吴先生名韬，别号缦叟，江苏省常熟西塘人。一九○七年二月五日生于西塘，一九八七年八月十六日病逝于北京。少时从学民族乐器于赵剑侯、周少梅、吴梦非等；一九二七年从天津琴家王端朴习琴，勤奋上进，四方求教，博採众家之长，自成一体，并于一九三六年四月参加“今虞琴社”，并司社职；新中国成立后，任教于中央音乐学院，专门从事古琴教学与研究工作。其对鉴琴、修琴有很丰富的经验，并致力于古琴的改革，在保留民族的特色下，成功地研发出扩大音量的古琴，一九七○年代更成功地研制出钢丝尼龙琴弦，成为古琴发展历程上的新里程。其琴艺独树一帜，被称为“虞山吴派”，其演奏的《渔樵问答》，更为琴坛称道，并获“吴渔樵”的雅号。
WU Jing-lue
WU Jing-lue was bron on February 5, 1907 in Changshou county, Jiangsu province and passed away of illness on August 16, 1987 in Beijing. His first name was Tao and other name was Man-sou. He learned traditional instruments from ZHAO Jian-hou, ZHOU Shao-mei and WU Meng-fei. In 1927, he started to learn the qin from the Tianjin qin player WANG Duan-pu. Since then he had learned from many sources and developed his own style. In April 1936, he joined the Jinyu Qin Musicians Association founded in Suzhou. From 1939 to 1956, he was appointed as Chairman, running the association in Shanghai. In autumn 1956, he was appointed as Professor of the Central Conservatory, thus focusing his strength in the teaching and researching of the art of qin. He was experienced in assessing and repairing the qin instruments. He was enthusiastic in reforming the qin. After repeated experiments, the reformed qin was designed, which inherited the timber, performing techniques and outlook of the original qin while achieving larger volume and lower noise. In 1970’s, together with the instrument factory he successfully introduced the steel-nylon string which won the appreciation of most qin players, setting up a milestone in the development history of the qin. His performing of a Dialogue between a Fisherman and a Woodcutter won him a fame of “WU Yuqiao”.