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Wu Changshuo, originally named Jun, also known as Junqing, with the courtesy name Changshuo, also known as Cangshi and Cangshi. Born in Zhangwu Village, Xiaofeng County, Zhejiang Province. During the late Qing and Republic of China period, 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 Engraving Society in Hangzhou. He was also known as one of the three representative figures of the "New Zhejiang School" along with Li Liangyu and Zhao Zhiqian. Together with Ren Bonian, Pu Hua, and Xu Gu, he was known as the "Four Great Masters of the Shanghai School in the Late Qing Dynasty".