河南箏派演奏家任清志，一九二四年出生於河南葉縣城北任莊鄉，二零零零年逝世。任氏十三歲習揚琴，十五歲拜葉縣老藝人趙均安及寧寶衡習箏的指法，並能自彈自唱「小調曲子」，他演奏特殊的地方是把三弦的指法「雙搖指」用在箏上，演奏的曲子以民歌、小調為主，樸素而明朗，使人容易接受。一九四四年前後數年，農忙種地，農閒則「玩社」，與「曲子友」切磋，流浪外地，以賣藝為生，後在湖北襄陽的一個話劇團任職，專事教唱及伴唱河南曲子，一九四九年後，在新生曲劇社（後易名河南曲劇院）任職，直至一九九三年退休。任氏首創遊指撥弦法，並創編箏獨奏曲《新開板》、《山坡羊》及《幸福渠》等。
REN Qing-zhi
REN Qing-zhi was born in 1924 in Ye County, Henan province and passed away in 2000. When he was thirteen, he started to learn the yangqin. At the age of fifteen, he learned the zheng from the old musicians ZHAO Jun-an and NING Bao-heng of the Ye county. His Charming technique on the zheng was absorbed from the technique of the sanxian and the pieces he used to play were adapted from the folk tunes. Around 1944, he always roamed everywhere and played the zheng together with his friends when it was not in busy farming seasons. After 1949, he joined the Qu Theater of Henan Province until he retired in 1993. His zheng composition pieces including Xin Kai Ban, Shan Po Yang and Canal of Happiness, etc.