Abstract: Bao Tingbo and Wu Qian are Huizhou book collectors in the Qing dynasty, who lived in Jiaxing Zhejiang. Due to shared preference of collecting books, they became friends and teachers to each other. The friendship was deepened through their communication about books and the inscription and emendation of the books. Meanwhile, many celebrity scholars from Jiangsu and Zhejiang participated in their communications and their common preference to book collecting boosted local culture, promoted the development of the economy and extended the influence of Huizhou culture. Bao Tingbo's daily activities, especially details of his communication with Wu Qian about books were recorded in detail in The Diary of Wu Qian, which has important academic value for addendum to Chronicle of Bao Tingbo, and also helps us to understand Bao Tingbo's life through a different angle. There is no doubt that the cultural activities of Bao Tingbo and Wu Qian had a positive influence on native people's impressions on Huizhou people living in Zhejiang. Therefore further studies on their communications are of great significance for later scholars to understand how people from Huizhou fitted in the local society in Zhejiang.

Key words: Bao Tingbo, Wu Qian, communications about books, Chronicle of Bao Tingbo, addendum