Abstract: From a regional cultural perspective, Shen Cong-wen started a dialogue with the mainstream ideology.Though confronted with the drastic modernity of Chinese society, his works, reflecting the modernity, repeatedly demonstrated the "beautiful, humanistic" life which was precisely in accordance with the demand of modernity to human existence.At this point, he was reconciled with modernity.

Key words: Shen Cong-wen , modernity;confrontation;reconciliation