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What does the symbol exlibris mean?
It is a Latin word, which means the ownership of a set of books, meaning old books, and shows who this set of books belongs to in an artistic way.

Ex means: old, already belongs to, is a prefix.

Libris said: books are carriers of words and paper objects.

Book tickets are called "book tickets" and Japanese people call them "book tickets". The size is 7 cm to 10 cm times 12 cm to 15 cm, which is relatively common, and it is pasted in the upper right corner or right center of the book cover. Book tickets are usually printed with Latin "EX-LIBRIS", meaning "someone's library", or translated into English "book tickets". A library card shows the ownership of a wooden book.

Extended Information The National Library of China found the earliest known China book ticket "Guan Zuzhang Book Ticket" from the books in its collection. This book ticket was posted in the Collection of Photographs of Workers in Beijing-Zhang Lu published by 19 10, showing an ancient scholar reading in a room full of books at night. It is a book ticket with strong scholarly atmosphere and full charm of China's classical culture. It is cleverly conceived and closely related to the theme of book collection.

The painter is exquisite, and the words "Guan Zuzhang collects books" on it are elegant and vigorous. The same "Guan Zuzhang Book Ticket" also appeared in an illustrated French encyclopedia dictionary published by 19 13, which was discovered and collected by Wu Xingwen, a publisher in Taiwan Province Province.

Guan Zuzhang, a student studying in the United States in Guangxi, worked in the Ministry of Communications after returning to China. He loves western culture and made this book ticket for his own use. According to the analysis, Guan Zuzhang may be the first person who made and used book tickets in China.