劉先生名紹，字少椿，號德一，一九○一年十月十六日生於陝西省富平縣北陵堡的一個鹽商家庭，一九七一年十一月二十日逝世於揚州。一九二八年劉少椿得到廣陵琴派名家孫檀生之子孫紹陶教授操縵之藝，在明師、嚴師的傳授下，勤奮刻苦地鑽研琴道，把廣陵派琴曲的自由跌宕掌握得非掌牢固，由於抗戰時期的艱苦，他將家中財物不顧，僅抱一琴逃難，固被稱為「琴癡」。一九五六年應查阜西之邀由揚州赴南京為全國琴人採訪活動錄製廣陵派琴曲八首，後經張正吟介紹，留在南京樂社為青少年傳授琴藝，一九五八年經甘濤推薦，在南京藝術學院音樂系教授古琴。
LIU Shao-chun
LIU Shao-chun was born on October 16, 1901 in a salty family of Fuping, Shanxi province and passed away on November 20, 1971 in Yangzhou. His first name was Shao and also called De-yi. In 1928, he learned the qin from SUN Shao-tao of the Guang Ling School. He learned hard and acquainted all the techniques of the Guang Ling School. As a result of the Sino-Japanese War, he disregarded all the belongs and took only a qin with him during fleeing from homeland. This brought him a nick name called “the crazy man in qin”. In 1956, he was invited by ZHA Fu-xi to go to Nanjing for recording of his 8 pieces of Guang Ling School qin music. He then stayed in Nanjing. And in 1958, he was introduced by GAN Tao to became the teacher of the qin in Nanjing Institute of Arts.