我本江南布衣,自幼好古,喜学金石书画。得闻学印先习篆,即读许慎之说文九千言,朝读夕背、十二岁便将许慎六书之说,熟谙于胸。治印之法,无师自通。弱冠而后,问道苏、沪诸前辈,得其指点,受益良多。后得友人之鉴北上京华,学画问道,以印会友,得诸师同道指正,金石书画具有精进。 I Jiangnan commoner, a good old age, Xi Xue stone painting. Learn to learn India seal first, that read Xu Shen Zhi nine thousand words, read the eve of the evening, twelve will Xushen six books, familiar with the chest. India’s law, no self-taught. Weak crown and then asked the Soviet Union, Shanghai and other predecessors, get their advice, benefit a lot. After a friend of Kam Kam on the north Beijing, learn to draw asked to print friends, get the division comrades correct, Jinshi calligraphy and painting has advanced.