Mr. Shi, calligrapher, formerly known as San Tao, is a layman.
At the beginning of 1995, Shi unexpectedly put forward a new set of calligraphy ideas, aiming at treating the disadvantages that the modern calligraphy circle is increasingly divorced from calligraphy itself-this is "modern Zen".
1997, Jian Yue Zen Book was published for the first time by Fa Yin magazine of Chinese Buddhist Association. 1998, Shi went to Yunnan to spread Zen books, and many media such as Yunnan East Road Times, Life Daily and Spring City Evening News followed up. Zen books have been widely spread in China, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and other places, and calligraphers who are interested in exploring and creating Zen books at home and abroad have also emerged.