周世钊,字惇元,又名敦元、东园,著名教育家、诗人和爱国人士。1897年3月出生于湖南宁乡,早年就读于湖南省立第一师范学校,并参加新民学会,1927年毕业于东南大学国文系。新中国成立后,历任湖南第一师范学校校长,湖南省教育厅副厅长、副省长,民盟湖南省委主任委员,湖南省第二、三届政协副主席等职。他与毛泽东情谊甚笃,有着长达63年的神交,是与毛泽东 Zhou Shizhao, Zi Yuan, also known as Dun Yuan, East Park, a famous educator, poet and patriotic person. He was born in Ningxiang, Hunan Province in March 1897. He attended Hunan First Normal School early in his career and attended the Xinmin Society. In 1927, he graduated from the Department of Chinese at Southeast University. After the founding of New China, he served successively as principal of Hunan First Normal School, deputy director and deputy governor of Hunan Provincial Education Department, chairman of Hunan Provincial Party Committee of NLD, and vice chairman of Hunan Provincial Committee of the CPPCC. He has a very deep friendship with Mao Zedong. He has 63 years of spiritual interaction with Mao Zedong