Shen Fu

For the film director, see Shen Fu (director).

In this Chinese name, the family name is  Shen.

Shen Fu

Native name|

Born| 26 December 1763
Suzhou, Jiangsu, Qing China
Died| After 1825
Pen name| Sanbai
Occupation| Yamen
Language| Literary Chinese
Period| 1780s?–1807
Genre| Autobiography
Notable works| Six Records of a Floating Life
Spouse| Chen Yun (m. 1780)
Shen Fu

Traditional Chinese| 沈復
Simplified Chinese| 沈复
| Transcriptions

Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin| Shěn Fù
IPA| [ʂə̀n fû]
Alternative Chinese name
Chinese| 三白
| Transcriptions

Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin| Sānbái

Shen Fu (Chinese: 沈復; 26 December 1763 – after 1825), courtesy name Sanbai (三白), was a Chinese writer of the Qing Dynasty, best known for his autobiography Six Records of a Floating Life.

## Life

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Dwelling of a yamen in Suzhou, 18th century (from the painting Prosperous Suzhou)

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.

The work is considered a great classic of Chinese literature.[1]

## References

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1. ^ Tseng Yuho (1993). "Women Painters of the Ming Dynasty". Artibus Asiae. 53 (1/2). Artibus Asiae, Vol. 53, No. 1/2: 249–259\. doi:10.2307/3250517. JSTOR 3250517.249-259&rft.date=1993&rft_id=info:doi/10.2307/3250517&rft_id=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3250517#id-name=JSTOR&rft.au=Tseng+Yuho&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Shen+Fu" class="Z3988">

* Hummel, Arthur W. Sr., ed. (1943). "Shên Fu" . Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing Period. United States Government Printing Office.

## External links

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Chinese Wikisource has original text related to this article:

浮生六記

* Works by Fu Shen at Project Gutenberg

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