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Mr. Qian Juntao is a well-known contemporary Chinese calligrapher, painter, seal engraver, and book binder. "Ingenuity" is based on Qian Juntao's personal works, and according to different themes, it tells readers about Mr. Qian Juntao's "money cover" design, his artistic achievements in seal cutting and calligraphy, as well as his love for collecting and his autobiography. The book also talks about the "Qian Cover" binding, that is, the covers he designed for Mao Dun, Lu Xun and other famous figures. They have unique conception, exquisite expression techniques and either clear or subtle artistic conception, reflecting his superb aesthetic attainments. It also talks about seal cutting and calligraphy, that is, its essence and experience in the art of calligraphy and seal cutting, showing its solid aesthetic foundation and superb technical level. It also talks about the ups and downs of collecting, that is, during his collecting career, he experienced the joy of finding treasures with great difficulty, the sorrow of living frugally and the pain of misfortune to his collection. These are all precious experiences of this artist.

Qian Juntao is versatile and has achieved high attainments in prose writing. This book is a collection of prose essays called "The Bells Sending Off the Streaming Light". The editor carefully selected over 300,000 words from his works of nearly one million words. These works not only include the author's unique artistic insights and memories of the art collection, his summary and comments on the art of predecessors, and his own artistic insights, but also include many works with sympathetic narratives, such as the author's interactions with Lu Xun, Xia Chuzun, Feng Zikai, etc., And their selfless care and help for the author...