraries. Chiangyin, Kiangsu, was the birthplace of Miao Ch'üan-sun. He was a sixth-generation descendent of Miao Sui (d. 1716), whose rule as magistrate of Tinghai, Chekiang, from 1695 until his death was so benevolent that the […]