Qián Cǎi 錢彩 is the attributed author of Shuō Yuè Quánzhuàn 說岳全傳 KR4k0229, the standard vernacular novel retelling of the life and martyrdom of Yuè Fēi 岳飛. CBDB id 429571. No biographical details are recorded in CBDB beyond the name; no birth or death dates are known. The work is sometimes attributed jointly to Qián Cǎi and Jīn Féng 金豐, though the respective contributions of the two (if both are historical persons) are unclear. The novel was first published in 1744 (Qiánlóng 9). Nothing further about Qián Cǎi’s life, native place, or career is known.