钱君匋(1907-1998)是中国20世纪一位非常罕见的集书籍封面装帧家、篆刻家、书画家、文物收藏家及散文、诗词家于一身的多才多艺的文化名人。他一生为社会留下了1800多幅图书封面设计、20000余方印章、上百万字的散文作品和数百首诗词,并将其一生所收藏的5000余件价值连城的珍贵文物无偿捐献给了国家。我与钱先生相识于1981年,是经钱先生的好友、著名出版家赵家璧先生的介绍得以认识的。这之后的 Qian Junyi (1907-1998) was a very rare twentieth century Chinese versatile cultural celebrity with a collection of book-binding artists, seal sellers, calligraphers, collectors of cultural relics, prose and poetry. He has left more than 1,800 book cover designs, more than 20,000 stamps, millions of prose works and hundreds of poems for his life, and has donated over 5,000 precious cultural relics worthlessly collected throughout his life to The country. I met Mr. Qian in 1981 and was acquainted with Mr. Qian’s friend and well-known publisher Mr. Zhao Jiabi’s introduction. After this