It is the work of Zhang Dai, a famous essayist in Ming Dynasty, and a book, Six Chapters of a Floating Life, all of which are representative works of Zhang Dai.
Tao An Meng Yi has eight volumes, 123, of which the first volume 15, the second volume 15, the third volume 16, the fourth volume 15, and the fifth volume 16. The content is complex and involves a wide range. According to the preliminary classification of subject matter, it can be roughly divided into five categories: the beauty of mountains and rivers, folk customs, pavilions, opera skills and diet.
This collection of essays is the product of wind, frost, rain and snow in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, the artistic crystallization of Chinese dream culture, the condensation of blood and tears in the author's life mileage, the dream memory of life, the dream memory of the soul, the sad song of the country after its fall and the sad song of social life in troubled times. It is also a life note full of longing and vitality worth recalling in Tao An's 50-year life course. There is no hope, no luxury, no expectation, only sadness, only curse, only the memory of dreams; Taking the memory of dreams as liberation, taking the memory of dreams as comfort, taking the memory of dreams as reflection, putting the sigh of home country, the yearning for hometown and the sadness of life into the memory of dreams, this is the writing motivation of Tao An's dream memory, this is the nostalgic complex of Tao An's dream memory and this is the artistic essence of Tao An's dream memory.