Wu Qizhuo was born in a family that flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties and entered the Qing Dynasty. Starting from Wu Qizhuo's grandfather, the Wu family took a total of ten Jinshi, of which Wu Qizhuo was the only Jinshi in Henan Province in the Qing Dynasty. His grandfather, Wu, was a scholar at the age of fourteen in the thirty-first year of Qianlong (1766). He was an official in Guangdong and wrote a manuscript of Qingfen Bookstore. His uncle, Wu Shu, was a scholar in the forty-sixth year of Qianlong (178 1). He was known as an official in Zhili, Jiezhou, and handed down the manuscript of Woyun Mountain House. His father, Wu Xuan, was a scholar in the fifty-second year of Qing Qianlong (1787). He used to be the assistant minister of the left and right departments of the Ministry of War and the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Ritual, and he wrote textual research on Zhongzhou literature and notes on reading history. His eldest brother Wu Qiyan, aged 63, was a scholar in the fourth year of Jiaqing (1799), the right assistant minister of the Ministry of War, and the author of Legacy of Hua Teng Bookstore. Another cousin Wu, cousin Wu Qitai, sons and nephews Wu and Wu Lie are all Jinshi. When Wu Qizhuo was five years old, his mother Xu (Xu's daughter in the Imperial Academy) gave him an enlightenment education. He studied at Linhuai College in Gushi at the age of ten. Wu Qizhuo is tireless in learning, well-read, omniscient and strong in nature. He always asks why when he meets a question he doesn't understand. At the age of twelve, Wu Qizhuo went to Beijing with his mother. First I studied in Qingfen Bookstore, and then I was admitted to imperial academy, where I made great progress in my studies. In the 15th year of Jiaqing in Qing Dynasty, it was promoted to human beings (18 10). At the beginning, the official donation was used as a cabinet book. In the twenty-second year of Jiaqing (18 17), palace examination was a scholar and was awarded the title of scholar. Two years later, he was appointed to preside over the Guangdong Provincial Examination (examiner). At that time, his brother Wu Qiyan was studying politics in Shuntian Prefecture, and both brothers were academic officials, which was once a much-told story in academic circles. Daoguang was compiled in the first year (182 1 year). That year (Wu Qizhuo was 34 years old), his father died of illness. After three years of Daoguang, my uncle died (1823); In five years, his mother died of illness (1825), and Wu Qizhuo lived in his hometown for eight years. In the meantime, he chose 10 mu to build a botanical garden in Shihewan, east of Gushi City, and named it "Shu Dong". "Plant 800 peaches and 3,000 willows", "Weave hibiscus as a hedge, plant a few acres of vegetables" and "operate for three or four years and build half a villa". Shu Dong is the place where Wu Qizhuo studies plants. The couplet in front of the door reads: Ten acres of wasteland are also planted with exotic flowers and vegetables, and there are several Shimada Hanzo farm tools and half a library in the hut. One year, flash floods broke out and Shu Dong was flooded. He took food upstream, went deep into the hinterland of Dabie Mountain to investigate the causes of floods, and wrote On the Upper Reaches of Huaihe River, which made great achievements. In the ninth year of Daoguang, Wu Qizhuo returned to Beijing after the expiration of his filial piety, and began to teach in Jishi Shu and become an official in Japan (1829). Eleven years, South Study was on duty (183 1 year). Later, he became an official in Hubei, a prince in charge of academic affairs, a secretary of the temple, an assistant to the General Political Department, and was promoted to a bachelor's degree in cabinet. In the twenty years of Daoguang, he was ordered to inspect Hubei (1840) and found out that Zhou Tianjue, the governor of Huguang, was improperly appointed, forcing people to die and his son illegally employed people. He ordered Zhou Tianjue to be deposed, exiled to Yili, and the governors were demoted respectively. Wu was appointed governor of Huguang, and later he was awarded governor of Hunan. Two years later, the bell of the Chongyang Uprising was destroyed, and he was remembered for his meritorious service. The following year, it was transferred to Zhejiang (1843), but failed. After the small peasant uprising in Wugang (now Wugang County, Hunan Province) was wiped out, he was transferred to the governor of Yunnan to succeed Governor Yungui. In the twenty-five years of Daoguang (1845), he was transferred to the governor of Fujian, changed to the governor of Shanxi, and concurrently served as the salt policy. During his tenure, he cut public expenditure, reformed salt policy and arrested opium dealers, which was called diligence. The following year, due to illness (1846, "Begging for Illness to Gushi"), he died when he got home. On December 19th, the 26th year of Daoguang, an imperial edict was sent to him, saying, "Wu Qizhuo, the governor of Shanxi, entered Zhinan's study from imperial academy and stayed in imperial academy. He is a foreign governor, with excellent academic performance and conscientious work.

Because Wu Qizhuo reformed the salt law during his tenure as governor of Shanxi, the court gave special thanks to his son and grandson in recognition of his integrity. To this end, his sons Wu Yuanxi, Wu Chongen and Wu Rongxi were immediately awarded the master book, magistrate and official position. His sons Wu Cheng'en and Wu, as well as his grandson, are all juren. Wu Qizhuo was an official, diligent and honest, and Zebei had five sons and one grandson, which became a great story at that time, and his family also reached its peak.

Wu Qizhuo is different from ordinary officials in the Qing Dynasty. He has profound attainments in botany and mineralogy. He has written many works, such as Textual Research on Plant Names, Textual Research on Plant Names, Sketch of Plants Collected in South Yunnan, and Journey to Yunnan, which have high academic value. Wu Qizhuo's achievements in botany even exceeded his historical influence as an official in the Qing Dynasty. In the 28th year of Daoguang reign, the book was published in the form of woodcut (1848), which promoted the traditional botany in China to a new level and had a far-reaching influence on the botany field in the world. In 1970s and 1980s, 19 spread to France, Japan and other places, and it is still an important work in botany and traditional Chinese medicine.