Shen Fu's Six Chapters of a Floating Life is a bright pearl in the ancient writings of China, but it has been buried for a hundred years. It was not until the May 4th New Culture Movement that its glory was first presented to the world. New writers such as Lin Yutang and Yu Pingbo spoke highly of this work.
The contents of Six Chapters of a Floating Life:
No one stood with me at dusk, and no one asked me if the porridge was hot. No one turns off the lights with me, and no one will spend the rest of my life. There is no one to accompany me at night, and no one to share wine with me. No one wiped away my tears, and no one dreamed of me and the past. No one accompanied me to watch the stars, and no one woke me up to say that my tea was cold. No one listens to my heart, and no one solves my dream. No one made me cry, and no one was worried that I would go alone. Looking back at the bleak place, no one is waiting in the dim light.
This passage in Six Chapters of a Floating Life means that no one accompanies me to enjoy the evening scenery, no one asks me if the porridge is warm, no one accompanies me to put out the oil twist of the oil lamp, and no one accompanies me to write our lives. This is to describe that you are lonely because you have no lover.