20世纪八十年代中期,喻蘅先生自浙江岱山归来,结识画家乔木,写信嘱我往访。记得当时乔先生全家刚搬迁至沪西的田林十村新居不久,童衍方先生为他镌刻了“老归田林”的闲章。他长得圆圆胖胖的,却并不高大。那时,我正应邀为上海电视台文艺部赶写有关“西洋名画赏析”的讲稿,由曹可凡等人在电视中播出。见面后,乔木先生称赞我写的文章。闲谈中,乔木先生对我说起:他早年出身贫寒,自小学徒干打杂的活儿,幸得江寒汀先生传授画艺,长期以来,唯有勤奋、坚持不懈而已。他解释说:“学画画,老师带进门,修行靠自己。” In the mid-1980s, Mr. Yu Xun returned from Daishan, Zhejiang Province to make acquaintance with the painter Arbor and wrote a letter that asked me to visit. I remember when Mr. Joe was relocated to the new home in Tianlin Village of Huxi just a moment ago, Mr. Tong Yanfang inscribed him as a badge of “Old Tian Lin”. He looks round and fat, but not tall. At that time, I was invited to write a lecture on the Appreciation of Western Paintings by Shanghai Arts and Culture Department, which was broadcast on TV by Cao Fan and others. After meeting, Mr. Jamo praised me for writing the article. During his chat, Mr. Qiao talked to me: Since his early years he was a poor and a poor student, he was a student of Jiang Shanting who taught painting art. For a long time, he was the only one who worked diligently and unswervingly. He explained: “Learn to draw, the teacher brought in and practiced by himself.”