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Wen Dan: publicly available information is currently limited, and the author's identity and personal background remain to be further confirmed. Judging from the three works held in the library, Wen Dan's writing and editorial work span two rather different fields. On the one hand, the author has participated in the organization and publication of Wu Hung's art history writings, including the Wu Hung Works collection, The Double Screen: Medium and Representation in Chinese Painting, and related classics of art history. On the other hand, the author has ventured into technical reference books, such as the Complete Self-Study Guide to Revit 2022 (Chinese Edition). The former concerns the media, representation, and visual culture of Chinese painting, while the latter addresses the practical operation and self-study needs of building information modeling software. Placed side by side, these two kinds of works show that Wen Dan has been involved in both academic art publishing and technical popularization, with work that may lean toward editing, compilation, or the organization of materials. In the absence of confirmed biographical information, this introduction summarizes the author's scope of writing solely on the basis of the works held in the library and makes no speculation about education, profession, or academic background.