Shen Ying, a famous figure in the Spring and Autumn Period, first appeared in the history books. The important figures in Shen history are: Shen Jing, the satrap of the Western Han Dynasty; Liang writers in the Southern Dynasties: Xing Wu in the Sui Dynasty was Shen Faxing's satrap; Shen Quanqi, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, Shen, a prime minister in the era of Wu Zetian, writers Shen Yazhi and Shen Jiji, calligrapher and poet Shen Qianyun; Shen Kuo, a scientist and politician in the Northern Song Dynasty; Shen He, a dramatist in Yuan Dynasty; Ming Dynasty painter Shen Zhou, drama theorist and writer Shen Jing, writer Shen Defu, Sanqu writer Shen Shi; Shen, a drama writer in the Ming and Qing Dynasties; In the Qing Dynasty, Shen Baozhen, governor of the two rivers, Shen Ji 'ao, a physician, Shen Quan, a painter, Shen Deqian, a historian and writer, Shen Qinhan, a scholar Shen Yao, a philosopher and scholar Shen Shandeng and a jurist Shen Jiaben; Shen, a historian and calligrapher of the Republic of China; Contemporary writer (Mao Dun), democratic revolutionary Shen Junru, economist Shen Zhiyuan, surgeon Shen Kefei, mechanical engineering expert Shen Hong, fruit tree gardener, writer Shen Congwen, calligrapher Shen, medical and physiologist Shen Qizhen, playwright and film artist Shen Naixi ().