钱谦益(1582-1664),字受之,号牧斋,江苏常熟人,是明清之际著名的诗人、学者、藏书家。《列朝诗集》是钱谦益编选有明一代两百馀年间近两千名诗人的代表作而成的诗歌总集,初名《国朝诗集》,钱谦益在自序中又称其为《历朝诗集》。关于编选缘由,钱谦益曾在《列朝诗集序》中述及: Qian Qianyi (1582-1664), by the word, the number of animal husbandry, Changshu, Jiangsu, is a famous poet, scholar, bibliophile in the Ming and Qing dynasties. “Collected Poems” is a collection of poems compiled by Qian Qiangyi from the representative works of nearly 2,000 poets in the Ming and Qing Dynasties over the past two hundred years. Its first name was “Collection of State Poems”, and Qian Qiyi in his preface also called “ Poems. ” On the editorial reasons, Qian Qiangyi in the “Collected Poetry Collected Preface” to mention: