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Teng Gu is an author who left a distinctive mark on modern Chinese art history and literary writing. Public information about him is limited, and his dates of birth and death, nationality, and educational background remain to be verified. Nine of his works are held in the collection, falling roughly into two groups. The first consists of studies in art history, such as A Brief History of Chinese Art and related writings in the Republican-era art history and theory academic library, showing his systematic survey of the development of Chinese art. The second is literary creation, including The Maze, Mural, Nostalgia, Watery Eyes, The Resurrection of the Stone Statue, and Centipede; these works are mostly essays and fiction, written in a delicate style with a clearly personal voice. His writings are classified under design, classic works, and essays and miscellaneous writings, indicating that his work spans both scholarship and literature and offers a valuable textual sample of Republican-era art history and literary writing.