一八七五年(清光绪元年),一岁元月初一日,出生于绍兴檀渎村。祖父来同务农,父亲润生商店文牍,因其父生后即寄养外家李姓,故早年姓李名徐,中年署李生翁,晚年复姓徐,仍名生翁,无字无别号。一八八四年(甲申),十岁幼,家贫,缺纸笔,又乏师指导,日以废纸旧簿本习书,是年始入塾求读,未及一年辍学。一八八七年(丁亥),十三岁以颜体为家中新置板桌书写年月及名号,父见后赞赏,并鼓励长大后写字能和翁同比肩闻名(所书板桌“文革”前尚存家中)。一八九九年(己亥),二十五岁辍学后致力习字,酷署严寒,未曾间断,廿岁左右已写出一手好颜字。又勤奋习画,山水、人物、花卉无不从工笔入手。后从邻居周星诒(1883-1904,字季贶,山阴人,祖籍河南,工诗 In 1875 (the first year of the Qing Emperor Guangxu), one year old on the first day of January, was born in Shandun Village, Shaoxing. His grandfather to work with his father Runsheng store Wenyi, because after his father foster foreign family surnamed Li, so early Li name Xu, middle age Department Li Sheng Weng, old age hyphenated Xu, still named Weng, no word without alias. In 1884 (A), ten-year-old, poor family, lack of paper pen, and lack of guidance, day to old book of waste paper book, is the beginning of the year to study, not dropping out of school. In 1887 (Dinghai), at the age of thirteen years old, he wrote the date and name of the newly-built board at home, praised his father and encouraged him to grow and write, “Cultural Revolution” before the surviving home). In 1899 (Hon Hai), after dropping out of school at age 25, he devoted himself to the study of characters. The Department of Education was cold and uninterrupted. Twenty years of age had already written a good hand. Diligently practice painting, landscapes, figures, flowers are all from the start with the pen. After Zhou Xun from the neighbor 诒 (1883-1904, the word 贶, Shanyin, native of Henan, the work of poetry