A native of Jiaxing, Zhejiang. Shen Zengzhi's grandfather, Shen Weiqi, was a Jinshi and rose to the rank of Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Industry. He was known as "Mr. Xiaohu". Zeng Guofan was his student and the author of "Ten Volumes of Supplementary Manuscripts of Dushu Zhai". He served as an academic administrator for five times, and he still had useful knowledge. He published many school journals throughout his life. Unfortunately, when Shen Zengzhi was eight years old, his father Shen Zonghan passed away and his family declined. He recited Tang poetry with his mother since he was a child, and became familiar with the study of phonology. Although his family was poor, his ambition to study was never abandoned. Under the guidance of Sun Chunzhou, Zhou Kesheng, Wang Chuxiang, Yu Youshan, Gao Junsheng, Qin Wanqing, Ruan Jisheng, Zhu Houchuan, Yongjuhou, Wang Xinchu, Luo Jisun and his eldest brother Shen Zengqi, "all the people from the early days of the Kingdom to the Qianjia period were "The theory of the family" (see Wang Guowei's "Preface to the Seventieth Life of Mr. Shen Yi'an"), and then established the ambition of "cultivating one's character, governing the country, and achieving peace and prosperity". He is knowledgeable about the past and present, and has learned both Chinese and Western knowledge. He is famous both at home and abroad for his "master's degree in Confucianism" and is known as the "Great Chinese Confucian". In the sixth year of Guangxu's reign (1880), he became a Jinshi and held various positions including Prime Minister's Yamen and Zhangjing. In 1901, he served as the supervisor (principal) of Shanghai Nanyang Public School (the predecessor of Shanghai Jiao Tong University), reforming the old appearance and achieving outstanding results. He is also a master of calligraphy. He became proficient in the study of calligraphy at an early age, and got his pen from Bao Shichen. In his prime, he became addicted to Chang Yuzhao. Later, the calligraphy was incorporated into the stele, and the calligraphy from the north and the south were merged into one furnace. Writing emphasizes changes and expresses the wonders in my heart. I almost forget about pen and paper, it's just my heart. He was highly praised by the calligraphy circles at that time, and many people at home and abroad sought his calligraphy. Shen Zengzhi is famous for his cursive script, which he adopted a wide range of methods, integrating Han Li, Beibei and Zhangcao into one. The stele and posts are combined together, especially thanks to "Er Cuan". The body is flying, simple and majestic, and it is purely based on divine movement. Strong personality opens up a new realm for the art of calligraphy. A few hours before his death, Meisou still held a pen and wrote three couplets. The A couplet is written on a five-foot white cold gold paper: "The bamboo scroll in the stone chamber is three feet long, and the Shanyin grass traces are composed of thousands of words." There are 39 people including Chen Sanyuan, Feng Menghua, Wu Changshuo and others who have written postscripts. The second couplet was written on five-foot rice paper: "Cen Jie and Xiong Ming were selected, and the golden sand rusted and broke the ribs." The postscripts were written by 16 people including Ma Yifu. Shen Zengzhi's calligraphy art influenced and cultivated a generation of calligraphers and made important contributions to the revival and development of calligraphy art. Masters such as Yu Youren, Li Zhimin, Ma Yifu, Xie Wuliang, Lu Fengzi, Wang Qiumei, Luo Fukan, Wang Quchang, etc. were all influenced by Shen Shu.