Qián Yǒng 錢泳 (1759–1844), original given name Hè 鶴, courtesy name Lìqún 立群, sobriquet Méixī Jūshì 梅溪居士, was a Qīng dynasty scholar, calligrapher, and engraver of stele inscriptions. He was a native of Jīnkuì County 金匱縣, Jiāngsū (present-day Wúxī), and claimed descent from the Táng-era King of Wú-Yuè, Qián Liú 錢鏐. CBDB id 86413; lifedates Qiánlóng 24th year (1759) to Dàoguāng 24th year (1844), confirmed by Qīngdài Rénwù Shēngzú Niánbiǎo 清代人物生卒年表 (#18669).
In his early years Qián Yǒng served as a mùliào 幕僚 (private secretary and adviser) in the household of the statesman Bì Yuǎn 畢沅. He excelled in seal (zhuàn 篆) and clerical (lì 隸) scripts, and spent much of his life visiting, recording, and engraving stone stele inscriptions. He co-compiled the bǐjì miscellany Xīcháo Xīnyǔ 熙朝新語 (KR4k0251) with 徐錫齡 in 16 juàn, published in 1818. He is best known for Lǚyuán Cónghuà 履園叢話 (a major bǐjì work in 24 juàn) and Lǚyuán Tánshī 履園譚詩 (poetry criticism).