夏蓮居先生，名繼泉，字溥齋，號渠園，在日本時曾用名夏泉，歸國後改名蓮居，取號一翁，山東省鄆城縣人，一八八四年三月二十日生於新疆於闐，晚年寓居北京，一九六五年十二月十四日夜間唸佛聲中安祥西逝於北京，享年八十二歲。清末入仕直隸知州，辛亥革命時公推為山東省各界聯合會會長，一九一八年當選國會議員，並任齊魯金石書畫館監督，一九二五年被張宗昌迫逃日本，兩年後返國臥病津沽，一九三二年遷居北平，以研究佛學為主。其一生除治學外，金石書畫、文物考古，均亦擅長，且收藏宏富，鑒定頗精。一九六二年八十歲時，為表愛國之心，將一生撙衣節食所收藏之歷史珍貴文物三百餘件，分別捐獻給故宮博物院及山東博物館等國家機構。
XIA Lian-ju was born on March 20, 1884 in Yutian, Xinjiang and passed away at the age of 82 on December 14, 1965 in Beijing. His ancestral home was in City Yun, Shandong Province. Mr. Xia was named Ji-quan, aliases Pu-zhai and Qu-yuan. In 1925, he went to Japan and used the name XIA Quan. After two years, he came back to China and changed the name to XIA Lian-ju and lived in Beijing since 1932. In 1911, he was the chairman of the United Associations of Shandong. In 1918, he was the supervisor of the Institute of Chinese Printing and Calligraphy of Shandong. He was fond of collecting antiques. In 1962, he donated all his collections to the National Museum and Shandong Museum.