Conversation so far:
When was Shen Kuo born?
Shen Kuo was born in Qiantang (modern-day Hangzhou) in the year 1031.
What was Shen Kuo's youth like?
Shen was forced to rely on wit and determination to achieve in his studies, subsequently passing the imperial examinations and enter the sophisticated life of an exam-drafted state bureaucrat

Question: did he marry?
Self-contained rewrite: Did Shen Kuo marry?