Six files of a Floating Life (1809) is a rare mix of autobiography, love tale and social record written by way of a guy who used to be proficient as a student yet earned his residing as a civil servant and paintings broker. during this intimate memoir, Shen Fu recounts the family and romantic joys of his marriage to Yun, the gorgeous and inventive lady he fell in love with as a baby. He additionally describes different incidents of his lifestyles, together with how his liked spouse received a courtesan for him and displays on his travels via China. Shen Fu's beautiful memoir exhibits six parallel "layers" of 1 man's existence, loves and occupation, with revealing glimpses into chinese language society of the Ch'ing Dynasty.
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Occasionally Hsi-erh herself could come to the river financial institution in a small boat to greet me. at any time when I went, Hsiu-feng would include me; I invited no different site visitors, and we went to no different boats. One night’s leisure purely expense 4 cash of barbarian silver. Hsiu-feng spent each one evening with a special woman, which the women referred to as ‘jumping the trough’, and infrequently even had ladies at a time. I, however, stayed purely with Hsi-erh. occasionally I went by myself, and we might have whatever to drink at the balcony or simply speak within the liao. i didn't order her to sing, and that i didn't make her drink an excessive amount of; i used to be light and sympathetic together with her. the whole boat was once chuffed approximately this, and women from neighbouring boats all envied her. while the ladies had unfastened time among visitors they'd come for a trip in the event that they knew i used to be within the liao, and shortly there has been no longer a woman during this workforce of boats whom i didn't understand. at any time when I boarded the boat, the ladies could name to me with out a holiday. i'd glance left and correct, and feature no time to do something yet solution their greetings. you couldn't have received this welcome, no longer for 10000 golds. In 4 months there I spent just a little over 100 golds and in addition used to be in a position to devour lychee and different clean culmination. It used to be the happiest time I had ever spent in my lifestyles. Later, the madam desired to promote me Hsi-erh for 5 hundred golds, yet i didn't like her pestering me and so made plans to come domestic. Hsiu-feng had fallen in love, even if, so I inspired him to shop for the woman, and lower back to Soochow the best way we had come. the following yr Hsiu-feng went again there, yet as my father refused me permission to accompany him I authorised a proposal to paintings for County Justice of the Peace Yang at Chingpu. fifty eight whilst Hsiu-feng got here domestic he advised me that simply because I had no longer again to Canton, Hsi-erh had attempted to take her lifestyles a number of instances. Yi! ‘Waking from a half-year’s Yang-boat dream, I had a nasty identify aboard the craft! ’59 After getting back from Kwangtung I labored for the govt at Chingpu for 2 years, within which time I had no relaxing journeys to talk of. no longer lengthy after that Yün met Han-yüan, and the kinfolk started to boil with feedback of her involvement with a singsong lady. Yün used to be so offended approximately this that she fell unwell, and that i arrange a store promoting books and work with Cheng Mo-an in an aspect room by means of our gate, to assist pay for the various medication she wanted. days after that year’s Mid-Autumn pageant, Wu Yün-ko, Mao Yi-hsiang, and Wang Hsing-lan invited me to compliment them to the hotel of Repose on West Mountain. on the time, notwithstanding, i used to be placing my hand to a few calligraphy that had to be performed, and because I had no time to accompany them I advised them to move forward with out me. ‘If you could be capable to get away,’ acknowledged Wu, ‘we will stay up for you day after today midday on the Temple of the arrival Cranes via the Shuita Bridge on the foot of the mountains. ’ I agreed to this, and tomorrow left Cheng to seem after the store. I walked by myself out of the Chang Gate, reached the foot of the mountains and crossed the Shuita Bridge.