吴组缃,原名吴祖襄,一九○八年阴历三月十五日(阳历四月五日)出生在安徽省泾县茂林村。这里地处山区,风景秀丽而土地瘠薄,居民以外出经商者为多。吴组缃的祖父是当地一处油坊的管事,传下产业不多(分到父亲名下的只有五亩地)。父亲因受康梁维新思想影响,放弃了祖父要他走的科举道路,做过塾师、医生,一度在黄鹤楼下靠卖字作 Wu Zu 缃, formerly known as Wu Zuxiang, was born on the lunar calendar of March 1905 (April 5 in the Gregorian calendar) in Maolin Village, Jing County, Anhui Province. Here is located in the mountains, beautiful scenery and barren land, more than residents to businessmen. The grandfather of Wu’s group was a local oil mill manager, with little industry (only five mu of land under his father’s name). My father, influenced by Kang Liang’s new thinking, gave up his grandfather’s path of imperial examination for him to go. He was a private teacher and a doctor who once sold for sale under the Yellow Crane Tower