High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Qian Dehong, or Qian De-hong, Tsien Dehong, was a notable Chinese philosopher, writer, and educator during the mid-late Ming Dynasty. Qian was born in Yuyao, Shaoxing Fu, Zhejiang Province. His original name was Kuan, and style name was Hongfu. Because his recent ancestry also had the same name, to avoid the taboo, his name was changed from Kuan to Dehong. When Qian was young, he settled in Lingxu Hill and systematically studied the I Ching, so people also call him Mr. Xushan. In the 11th Year of Jiajing Era, Qian joined the imperial examination together with Wang Ji, who was his classmate and also an important confucian philosopher during his time. Qian was qualified and ranked as Jinshi. He was later matriculated as a local governmental official. Qian spent most of his life as a secretary for Wang Yangming, and a lecturer in several schools.