金治中先生，字泓州，雲南省昆明市人，一九四八年十月八日出生，二ＯＯ七年七月九日逝世。金先生早年畢業於雲南省化工學校，在雲南洞經音樂世家長大，擅長琵琶、三弦等樂器。一九六九年調入雲南省京劇院，從事專業音樂工作；一九八Ｏ年，在中國戲劇學院進修；一九七Ｏ年起研習操縵，先後師從李祥霆，吳景略及吳釗；一九八九年調入昆明人民廣播電台，任主任音樂編輯。為中國琴會理事，北京古琴研究會會員，雲南滇暉琴社社長，昆明泓州古琴院院長。
JIN Zhi-zhong was born on October 8, 1948 and passed away on July 9, 2007. His first name was Hong-zhou and his ancestral home was in Kunming, Yunnan Province. He was born in a music family and was skillful at playing pipa and sanxian. In 1969, he took his career in the Beijing Opera House in Yunnan. In 1970, he learned the qin under LI Xiang-ting, WU Jing-lue and WU Zhao. In 1989, he was transferred to the People’s Broadcasting Station of Kunming as music editor.