著名书法家、诗人沈尹默(一八八三——一九七一)早年在杭州任教时即与马一浮相识,但别后的近三十年中,并未互相通信。直到创立复性书院,沈任董事后,两人才诗歌唱和不断。马对沈的诗是称颂备至的。一九四四年十二月在给弟子刘公纯的信中就说:“承写示沈尹默先生杂诗四十首,何幸今日得覩斯篇!自来以理语入诗最难,唯渊明能之,朴而弥隽。沈先生五言,风神标格深得力于陶公,亦不刻意取貌,是以为高。” 沈先生十分支持书院的事业,一九四三年曾向书院捐赠刻资。一九四四年,由于书院刻书经费更加困难,靠有关人士捐赠刻资,有似杯水车薪,无济于事。董事会决定向社会广泛募集刻书基金,即由沈先生 Shen Yinmo (1883-1971), a famous calligrapher and poet, met Ma Yifu when he was teaching in Hangzhou in his early years, but he did not communicate with each other in nearly 30 years. Until the founding of the rehabilitation academy, Shen directors, both poetry singing and continuous. The praise of the horse to the poem is praised. In December 1944, in his letter to his disciple, Liu Gongchun, he said: “The scriptures show that there are forty miscellaneous poems by Mr. Shen Yinmo, Yuan Ming can, Park and Mi Jun .Shen five words, the Aeolus standard deep in the Tao Gong, nor deliberately looks, is high. ”Shen very much support the academy career, in 1943 Donate money to the college. In 1944, as it was more difficult for academies to make engraving books, it was a shame for them to have donated their capitals to the public. The board of directors decided to extensively raise engraving funds to the society, that is, Mr. Shen