Sha Menghai (, June 11, 1900 – October 10, 1992), born Shi Wenruo (沙文若), was a great master of

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. He also was a master of

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carving (中国篆刻艺术), a theoretician of traditional Chinese art, and a master of

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art. Sha Wenhan is his brother. Sha was born in Sha village in Yinxian,

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. He was a professor in National

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(from 1929), National

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(from 1949), and

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(from 1963).

References

*Zhu, Guantian
"Sha Menghai"
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'', 1st ed.

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* People's Republic of China calligraphers 1900 births 1992 deaths Chinese seal artists Artists from Ningbo Zhejiang University faculty China Academy of Art Republic of China calligraphers Chinese art historians Writers from Ningbo Educators from Ningbo 20th-century Chinese historians Historians from Zhejiang {{art-historian-stub