Brief Introduction to the Works of Shen Fu, a Writer in Qing Dynasty

Shen Fu's Works Speaking of the works of Shen Fu, a famous writer in Qing Dynasty, people will think of his autobiographical prose collection Six Chapters of a Floating Life. Among Shen Fu's many works, Six Chapters of a Floating Life has become the proudest masterpiece in his life because of its high artistic achievements and extensive influence.

Shen Fu's works

It is reported that Six Chapters of a Floating Life was written in the 13th year of Jiaqing in Qing Dynasty, and it is a work that systematically records Shen Fu's life story and social experience. This manuscript was discovered and published in a cold stall in Suzhou by Yang Yinchuan, the brother-in-law of Wang Tao, the editor-in-chief of Shanghai Daily in Xianfeng period of Qing Dynasty. It is said that when Six Chapters of a Floating Life was discovered, there were only four volumes because of its long history and poor preservation, and the whereabouts of the other two volumes were unknown, which is undoubtedly a great loss to China's art treasure house.

Shen Fucai, born in the family of aides, is outstanding in learning and straightforward in character. Because he was devoted to serenity and freedom and did not covet eunuch life, he never took the imperial examination for many years, which was of course out of social orthodoxy for the literati in Qing Dynasty.

Shen Fu has traveled around the world since his youth, worked as an aide and had rich life experience. Therefore, Six Chapters of a Floating Life contains mostly his thoughts and feelings during his exile and his life with his beloved wife Chen Yun.

Six Chapters of a Floating Life is rich in content and exquisite in writing. The author highlights six themes with narrative style. Among them, the two chapters "Joy in the Boudoir" and "Worried Sorrow" are the most familiar. The former focuses on the intimate love life between Shen Fu and Chen Yun, while the latter describes the story of Shen Fu's exile after the family change in Shenyang. The works profoundly reflect the deep feelings of husband and wife through thick and thin, which are stronger than gold. Therefore, Six Chapters of a Floating Life not only truly records Shen Fu's life experience, but also shows a classic romantic love in the history of classical literature in China.

In which dynasty were Shen Fu and Shen Fu, the authors of the autobiographical essay Six Chapters of a Floating Life? According to historical records, Shen was born in A.D. 1763, and Six Chapters of a Floating Life was written in the 13th year of Jiaqing in Qing Dynasty for Shen Fu in his later years. Therefore, there should be no doubt that Shen Fu belongs to the Qing Dynasty.

Portrait of Shen Fu

Which dynasty did Shen Fu belong to? In the 28th year of Qing Qianlong, Shen Fu was born in a merchant family in Suzhou, Jiangsu. Although the Shenyang family is in business, it used to be the home of literati next to Canglang Pavilion in the south of Gusu. Therefore, Shen Fu's father cultivated children's literacy very early and placed high hopes on them. Therefore, Shen Fu was interested in poetry, calligraphy and painting since he was a child. Although he has never taken the imperial examination in his life, he has never won fame. But his literary talent and legendary life experience are still talked about by people.

In the forty-second year of Qing Qianlong, 14-year-old Shen Fu left his hometown with his father and went to Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province to study as an adjutant. After completing his studies, he moved to Shandong, Sichuan and other places as an aide. After more than ten years, he suffered from displacement. Fortunately, in the most difficult and painful years, life was quite interesting with like-minded wife Chen Yun.

According to Six Chapters of a Floating Life, when Shen Fu left home, he was once in financial difficulties and had to sell paintings for a living. Husband and wife support each other in difficulties, but there is still no lack of elegance in life. In the feudal society of Qing Dynasty with strict ethical codes, Shen Fu and Chen Yun, a couple in trouble, were undoubtedly the immortal couple envied by others.

In the forty-nine years of Qianlong, Emperor Qianlong made a southern tour, and Shen Fu followed his father to meet Shengjia. His luck changed, and then he returned to his hometown of Suzhou to engage in wine business. However, not long after, his wife Chen Yun died, and Shen Fu went to Sichuan in grief, which became a mystery.

Who is Shen Fuzi, a famous prose writer in Qing Dynasty and the author of Six Chapters of a Floating Life? In Shen Fu's autobiographical essay Six Chapters of a Floating Life, the word "Three Whites" and the small word "Three Whites" appear very frequently, especially Shen Fu's wife Chen Yun always calls her husband "Three Whites", which makes people have infinite warm associations.

Shen Fu stills

Master Shen what? There is also an interesting boudoir story about Shen Fu's fine print "Three Whites".

It is said that Chen Yun was smart and studious since he was a child, and he had a high talent in poetry and ode. He and Shen Fu are kindred spirits, so after marriage, husband and wife often sing poems about wine together and discuss ancient and modern times.

On one occasion, Chen Yun casually recited a passage of Pipa, written by Bai Juyi, a poet in the Tang Dynasty. Shen Fu asked her curiously, which one did she prefer, Li Bai and Du Fu, two famous poets in the Tang Dynasty? Chen Yun said that he naturally prefers Li Bai. Li Bai's poems are bold and unrestrained, with great artistic conception. However, he is also called the enlightenment of his childhood. He began to study Bai Juyi's Pipa Trip. Their poetic styles are completely different, but in fact they are different.

Hearing this, Shen Fu clapped his hands and smiled and said, "Wonderful! Li Taibai is your idol and Bai Juyi is your first teacher. As it happens, my name is Sanbai, and I am your husband. How do you have such a relationship with albino? "

After hearing this, Chen Yun said with a smile: "The white characters are predestined friends, and I am afraid that the white characters will repeat themselves in the future (Wu Yin bid farewell to the white characters)." Two people laugh together.

