★How did one family’s precepts sustain a clan for millennia, producing generations of academicians, masters and national pillars?
★20 selected golden rules reveal the core virtues of personal growth and decode the educational secrets of an eminent family!
★Over 500 exquisite hand-drawn illustrations vividly depict the growth stories of renowned Qian family members—making learning engaging and fun.
★From self-cultivation to family harmony, from conduct in society to giving back—four themes progressively guide children toward becoming well-rounded, dynamic individuals!

You may have heard the saying: “Wealth never survives three generations.”
Throughout Chinese history, countless eminent families have risen, yet very few maintained prosperity beyond a century. But one family has persisted through a thousand years of turmoil, continuing its legacy from the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period to the present day. This is the Qian family.
This clan boasts an “all-star lineup”: 1 Nobel Laureate, 2 diplomats, 3 scientists, 4 masters of Chinese classical studies, and 18 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering. Moreover, statistics show that among contemporary globally renowned figures with the surname Qian, there are over 100 at the level of Chinese Academy of Sciences academicians or higher, spread across more than 50 countries. It is no exaggeration to call them an “extraordinary dynasty.”
The origin of all this traces back to Qian Liu, King of Wuyue. With exceptional governance and military prowess, he stabilized Wuyue as the most peaceful and prosperous region during the tumultuous Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. He twice wrote admonitions for his family, which were compiled into a final version on his deathbed. These precepts were later refined by descendants into the millennium-enduring “Qian Family Precepts.”
This book centers on the Qian family’s thousand-year heritage, highlighting outstanding figures from different eras and their stories of wisdom in self-cultivation, career-building, and social conduct. Presented in manga style, it vividly brings these classic precepts to life through engaging visuals and concise language, helping children understand principles of conduct, establish correct values, and cultivate good habits and virtues for lifelong benefit.

Que Yawei

A veteran children’s book planner with over a decade of experience in newspaper and book editing, Que Yawei has a deep understanding of the current state of children’s literature publishing in China. He is also well aware of the challenges and deficiencies parents face in guiding their children’s reading. He has successfully planned and launched several children’s books and educational aids that have received positive market feedback. Among the nearly a hundred books he has planned to improve primary school students’ reading and writing skills, titles such as “100 Classical Chinese Articles for Primary School Students”, “Primary School Students’ Comic Chinese Idiom Stories”, and “Mind Map Composition for Primary School Students”, have been particularly popular with young readers for their rich illustrations and innovative formats.