He Shaoji was born in the fourth year of Jiaqing in the Qing Dynasty (1799) and died in the twelfth year of Tongzhi (1873). His courtesy name was Zizhen, his nickname was Dongzhou, and his later nickname was Haosou. He was a native of Daoxian County, Hunan Province today. He Shaoji lived in Dongmen's home in Daozhou before he was two years old, and lived with his mother in his uncle's house from the age of two to eight. His uncle enlightened him and laid the foundation for his studies. At the age of eight, he followed his parents to the capital. At the age of eighteen, he took the Jingzhao Examination and obtained the transcript. At the age of twenty, he read "Shuowen" and wrote seal characters. He became a disciple of celebrities such as Sun Jingtang, Ruan Yuan, Cheng Enze and Zhangye. He studied hard and laid the foundation for his future achievements in learning and calligraphy. At the age of twenty-one, He Shaoji married Tao, a native of Ningxiang, who was three years older than him. Previously, his wife, Zhang, died unmarried. At the age of thirty-one, he was awarded the title of Excellent Gongsheng, and at the age of thirty-eight, he ranked first in the provincial examination. He fell into eighth place and became a commoner (see "Tomb List"). From the age of forty-one, he passed the provincial examinations in Fujian, Guizhou and Guangdong. At the age of forty-six, he was sent to Guizhou. At the age of fifty-four, he was sent to Sichuan to study politics. At the age of fifty-seven, he offended the powerful and was demoted. After that, he had no intention of becoming a scholar, fell in love with landscapes, drank wine, composed poems, and used calligraphy. He successively lectured at Jinan and Changsha academies. In the ninth year of Tongzhi, he was recommended by Zeng Guofan, the governor of Liangjiang, and Ding Richang, the governor of Jiangsu. He was appointed director of Suzhou and Yangzhou bookstores, and published the school magazine "Commentaries on the Thirteen Classics". . In July of the twelfth year of Tongzhi, he suddenly suffered from dysentery and died in Suzhou Province at the age of seventy-five.