"Yuan Sou is the hao name of Ho Shao-chi. Ho became a civil servant in the Tao-kuang period and was famous for a time for his study of calligraphy and bronze and stone inscriptions. He can be found in many Ching-dynasty books." Shen Chin flips through a dictionary of eminent Chinese and reads aloud: "Ho Shao-chi.
他是道光年間進士，以書法及金石碑版之學名聞一時，在很多清代典籍都可以查得到，他翻開中國人名大辭典，念了出來：「何紹基…… 一號蝯叟…… 草書尤為一代之冠。」