ABSTRACT
On December 28, 1902, or the 29th day of the 11th month of the 28th year in the reign of the Guangxu Emperor of the Qing dynasty, Shen Yuehuan was born in a remote town inside the Hunan border girded by a river and nestled among mountains. Today the town is called Fenghuang. Formerly it was called Zhen’gan. The Tuo River runs through it. It was here that Shen Yuehuan grew up. Later he changed his name to Shen Congwen.
