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Six Records of a Life Adrift

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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.

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Six Records of a Life Adrift, Shen Fu

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2011
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Language
English
Authors
Shen Fu
Released
2011
Format
Paperback
Pages
148
ISBN10
1603841989
ISBN13
9781603841986
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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.