Sha Yexin (Chinese: ???; 13 July 1939 in Nanjing – 26 July 2018) was a Chinese playwright and short story writer.
Sha finished his first one-act play, Yi fen qian «???» (One Cent), in 1965.
Later works include his plays Haohao xuexi «????» (Diligent study); Yesu, Kongzi, Pitoushi Lienong ??·??·????? (Jesus, Confucius and Beatles‘ Lennon); Makesi mishi «?????» (Marx's Secret History); Xunzhao nanzihan «?????» (Looking for a Real Man) and his short story titled Wu biaoti de duihua «?????» (Untitled dialogue).
His play The Impostor «??????» (If I Were for Real) was written together with fellow playwrights Li Shoucheng and Yao Mingde and later made into a movie directed by Wang Tong.[1]
Sha became head of the Shanghai People's Art Theatre in 1985.
Sha met with German chancellor Angela Merkel in 2007, regarding freedom of the press issues in China.