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 Chinese seal carving (中国篆刻艺术), a theoretician of traditional Chinese art, and a master of Shanghai School art. Sha Wenhan is his brother. Sha was born in Sha village in Yinxian,

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. He was a professor in National Zhongshan University (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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