Shen Fu

{{for|the film director|Shen Fu (director)}} {{family name hatnote|Shen|lang=Chinese}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2015}} {{Infobox writer | embed = | honorific_prefix = | name = Shen Fu | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_size = | image_upright = | alt = | caption = | native_name = 沈復 | native_name_lang = zh | pseudonym = Sanbai | birth_name = | birth_date = 26 December 1763 | birth_place = Suzhou, Jiangsu, Qing China | death_date = After 1825 | death_place = | resting_place = | occupation = Yamen | language = Literary Chinese | nationality =  | citizenship =  | education = | alma_mater = | period = 1780s?–1807 | genre = Autobiography | subject =  | movement = | notable_works = ''Six Records of a Floating Life'' | spouse = Chen Yun (m. 1780) | partner =  | children = | relatives = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | years_active = | module = | website =  | portaldisp =  }} {{Infobox Chinese | t = {{linktext|沈|復}} | s = 沈复 | p = Shěn Fù | mi = {{IPAc-cmn|sh|en|3|-|f|u|4}} | c2 = {{linktext|三|白}} | p2 = Sānbái }} '''Shen Fu''' ({{zh|t=沈復}}; 26 December 1763 – after 1825), courtesy name '''Sanbai''' ({{lang|zh|三白}}), was a Chinese writer of the Qing Dynasty, best known for his autobiography ''Six Records of a Floating Life''.

== Life== [[File:Xu Yang - Entrance and yard of a yamen.jpg|thumb|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 ({{lang|zh-Hans|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.<ref name="Painters">{{cite journal | author=Tseng Yuho| title=Women Painters of the Ming Dynasty| journal=Artibus Asiae| year=1993| volume=53| issue=1/2| pages=249–259| doi=10.2307/3250517 | publisher=Artibus Asiae, Vol. 53, No. 1/2| jstor=3250517}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}} *{{cite ECCP|title=Shên Fu}}

==External links== {{wikisourcelang|zh|浮生六記}} * {{Gutenberg author | id=31132| name=Fu Shen}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shen, Fu}} Category:1763 births Category:1820s deaths Category:Qing dynasty novelists Category:Writers from Suzhou Category:Chinese male novelists