浮生六记

Traditional form:

浮生六記

Pinyin (reading):

Fú Shēng Liù Jì

Definitions:

• Six Records of a Floating Life, autobiographical novel and description of Qing dynasty life by 沈復／沈复 ( Shěn Fù), published 1808

Characters:

• 浮 - to drift, to float; mobile, temporary, unstable; reckless
• 生 - life, lifetime; birth; growth
• 六 - six
• 记 - mark, sign; to note, to record

Traditional characters:

• 浮 - to drift, to float; mobile, temporary, unstable; reckless
• 生 - life, lifetime; birth; growth
• 六 - six
• 記 - mark, sign; to note, to record