Qián Zǎi 錢宰 (1299–1394, per catalog meta; CBDB id 34420 gives 1302–1397), zì Zǐyǔ 子予, alternate zì Bójūn 伯均, native of Kuàijī 會稽 (Zhèjiāng). Self-styled as a fourteenth-generation descendant of Qián Liú 錢鏐 of WúYuè. A jiǎkē graduate of the late Yuán Zhìzhèng era; declined office on grounds of his aged parents and taught privately at home in Zhèdōng, where Hán Yíkě 韓宜可 and Táng Zhīchún 唐之淳 — both prominent later Míng officials — were among his pupils. Summoned in Hóngwǔ 1 (1368) to compile the Lǐyuè shū 禮樂書; left soon on grounds of illness. Appointed Guózǐ zhùjiào 國子助教 in Hóngwǔ 6 (1373); sent home after a fù on morning audience offended the throne. Recalled in Hóngwǔ 27 (1394) to compile the Shūzhuàn huìxuǎn 書傳會選; on completion appointed Guózǐ bóshì 國子博士 with retirement honours. His record is appended in Míng shǐ to the biography of Zhào Shù 趙俶. His literary collection KR4e0032 Lín’ān jí survives only via the Sìkù reconstruction from the Yǒnglè dàdiǎn. Note: the catalog meta and CBDB differ by three years on his lifedates; the figure 1299–1394 from the catalog meta is followed in the corresponding work note.