Shen Fu

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This is a Chinese name; the family name is Shen.

Shen Fu (simplified Chinese: 沈复; traditional Chinese: 沈復; pinyin: Shěn Fù; 1763–1825?), courtesy name Sanbai (三白), was a Chinese writer of the Qing Dynasty, best known for the novel Six Records of a Floating Life.

Life

Shen Fu was born in Changzhou (长洲, in Suzhou, Jiangsu province) in 1763. He was known as a great writer and wrote one of the best known descriptions of everyday life during the Qing Dynasty, Six Records of a Floating Life. In this text, which was completed in 1807, Shen Fu describes the gentle personality of his wife, Chen Yun (陈芸), and his love for her. He also chronicles the rejection of Chen Yun by his parents and her untimely death. Shen Fu was a government clerk, a "yamen" private secretary.

An English translation of Six Records of a Floating Life is available as a Penguin paperback. It is considered a great classic of Chinese literature.^[1]

References

↑ Tseng Yuho (1993). "Women Painters of the Ming Dynasty". Artibus Asiae (Artibus Asiae, Vol. 53, No. 1/2) 53 (1/2): 249–259. doi:10.2307/3250517. JSTOR 3250517.

Chinese Wikisource has original text related to this article:

浮生六記

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