刘先生名绍，字少椿，号德一，一九○一年十月十六日生于陝西省富平县北陵堡的一个盐商家庭，一九七一年十一月二十日逝世于扬州。一九二八年刘少椿得到广陵琴派名家孙檀生之子孙绍陶教授操缦之艺，在明师、严师的传授下，勤奋刻苦地鑽研琴道，把广陵派琴曲的自由跌宕掌握得非掌牢固，由于抗战时期的艰苦，他将家中财物不顾，仅抱一琴逃难，固被称为“琴痴”。一九五六年应查阜西之邀由扬州赴南京为全国琴人採访活动录制广陵派琴曲八首，后经张正吟介绍，留在南京乐社为青少年传授琴艺，一九五八年经甘涛推荐，在南京艺术学院音乐系教授古琴。
LIU Shao-chun
LIU Shao-chun was born on October 16, 1901 in a salty family of Fuping, Shanxi province and passed away on November 20, 1971 in Yangzhou. His first name was Shao and also called De-yi. In 1928, he learned the qin from SUN Shao-tao of the Guang Ling School. He learned hard and acquainted all the techniques of the Guang Ling School. As a result of the Sino-Japanese War, he disregarded all the belongs and took only a qin with him during fleeing from homeland. This brought him a nick name called “the crazy man in qin”. In 1956, he was invited by ZHA Fu-xi to go to Nanjing for recording of his 8 pieces of Guang Ling School qin music. He then stayed in Nanjing. And in 1958, he was introduced by GAN Tao to became the teacher of the qin in Nanjing Institute of Arts.