1914年,吴昌硕创作了《西泠印社记》,文采风流,书法上乘,令人有百读不厌之感。由于早期为了学习篆刻,吴昌硕关注篆书的时间也比较长。他年幼时学习篆书从秦篆入手,后从学杨沂孙、吴大澂、邓石如等人篆书,得法颇多。三十多岁来到苏州,拜著名书法家杨岘学习金石学和书法。他为人谦和、勤奋善学、篆刻造诣深湛,赢得了书画界的公认。西泠印社于光绪三十年(1904)创立时,仝人公推他为首任社长。他撰写“印岂无源? In 1914, Wu Changshuo created the ”Xilingyinshe Society“, Wen Cai Merry, excellent calligraphy, it is a hundred words never tired of feeling. As early as in order to learn carving, Wu Changshuo attention Seal time is relatively long. When he was young, he studied the seal script from Qin Zhuan, and later learned Yang Yisun, Wu Dayou, Deng Shiru et al. Thirty-year-old came to Suzhou, thanks to the famous calligrapher Yang Daixin learn gemmology and calligraphy. He is a man of modesty, diligent and good at learning, profound knowledge of carving, won the recognition of the world of calligraphy and painting. When Xiling Seal Society was founded thirty years Guangxu (1904), his colleague promoted him as the first president. He wrote ”India is not passive?