Qian Xuantong (1887 – 17 January 1939) was a Chinese linguist and writer considered to be a leading figure of the Doubting Antiquity School, along with Gu Jiegang.

After receiving his university education in Japan, Qian held a number of teaching positions in mainland China.

If you want to get rid of the average person's childish, uncivilized, obstinate way of thinking, then it is all the more essential that you first abolish the Chinese language.

To abolish Confucianism and eliminate Taoism is a fundamental way to prevent the fall of China and to allow the Chinese to become a civilized nation in the twentieth century.

His skepticism of the Chinese heritage was such that he at one time wanted to change his surname to Yigu (疑古; 'suspecting things ancient').