Mandarins on the move The imperial rescripts in the National Palace Museum collection show that when Shen came to Taiwan he denounced Japanese troops, provided the aborigines with basic education, and stuck to a policy of being prepared for conflict but not provoking the Japanese.
在故宮的奏摺裡可看到，沈來台後以理詰責日軍，並招諭原住民，採用「不先開釁端，而無日不為戰守之備」的原則對付日軍。