Sha Menghai born Shi Wenruo (沙文若), was a great master of calligraphy

East Asian calligraphy

East Asian calligraphy is a form of calligraphy widely practised and revered in the Sinosphere. This most often includes China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam. The East Asian calligraphic tradition originated and developed from China. There is a general standardization of the various styles of...

 in China

China

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. He is widely regarded as the top one of Chinese modern art of calligraphy. He also was a master of Chinese seal carving (中国篆刻艺术), a theoretician of traditional Chinese art, and a master of Shanghai School

Shanghai School

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 art. Sha Wenhan

Sha Wenhan

Sha Wenhan , was a Chinese historian, revolutionary, educator and politician. Sha was a former Governor of Zhejiang Province of China, and a former President of Zhejiang University.-Biography:...

 is his brother.

Born in Sha village in Yinxian, Ningbo

Ningbo

Ningbo is a seaport city of northeastern Zhejiang province, Eastern China. Holding sub-provincial administrative status, the municipality has a population of 7,605,700 inhabitants at the 2010 census whom 3,089,180 in the built up area made of 6 urban districts. It lies south of the Hangzhou Bay,...

. He was a professor in National Zhongshan University (from 1929), National Zhejiang University

Zhejiang University

Zhejiang University , sometimes referred to as Zheda, is a national university in China. Founded in 1897, Zhejiang University is one of China's oldest institutions of higher education...

 (from 1949), and China Academy of Art

China Academy of Art

China Academy of Art is the highest university of art in China. It was founded in Hangzhou in 1928 by the government of Republic of China.-Introduction:...

(from 1963).