章谷与盛丹齐名，人以"武林章氏"、"秣陵盛氏"并称。
       传世作品有顺治十六年(1659)作《八景图册》，绢本，设色，纵28.5厘米，横22.3厘米，其中《峨嵋积雪图》款署:"己亥秋九月，古愚章谷写。"现藏广州市美术馆;顺治元年(1644)作《冲寒过灞桥图》轴、康熙二年(1663)作《山水图》扇页藏故宫博物院;顺治八年作《春云草堂图》著录于《知鱼堂书画录》。从艺活动约于明末清初，卒于康熙初。长子章采，字子真，次子章声，字子鹤，均能绍父艺，父子俱名噪西泠。
       《涧道寒泉图》，画中山涧丛树，一道清流顺山而下，二三僧者策杖越溪石而行。丛树郁然含烟，幢幢塔影与林中庙宇呼应，云蒸霞蔚，呈现出宁静而悠深的景象。此画多用渍墨，画家素以“水墨烘染”之功而著称。
Introduction to English
         Zhang Gu (17th century) Qing Dynasty painter, birth and death unknown, the words in the number of ancient foolishness, benevolence (now Zhejiang Hangzhou) people. About the activities of the Junji to Kangxi years. Gong Zhuan, Li, eight minutes book. Good painting landscapes, portraits, special workers baking, painting the character modeling correct, vivid and vivid. The painting landscape mood deep quiet, the idea of strange, pen force Qiu Jin, ink Canghun Xiu Run, good use ink stain method to ink baking known at the time.
        Zhang Gu and Sheng Dan par, people to "Wulin Zhang's", "Moling Sheng's" and said.
        Handed down works of Shunzhi sixteen years (1659) for the "Eight King Atlas", silk, color, vertical 28.5 cm, horizontal 22.3 cm, of which "Emei snow map" section: "Ji Haiqiu September, (1663) for the "landscape map" Fan page of the National Palace Museum; Junji eight years as the "Museum of the National Art Museum of Guangdong Province; Spring Cloud Cottage "recorded in the" known fish hall painting and calligraphy. " Artistic activities about the late Ming and early Qing Dynasty, died in Kangxi early. The eldest son of chapter mining, the word child, the second son of Chapter sound, word child crane, can Shao father art, father and son Xiling.
        "Jiedao Hanquan map", painting in the mountain bush, a clear stream down the mountain, two or three monks who stick to the stick and the river line. Cong tree Yu Ran smoke, towers and buildings in the temple echoed the temple, the cloud steaming Xia Wei, showing a quiet and deep deep scene. This painting more than stained with ink, the artist known as "ink baking" of the power is known.