Xū Gǔ (Hsü Ku,); (c. 1824–1896) was a Chinese painter and poet during the Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1912).
Xu was born in She County in the Anhui province, and later lived in Guangling in the Jiangsu province.[1] His style name was 'Xugu' and his sobriquet was 'Ziyang Shanren'. Xu was an army official, and then later a monk. When painting he used the side of the brush in a fluent and bold style. In poetry he produced the work Poetry of Xugu monk.