Wu, a surviving official of the Ming Dynasty, with the sobriquet Plum Village, is well known for his talent and righteousness shown in the Song of Yuanyuan.

朙末遺老號梅村，吴宫一曲才義聞。

Except Sima Qian, his match has never been seen up to now in condemning the contemporary bigwigs fearlessly.

不畏權贵當世斥，敢比史公更無倫！