1923 seventeen years old, entered the county middle school. Calligraphy and English are excellent.
1926 at the age of 20, I graduated from middle school and took part in the official study.
1In the autumn of 929, at the age of 23, I went to Shanghai to learn from my teacher. He was hired as a teacher of Qilu Public School by Shanghai Shandong Guild Hall. During my stay in Shanghai, I made friends with famous people in the book world, such as Wang, Wang, Wang, and Wang. During this period, I invited my friends Gui Yuting and Mr. Xu Bai as teachers to learn calligraphy. The teacher replied, "He (Shan Zhinan) writes better than me. He can't worship me as a teacher, but can only learn from me."
After seeing Shan Zhinan's calligraphy and seal cutting, Wang Fuan repeatedly said: "Although Chen Kan's calligraphy is comparable to that of a celebrity in Shanghai, he is a teenager. "
193 1 February, an exhibition of paintings and calligraphy for rescuing antiquities was held in Shanghai. At that time, the news report said: "A large number of precious paintings and calligraphy works were displayed under the stage, such as the works of modern great calligraphers Chen Zhudao, Huang Baocheng, Ma, Shan Zhinan, Yang and Li Yuanxiang (Shan Zhinan is 25 years old).
1937 3 1 year-old, Oracle Bone Inscriptions Federation participated in the China Language Exhibition. Shan Zhinan (3 1 year), the "China Chinese Exhibition" held by Shanghai Daxin Company, caused a sensation. At that time, "News" said: "Since the Chinese Language Exhibition, there have been a sea of people at home and abroad recently ... Shan Zhinan's Oracle Bone Inscriptions couplets are also treasures."