From this little thing in life, we can see that both of them are naturally elegant people, and even jokes are so interesting. The word white is a clever metaphor, which expresses the meaning of the word "white" that lovers never forget. The old couple who want to come to modern society have been exhausted by daily trifles in their long-term life, but what the ancients said is poetic and picturesque, which has become a romantic love story sung through the ages.

The life story of Shen Fu, an essayist in Qing Dynasty, is mostly found in his autobiographical essay Six Chapters of a Floating Life in his later years.

Shen Fu stills

It is said that Shen Fu was born in a family of aides, and his family was ordinary. In his early years, he went to Shaoxing, Zhejiang to study with his father. Although he is famous for his talent, he has never taken the imperial examination, so he has nothing to do with his career. After working as an aide in various places for more than ten years, he returned to his hometown in his later years to run the wine industry. However, although Shen Fu was a businessman, he loved poetry, painting and prose all his life. He and his wife, Chen Yun, are like-minded, and interpret the classic of romantic love and marriage in the history of China literature.

From Six Chapters of a Floating Life, it is not difficult to see that apart from poetry creation, Shen Fu's greatest pleasure in his life is to be with his wife, Hong Fen, and enjoy the romantic life of judging the past and the present and enjoying the moon flowers.

In those poor years, many times, Shen Fu had to make a living by selling paintings, but even so, the husband and wife often took pains. For example, they often go to the home of an old couple who grow vegetables. They are addicted to gardening.

Chen Yun, who comes from a scholarly family, loves the quiet rural life very much. He once said happily that he and her husband would buy ten acres of cultivated land here in the future, grow melons and beans, paint their wives and embroider, and enjoy the elegance of rural life.

There is a famous aria in Huangmei Opera "The Fairy Couple", which reads "You plow the fields, I weave, and I carry water to water the garden". Isn't this the husband-and-wife life that only envies Yuanyang but not immortals? A Six Chapters of a Floating Life full of joys and sorrows. Life is like a dream, for fun? Want to come to Shen Fu's life, all recorded in the works, it's a pity that Chen Yun first, loving couple finally failed to grow old together, this is probably the biggest regret of Shen Fu's life.

Shen Fu and Chen Yun's famous autobiographical prose Six Chapters of a Floating Life was written in the 13th year of Jiaqing. In the past 200 years, this work has been adapted into a drama for many times and put on the screen, which is enduring for a long time. The work tells the love story of the author Shen Fu and Chen Yun with delicate and vivid brushstrokes, which still gives people the feeling of "floating like a dream, for the sake of geometry".

Shen Fu and Chen Yun.

Chen Yun was Shen Fu's uncle's daughter, one year older than Shen Fu, that is to say, Shen Fu and Chen Yun are cousins. When the ancients entered marriage, they paid attention to "parents' orders and matchmakers' words", and it was natural for them to get closer to each other.

When Shen Fu was thirteen years old, she went to her uncle's house with her mother and came across a poem by her cousin Chen Yun. She fell in love at first sight because she admired her talent, and even said to her mother, "If you choose a wife for your son, don't marry a non-Shu girl."

In the middle of July in the 40th year of Qianlong, with the help of parents, Shen Fu and Chen Yun got married, which opened the prelude to a romantic love. According to Six Chapters of a Floating Life, after Shen Fu and Chen Yun got married, the couple were inseparable.

Because both of them are from scholarly families and have homosexual hobbies, they often drink and write poems together, talk about the past and discuss the present, and play games with candles until late at night, which is full of elegance.

Many years later, people reread Six Chapters of a Floating Life and still envy the husband and wife life that Shen Fu lamented in his works. Many people regard marriage as the grave of love, but Shen Fu and Chen Yun, life-long partners, have brought a brand-new annotation to the marriage life of China people: If husband and wife can regard each other as bosom friends, how can marriage not become a paradise of love?

What kind of person is Shen Fu? On March 20 12, the classic Huangmei opera Six Chapters of a Floating Life was staged in Anqing Theatre, which was a great success. Fans are fascinated by the superb acting skills of the actors, but also interested in what kind of person the protagonist Shen Fu is.

Portrait of Shen Fu

What kind of person is Shen Fu? According to historical records, Shen was born in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province in the 28th year of Qing Qianlong.

Born into a family of literati in his early years, Shen Fu loved poetry, calligraphy and painting since he was a child. He has been familiar with classics since he was a child and has a unique understanding of things. He is a young genius with high EQ.

As an adult, Shen Fu, with the help of her parents, married her congenial cousin Chen Yun. From then on, the husband and wife lived alone, and even in the most difficult years of life, they supported each other. * * * wrote a classic love legend in the history of China literature.

Shen Fu's life experience is not difficult to see in his autobiographical prose Six Chapters of a Floating Life, especially two essays, Harvest and Sorrow, which focus on the story of Shen Fu from family misfortune to traveling around the world. Every bit shows that he is frank and open-minded, unrestrained, comfortable and does not expect eunuch life, so he never takes the imperial examination and prefers to enjoy comfortable pastoral life and boudoir life with his wife. From these descriptions, we can easily see that Shen Fu is an elegant man who does not want to be disturbed by the world of mortals, but pursues inner comfort and quiet life, which is quite similar to Mr. Bao in the Grand View Garden.

It's a pity that God didn't give the couple too much care. A few years later, Chen Yun passed away after a long illness, and Shen Fu moved away from home in grief, and has since disappeared.