Book Report Six Chapters of a Floating Life - 1138 Words

Introduction Recently, I have read Six Chapters of a Floating Life, an autobiographical novel by Shen Fu who was a painter and poet during Qing Dynasty. The author is not so famous in the history of literature that I had not learnt about him before my teacher introduced this book to us. However, Six Chapters of a Floating Life is worth reading, which depicts the author’s life with his wife and without his wife. The version I have read was translated by Yin Yutang and published by Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press in Feb, 1999. This book has four chapters, Wedded Bliss, The Little Pleasures of Life, Sorrow, The Joys of Travel. It was said that the other two chapters are missing and that what we can read on other books were†¦show more content†¦He suffers from his untrustworthy brother who hits him when he is down and his autocratic father who has bad temper. It is because of so many unexpected family changes that Chen Yun’s illness is worse and eventually leads to her death. Dying as she is, Chen Yun doesn’t express any resentment. What enlarges Shen Fu’s sorrow is that the only son of Chen Yun and him passes away as well at the age of twelve. On the other hand, the reality is not so harsh thanks to the help from some friends. They lend a hand to Shen Fu when he is in trouble. The Joys of Travel The Joys of Travel shows readers around a lot of beautiful scenic spots the author had visited. Not only the vivid depiction of those spots but also some records of anecdotes, local customs and historical allusions are involved in this chapter. For thirty years, Shen Fu worked as a government clerk in different yamen and practically visited every province except Szechuen, Kweichow and Yunnan. He is by nature fond of forming his own opinions on these spots rather than following what others said. Literally, the name of this chapter implies that Shen Fu is delighted in travels. However, he actually just seeks joys in sorrow. 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