Qian Zhongshu was a Chinese scholar and writer，known for his（1）

wisdom

wisdom

（wise）and erudition（博學(xué)）.Though failing in mathematics，Qian successfully entered the Department of Foreign Languages under Tsinghua University in 1929 because of his （2）

excellent

excellent

（excellence）performance in Chinese and English languages.In Tsinghua，he met his wife Yang Jiang，who was to become a successful playwright and translator，and （3）

married

married

（marry）her in 1935.In the same year，Qian received government sponsorship （4）

to promote

to promote

（promote）his studies abroad.Together with his wife，Qian headed for the University of Oxford in Britain.After （5）

spending

spending

（spend）two years at Exeter College，he received a bachelor of literature.He studied for one more year in the University of Paris in France，and he didn't return to China （6）

until

until

1938.
    Qian lived in Shanghai from 1941 to 1945，（7）

which

which

was then under Japanese occupation.At that time he devoted （8）

himself

himself

（he）to writing and many of his works were written or published then.A collection of short（9）

essays

essays

（essay），Writing in the Margins of Life，was published in 1941.His most famous work Fortress Besieged appeared in 1947.On the Art of Poetry，written （10）

in

in

classical Chinese was published in 1948.