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Gulai nengshu renming shu 古來能書人名錄 is a brief collection of biographies of calligraphers written during the Liu-Song period 劉宋 (420-479) by Yang Xin 羊欣 (359-442), courtesy name Jingyuan 敬元, or perhaps somewhat earlier by Wei Heng 衛恆 (d. 291).
The version of the text as recorded in the series Shuofu 說郛 has the title Nengshulu 能書錄 and says that Wang Sengqin 王僧虔 (426-485) from the Southern Qi period 南齊 (479-502) presented Yang's text to the throne and thus gave it official status. Yang's collection includes the biographies of 69 artists.
The text is also included in the books Fashu yaolu 法書要錄 and Shuyuan jinghua 書苑菁華.