十二世祖吴焕（1177-1227）于嘉定癸未、甲申间（1223-1224）任长沙尉，遂命其子吴坚（1206-1279，南宋左丞相）进岳麓书院就读，并师从朱子门人后学真德秀、李燔等。岳麓书院是宋代四大书院之一。
The twelfth ancestor Wu Huan (1177-1227) served as an officer in Changsha City in the years from 1223 to 1224. During his term, he ordered his son Wu Jian (1206- 1279, Left Prime Minister in the Southern Song Dynasty) to study at Yuelu Academy, where Wu Jian’s teachers included Zhen Dexiu and Li Fan, disciples of the philosopher Zhu Xi. The Yuelu Academy was one of the four most renowned academies in the Song Dynasty.