Mr. Shen is an important founder of jurisprudence, comparative law, sociology of law and other disciplines in China. As a pioneer and founder, the hardships in the early stage of discipline construction can be imagined, and his innovation and efforts in this respect are very great. Today, there are so many branches of law, and the current prosperity of law is inseparable from a lot of work he did in the past.

-Zhang Shouwen, Dean of Peking University Law School

Mr. Shen is not only knowledgeable all his life, but also honest, low-key, friendly and indifferent to fame and fortune. Even in a very special period, he insisted on putting people first and never said or did anything against his will.

—— Pan Jianfeng, Vice President of Peking University Law School

What impressed me most was that he was a real pure scholar, and it was not easy for him to get to the present in his life. He has always adhered to the conscience of a scholar and the character of devoted research. In any case, they attach importance to academics and are indifferent to fame and fortune. His persistence in learning will always be our example.

—— Ji Weidong, Dean of Shanghai Jiaotong University Law School

To outsiders, Mr. Shen lives an ascetic life. After retirement, Mr. Shen basically has no sports activities. Every morning, he walks out of the house with milk and goes back. This is his only physical labor in a day, and the rest of the time is writing and reading.

-disciple Shen

The reason why Mr. Shen is unsmiling is because he is not good at it or thinks it is unnecessary to make friends with others deliberately, or to say something unnecessary and straightforward. This is a truth, of course, giving people the feeling of being unsociable. Another is that he really pursues the truth and does well in academic and learning.

—— Shen Disciple, Zhang Qi of Peking University Law School.