Diary of Ji Geng is an autobiography written by the author in his later years, covering about forty years' memories from the age of ten to the age of fifty-one. At the age of ten, the author went to Shangzong (central Chiba Prefecture) with his father, and listened to the fragments of Genji Tale told by his stepmother in the backcountry, so he became interested in Genji Tale. After returning to Beijing at the age of thirteen, her stepmother divorced her father and her wet nurse died. In order to cheer up her daughter, the author's biological mother tried her best to get her a set of Tales of Genji.
Married sister died. At the age of twenty-five, my father went to Liu Chang (Ibaraki Prefecture) to take up his post. Four years later, my father returned to Beijing, retired and my biological mother became a monk. The author is nearly 30 years old and assumes the responsibility of taking care of the trivial things around his old father. In the winter of 32 years, she was introduced as the female official of the royal prince. The next year, with my father's strong recommendation, I married Ju Scout. Ju is an ugly man, which makes the author sigh: "There is no such man as Guangyuan, and there is no such affair as hiding his wife in the concubine's golden house." I'm so stupid. 」
In the second year after marriage, her husband went to Shimonoseki (Tochigi Prefecture) to take up his post, and the author returned to the inner prince to be a female official. At this time, he met your son Zi Yuan, and had a slight love affair with him, but ended in lovelorn. After her husband came back, the author gave birth to three children and lived a humble but stable housewife life. At the age of 51, her husband died.