Six Records of a Life Adrift

A memoir of a life in the Qing dynasty. It reveals a sensitive and artistic man, who failed at the civil service examinations that were the gateway to official employment and had to settle for becoming an itinerant private secretary, dabbling unsuccessfully in making a living as an artist and a merchant.

• | By (Author): Shen Fu (Author)
• | Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
• | Publication Date: Sep 15, 2011
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 176 pages
• | Language: NULL
• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-10: 1603841989
• | ISBN-13: 9781603841986