吳兆基先生，字湘泉，一九Ｏ八年冬生於湖南洞庭湖西濱的漢壽縣，一九九七年八月逝世，享年九十。一九一二年的春天隨父親吳蘭蓀遷居蘇州，十三歲時，在父親的啓蒙下習操縵之術，後隨父參加一九二一年的全國琴人大雅集——“晨風廬琴會”，於此認識並得拜四川洪都琴家吳浸陽為師，獲授《瀟湘水雲》、《漁歌》等操。吳先生一九二六年就讀東吳大學化學系，畢業後任教中學二十五年，一九五六年調任江蘇師範學院數學系，任教至退休，一生以教學為業。吳先生早年琴風繼承其師的中正平和、靜遠淡逸的特點；晚年受其生平所好的太極拳氣功之影響，將氣功與操縵結合，達至精、氣、神的統一，進入一個理想的境地。
WU Zhao-ji was born in winter 1908 in Hanshou, Hunan Province and passed away in August 1997 at the age of 90. In 1912, he followed his father WU Lan-sun to change their dwelling place to Suzhou. In the age of thirteen, he started to learn the qin under his father and later under WU Chen-yang who taught him The Mist and Clouds over Xiao-Xiang Rivers and Song of the Fisherman. After his graduation from the University of Suzhou, he started his teaching career in Jiangsu until his retirement.