.....朱宣咸自二十世纪四十年代在浙江家乡、在上海直到这以后在重庆以及外出时，他都不间断的收藏书籍阅读使用，以提高自己。比如：这其中有他自费订阅的中国美协机关杂志、中国美术界最高专业刊物《美术》月刊，他是自创刊起的第一期直到他预订的2003年全年止，一本不差，历时半个多世纪！仅《美术》拿出来就能装上满满一书柜。同时，他对书的保存有着良好的习惯，在这里他就将《美术》全部按年装订成一部部牢实的合订本，然后再在外面包装上牛皮纸，在牛皮纸的封面和书背上用毛笔墨汁写上书名和年代时段等。
朱宣咸一生积累了丰富的藏书，特别在美术专业类书籍方面。
　　在书法上，朱宣咸博取众家之长，形成自己的特色。尤其在二十世纪八十年代起他比较集中的习练、研究吴昌硕艺术与石鼓文等，如一直搜集他的书法练习，则早亦可堆放一屋。
　　此外，朱宣咸创作的所有中国画、版画等美术作品也与他的书法研究一样，在1989年离休前，一直完全是利用他自己在繁重的美术组织、美术编辑与美术教育等日常工作之余有限的业余时间来完成的。
（...Books under Zhu Xuanxian's collections includes those collected in his home town since 1940s, and those collected during his stay at Shanghai and finally settling in Chongqing, and travelling to other places. Zhu keeps collecting and reading books to enhance himself. For example, the Art a most authoritative magazine in China; for more than half century, he collected all the editions from the magazine debut to 2003, missing none of them. The Art magazines he collected can stuff up a book cabinet. In addition, he had a good storage habit in book collecting. For example, the Art magazines he collected are firmly binded up according to the year they published, protected by brown paper cover, and indexed by book name and year of publication using brush pen.
Zhu had a rich collection of books in his life, especially those books in art.
Zhu Xuanxian's calligraphy displays the gain of diversity of masters, featuring a style of his own. In 1980s, in particular, he was absorbed in calligraphy practsing, studying WU Cangsuo Art and Shigu characters, etc.; his collections of their calligraphy works could stuff up half of a room.）
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　（ART OF CHINA 2003.10.05）
(Mr. ZHU Jiang (朱江) was born in Chongqing City, China, on February, 1968. Mr. ZHU Xuanxian's second son. )

由文学家春秋采写朱宣咸的长篇专题报告文学：《泼墨绘画卷》发表于《重庆文化报》（1997.8.20起连载），长篇报告文学：《刻刀向木写人生》发表于《红岩》文学双月刊（1997年第五期）。