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 are recorded by himself in his celebrated work, 浮生六記 Fu-shêng liu-chi, "Memoirs of a Floating Life, in Six Parts". The first four of these six parts were first printed in 1877 and were often reprinted. The first part is an account of his married life; the second deals with the art of gardening, flower arrangement and other aesthetic matters in which he was interested in the heyday of his career; the third recounts the tribulations of the family up to the time of the death of his wife; and the fourth tells of his travels to Canton, Tungkwan, and other places. The last two parts, which unfortunately were lost, dealt with his voyage to Loochoo and the remaining years of his career. The Fu-shêng liu-chi is a literary masterpiece, beautifully written, and permeated with deep emotion. An English translation, made by Lin Yutang (see under ), appears in the Tien Hsia Monthly, vol. I, Aug.–Nov. 1935, under the title "Six Chapters of a Floating Life".

It is known that Shên produced a painting dealing with his voyage to Loochoo, for which Shih Yün-yü wrote a colophon. Shih also wrote two poems on the portrait of Ch'en Yün, lamenting her untimely death.

[In 1935 there appeared an edition of the Fu-shêng liu-chi which included the fifth and sixth parts. These parts are obviously spurious, the fifth being for the most part copied from the Shih Liu-ch'iu chi by Li Ting-yüan (see under ), the sixth being from various works by well-known authors.]

[Fu-shêng liu-chi in 說庫 Shuo-k'u, vol. 41; Shih Yün-yü, Tu-hsüeh lu shih-wên kao 微波詞 p. 5ab, 晚香樓詩 3/5a; 吳縣志 Wu-hsien chih (1933) 75下/19b; Liu Fan 劉樊, 浮生六記佚稿辨僞 Fu-shêng liu-chi i-kao pien-wei in 國聞週報 vol. XIV, no. 6 (Feb. 1, 1937).]

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SHÊN Han-kuang 申涵光, Jan. 4, 1620–1677, July 5, poet, philosopher and artist, was a native of Yung-nien, Chihli. His father, Shên Chia-yin 申佳胤, took his own life as a martyr to the Ming cause and was canonized as Tuan-min 端愍 in the Ch'ing period. Shên Han-kuang showed early in his career an interest in literature, taking for his model the T'ang poet, Tu Fu (see under ). He and two friends, Yin Yüeh 殷岳 and Chang Kai 張蓋, were known as "The Three Geniuses of Southern Chihli" (畿南三才子). A contemporary poet,, stated that Shên Han-kuang really set the standard of poetry for the region north of the Yellow River. After traveling in Shantung and Shansi he visited in 1657 at the latter's home in Honan and became his disciple. From then on his interest in pure literature diminished and he devoted himself to the philosophy of human nature. He was several times recommended for official appointments, but always declined. In addition to being a poet, he was an accomplished calligrapher, a landscape painter and a skillful player of the lute (琴). His collected poems and other works, together with writings of his father and two younger brothers, as well as other members of the Shên family, are reproduced in the Chi-fu ts'ung-shu (see under ) under the title 永年申氏遺書 Yung-nien Shên-shih i-shu.

His two younger brothers, Shên Han-yü 申涵煜 and Shên Han-pan 申涵盼, were also well known, and both received their education under his direction. The former was a poet, calligrapher, and painter; the latter, a chin-shih of 1661, compiled in 1676 the gazetteer of their home prefecture, 廣平府志 Kuang-p'ing-fu chih.

[2/70/23a; 3/399/21a; 10/11/12a; 19/甲下/51b; Shên Fu-mêng (鳧盟) hsien-shêng nien-p'u in Chi-fu ts'ung-shu; Yung-nien-hsien chih (1758) 31/6a, (1877) 31/4b.]

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 SHÊN Pao-chên 沈葆楨 (original ming 振宗 T. 翰宇, 幼丹), 1820–1879, Dec. 18, official, was a native of Hou-kuan, Fukien. After taking his chin-shih in 1847, he was made a compiler of the Hanlin Academy (1850) and in 1854 was appointed a censor. In his capacity as censor his memorials to the throne concerning the campaign against the Taipings (see under ) attracted the personal attention of the Emperor. Early in 1856 he was appointed prefect of Kiukiang, Kiangsi. When this prefecture was occupied by the insurgents he was transferred in the same year to be acting prefect of Kuang-hsin in the same province. About two months after his installation he left the city of Kuang-hsin to make a tax levy. During his absence the city was menaced by the Taipings and most of the populace fled. His wife, Lin  642