Six Records of a Floating Life

All pages and cover are intact. Possible slightly loose binding, minor

All pages and cover are intact. Possible slightly loose binding, minor highlighting and marginalia, cocked spine or torn dust jacket. Maybe an ex-library copy and not include the accompanying CDs, access codes or other supplemental materials.

New York. 1988. Penguin Books. Reprinted Penguin Classic Paperback Edition.

New York. 1988. Penguin Books. Reprinted Penguin Classic Paperback Edition. Very Good In Wrappers. ISBN: 0140444297. Translated from the Chinese & With An Introduction and Notes by Leonard Pratt & Chiang Su-Hui. 171 pages. paperback. The cover shows a portrait of a lady by Leng Mei from an eighteenth-century scroll in the British Museum. FROM THE PUBLISHER-SIX RECORDS OF A FLOATING LIFE is the most informative document of China's Ch'ing Dynasty in existence; it is also a love story which has delighted Chinese readers for over a century. Shen Fu's reflections on his life as a magistrate's secretary, a loving husband, a painter and an unsuccessful tradesman were written in 1809 and have been a Chinese favourite ever since. Many themes explored in the memoirs give today's reader new insights into Chinese society: the powerful role of the courtesan, the unrecognized status of the government clerk, the arrogance of the untrained officials and the formal and often strained family relationships and arranged marriages. Shen Fu himself had a difficult life and was ill-equipped to cope with it. Many of the problems he encountered have their parallels in contemporary society and, as the translators point out in their Introduction, ‘Shen Fu has left us a lively portrait of his era that in places strikes chords remarkably resonant with our own.'. Shen Fu (1763–1825? ), was a Chinese writer of the Qing Dynasty, best known for the novel Six Records of a Floating Life. Shen Fu was born in Changzhou (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, 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. A more recent translation, also easily available, is Graham Sanders translation as Six Records of a Life Adrift. inventory #29257.

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