fish and wine fest to produce this joint handscroll in the Jingjiang Hotel. Soon Guo departed to join Mao Tse-dong to fight the Japanese invasion on the outskirts of Shanghai. See full text and translations here. Another Example, a Calligraphy Fan This is a fan with calligraphy by Shen Yinmo 沈尹默, Ma Heng 马衡 and Zhang Fengju 张凤举 : Calligraphy fan by Shen Yinmo 沈尹默, Ma Heng and Zhang Fengju It was likely done at a similar occasion and presented to one of the guests. Post 1949 Following the establishment of the People's Republic, he assumed a number of official and semi-official positions. These included Deputy Head of the Central Culture Bureau 中央文史馆副馆长 (appointed by Chou En Lai ), Shanghai Municipal People's Council Member上海市人委委员, member of the People's Congress (national) and member of the People's Consultative Committee 全国人大代表和政协委员. There were also numerous semi-official positions in cultural and calligraphy organizations. He personally established the Shangahi Chinese Calligraphy and Seal Research Institute上海市中国书法篆刻研究会. Around 1950, his poems appeared prominently in the literature supplement of the newspapers Guangming Daily, Wen Hui Bao, and Jiefang Daily. He published many articles, poems and calligraphy during the following dozen-plus years until the Cultural Revolution in 1966. On the occasion of the 10th anniversary for the People's Republic in 1959, he presented 115 poems. He was elected by Shanghai to be a Representative of the National People's Congress in September 1964. He is best known as a calligrapher. Shen Yinmo's calligraphy stylistic range and techniques span to the Song Dynasty masters. Most artists can only emulate to the Qing and few can achieve the Ming period. This is an assessment by Professor Lu 陆维钊 of the Zhejiang Academy of Arts. He was director of a research institute and published many historical studies on calligraphy drawing upon his personal mental and technical experiences when emulating famous earlier styles. During the Cultural Revolution (1966–76) Shen, already in his 80s, was tortured by the Red Guards. They were against all non-communist forms of art and culture and declared Shen a "counter-revolutionary". He destroyed all his personal writings and his collection of old calligraphy and manuscripts. It was not enough. He was forced to write confessions and self-criticisms, posting them outside his house. These were eagerly taken by people who sought his calligraphy. He eventually succumbed to the after effects of the repeated abuse at the age of 87. Major Achievements. 书法大师