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Six Notes on a Floating Life (sand Painting Color Illustration)

(qing Dynasty) Written By Shen Fu, Translated And Annotated By Luo Wei, Han Kuaikuai Sand Painting

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This book is an autobiographical prose written by Shen Fu, a native of Changzhou in the Qing Dynasty, in the 13th year of Jiaqing (1808). The original six volumes include only four volumes of incomplete manuscripts. The second dictionary of "Floating Life" comes from Li Bai's poem "Preface to the Spring Night Banquet from My Brother's Peach and Li Garden": "Heaven and earth are the reverse journey of all things; time and light are the passers-by of hundreds of generations. And floating life is like a dream, and it is the geometry of joy." The book takes the life of Shen and his wife as the main line, enriching the ordinary but interesting time at home, as well as what they saw and heard while traveling around the world. The author and his wife Chen Yun fell in love with each other and wanted to live a life of common people, eating vegetables and engaging in art. However, due to the oppression of feudal ethics and the suffering of poverty, their ideals were finally shattered. The writing in this book is fresh and honest, without any trace of embellishment. The Shen couple had a deep love that lasted until death. It started with joy and ended with sorrow, drifting to a foreign land, which is very sad and moving.