The soul of wood In 1987, noted cultural scholar Kao Hsin-chiang invited a group of 32 sculptors to design new Chinese chess sets in an effort to inject new life into a pastime that dates back to the Song dynasty. Wu was one of the 32 sculptors to take part in the project. He based his chess set on the 12th-century wars between the Song and Jin dynasties.
靜心「參」木頭一九八七年，文化圈名人高信疆籌劃《讓中國象棋站起來》，邀請國內三十二位藝術界人士參與象棋造型的改造，希望為源於宋朝、素有「藝之狐」稱號的象棋注入新意。