In December, the Zhenjiang Administrative Office issued a document approving the promotion of Gu Jingzhou and eighteen others to Grade 1 Craft Master. Xu Xu and Gao Zhenyu entered Gu Jingzhou's studio as apprentices. # 1983 Appointed Deputy Director of the Zixia Research Institute. Accompanied his son to Shanghai for medical treatment, staying at Huaihai Middle School. During this period, created the "Zhao Tigeng Teapot," "Gongchun Teapot," one "Square Small Qianjian Basin" (gifted to Gu Guobiao), and one "Ruyi Foot Furnace" (gifted to Zhou Shengxi). The "Gongchun Teapot," "Ox-Cover Lotus Seed Teapot," and "Monk's Hat Teapot" received quality certification from the National Quality Review Committee. # 1984 July 18: His wife Xu Yibao passed away at Dingshan United Hospital. On the eighth day of the eighth lunar month, Gu Jingzhou's seventieth birthday exhibition was held. He composed a poem: "Over fifty years competing in the craft, yet reflecting on my years already past seventy - Like Lu Yang raising his spear, it is not too late, I wish to leave my mark like footprints in the snow." From this month onward, he began using the seal "Made by Jingzhou After Seventy."