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Shen Deqian

Shen Deqian (沈德潜, 1673–1769) was a Qing dynasty poet, anthologist, and official who passed the jinshi examination at sixty-seven and rose under the Qianlong Emperor.

Shen Duo

Shen Duo (沈铎, born 1997, Liyang, Jiangsu) is a Chinese freestyle swimmer who won six golds at the 2014 Nanjing Youth Olympics, set world junior records of 53.84 and 1:56.12, and won Asian Games and World Championship relay golds.

Shen Faxing

Shen Faxing (沈法兴) was a Sui official who declared himself King of Liang in 619, ruling over ten commanderies south of the Yangtze until his death in 620.

Shen Fu

Shen Fu (沈复), courtesy name Dezhi, was a Southern Song official from Huzhou who twice served as Associate Administrator of the Bureau of Military Affairs, in 1173 and 1175.

Shen Gongbao (申公豹)

Shen Gongbao (申公豹) is the fictional Chan-sect villain of the Ming novel Fengshen Yanyi, Jiang Ziya's jealous junior fellow disciple who persuades cultivators to fight Zhou and is finally invested as East Sea Water-Splitting General.

Shen Guifen

Shen Guifen (沈桂芬, 1817–1880) was a Qing dynasty statesman who served over a decade as a Grand Councilor and managed foreign affairs at the Zongli Yamen.

Shen Jiaben

Shen Jiaben (沈家本, 1840–1913) was a Qing dynasty jurist from Zhejiang who led the revision of the Qing legal code and is regarded as a founder of modern Chinese law.

Shen Jing

Shen Jing (沈璟, 1553–1610) was a Ming dynasty playwright and music theorist from Wujiang, Suzhou, who founded the Wujiang school and compiled a tune manual of 652 patterns.

Shen Kuo

Shen Kuo (沈括, 1031–1095) was a Song dynasty official, diplomat, and scholar who served as calendar reformer and finance commissioner and wrote the Mengxi Bitan.

Shen Li

Shen Li (沈鲤) was a Ming dynasty official from Guide who served the Wanli Emperor as Minister of Rites and, in his seventies, as Grand Secretary.

Shen Lin

Shen Lin, born 1931 in Xiamen, China, is a mathematician and computer scientist who spent his career at Bell Labs and co-created the Lin–Kernighan heuristic.

Shen mie lun (Treatise on the Extinction of the Soul)

The Shen mie lun (神灭论, Treatise on the Extinction of the Soul) is a treatise by Fan Zhen, written around 492, arguing that spirit perishes with the body.

Shen Pei

Shen Pei (審配) was a Han dynasty official who served Yuan Shao, controlled the succession to his domain, and was executed after defending Ye against Cao Cao.

Shen Qingzhi's Dangliang Coin Debate

Shen Qingzhi's Dangliang Coin Debate (沈庆之放钱议) was a 454 memorial by Shen Qingzhi, Duke of Shixing, proposing private coin casting in government offices; private casting later caused debasement.

Shen Quan

Shen Quan (沈銓), sobriquet Nanpin, was a Chinese bird-and-flower painter of the Qing dynasty who taught in Nagasaki from 1731 to 1733, founding the Japanese Nanpin school.

Shen Quanqi

Shen Quanqi (沈佺期) was a Tang dynasty poet and official of Xiangzhouneihuang who, with Song Zhiwen, completed the standardization of regulated verse; he died around 713.

Shen Shao'an

Shen Shao'an (沈绍安, courtesy name Zhongkang; 1767–1835) was a Qing dynasty lacquer artisan of Houguan County in Fuzhou who created bodiless lacquerware, reviving the ancient jiazhu dry-lacquer method.

Shen Sheng

Shen Sheng (申生) was the crown prince of Jin, son of Duke Xian, who killed himself in 656 BC after Li Ji accused him of plotting patricide.

Shen Shixing

Shen Shixing (申时行, 1535–1614) was a Ming dynasty official who placed first in the jinshi examination and served as chief grand secretary under the Wanli Emperor.

Shen State Ancient City

沈国故城, the Shen State ancient city site at Gucheng village, Sheqiao town, Pingyu County, Henan: capital of the Spring and Autumn state of Shen (destroyed by Cai in 506 BC), later a Han-era town; a 2013 seventh-batch national key cultural site.

Shen Wei

Shen Wei (沈炜) is a Chinese entrepreneur who founded Vivo, the Dongguan-based smartphone maker with over 500 million users, and serves as its chief executive officer.

Shen Xiaoting (沈小婷)

Shen Xiaoting (沈小婷, 샤오팅), Chinese singer and main dancer of K-pop group Kep1er, formed via Girls Planet 999 (9th place, 700,663 points); former competitive ballroom dancer; solo debut single LEGEND, July 2026.

Shen Xiaoyong

Shen Xiaoyong (沈小勇) is a Chinese technology executive who co-founded the industrial AI company SmartMore in late 2019 with Jia Jiaya and serves as its CEO.

Shen Xue

Shen Xue (申雪), Chinese pair figure skater born 1978 in Harbin; with husband Zhao Hongbo, 2010 Olympic pairs champion, three-time world champion (2002, 2003, 2007), and China's first figure skating Olympic gold medalist.

Shen Yi

Shen Yi (申毅) is a Chinese quantitative hedge fund manager, founder and CEO of Shanghai Shenyi Investment, a firm he started in 2004 after leading Goldman Sachs's US ETF proprietary trading group.

Shen Yi (Chinese international relations scholar)

Shen Yi (沈逸), born 1976, is a Chinese international relations scholar and professor at Fudan University known for research on cybersecurity strategy and global cyberspace governance.

Shen Yi Investment

Shen Yi Investment (上海申毅投资) is a Shanghai-based quantitative asset management firm founded in 2004 by Shen Yi, a former Goldman Sachs ETF trading head and Millennium Partners portfolio manager.

Shen Yifei

Shen Yifei (沈奕斐) is a Chinese sociologist and associate professor at Fudan University whose videos on intimacy and family education have drawn over 1.32 billion plays.

Shen Yiguan

Shen Yiguan (沈一贯) was a Ming dynasty grand secretary who served the Wanli Emperor for thirteen years, led the cabinet for four, forced the heir apparent's enthronement, and died in 1615.

Shen Yinmo

Shen Yinmo (沈尹默), originally named Shen Junmo, was a Chinese calligrapher, poet, and educator known for classical tie-school calligraphy and paired with Yu Youren as "South Shen, North Yu".