Wu Changshuo (1844.8.1-1927.11.29), originally named Jun, also known as Junqing, had the courtesy name Changshuo, and was also signed Cangshi, Cangshi, and had many nicknames. Common ones include Cangshuo, Laocang, Laofou, Kutie, Da Deaf, Fu Taoist, Shi Zun, etc. A native of Zhangwu Village, Xiaofeng County, Zhejiang Province (now Anji County, Huzhou City). During the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, he was a famous Chinese painter, calligrapher, and seal engraver. He was a representative of the "Houhai School" and the first president of the Xiling Seal Society in Hangzhou. Together with Ren Bonian, Pu Hua, and Xu Gu, he was known as the "Four Masters of the Shanghai School in the Late Qing Dynasty." He combines "poetry, calligraphy, painting and sealing" into one body, and combines gold and stone calligraphy and painting into one furnace. He is known as "the first person in stone drum seal script" and "the last peak of literati painting". He is a banner figure in painting, calligraphy, and seal cutting, and has high attainments in poetry, epigraphy, and other aspects.
