河南筝派演奏家任清志，一九二四年出生于河南叶县城北任庄乡，二零零零年逝世。任氏十三岁习扬琴，十五岁拜叶县老艺人赵均安及宁宝衡习筝的指法，并能自弹自唱「小调曲子」，他演奏特殊的地方是把三弦的指法「双摇指」用在筝上，演奏的曲子以民歌、小调为主，朴素而明朗，使人容易接受。一九四四年前后数年，农忙种地，农闲则「玩社」，与「曲子友」切磋，流浪外地，以卖艺为生，后在湖北襄阳的一个话剧团任职，专事教唱及伴唱河南曲子，一九四九年后，在新生曲剧社（后易名河南曲剧院）任职，直至一九九三年退休。任氏首创游指拨弦法，并创编筝独奏曲《新开板》、《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.