王士珍
The scholar Wang Shizhen () wrote about Wu Liuqi in "Wu Shunke Liuqi Biezhuan" (), claiming that when Wu was a teenager, he met Zha Jizuo, who commented that Wu was "an extraordinary man" (). In 1663, during the early reign of the Kangxi Emperor in the Qing dynasty, Zha Jizuo was implicated in a case of literary inquisition and was nearly executed. However, Wu Liuqi intervened and defended Zha Jizuo and eventually saved Zha's life.