Shang Yanzhi

• Shang Yanzhi, also known as Zhi, was born in Shengxian County, Zhejiang Province. In the late Qing Dynasty, he successively served as county magistrate in Hukou, Jiangxi and Jiangsu. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he served as a painter at the Shanghai Chinese Painting Academy. He is also good at calligraphy and poetry.