Question

The following Literary Excerpt was created by which of the following writers?"Every year, in the autumn, I became completely devoted to the chrysanthemum. I loved to arrange the cut flowers in vases but did not like the potted plants. Not that I did not think the potted plants beautiful, but our house having no garden, it was impossible for me to grow the plants myself, and those for sale at the market were overgrown and untrained; not at all what I would have chosen. One day, as I was sweeping my ancestral graves in the hills, I found some very unusual stones with interesting streaks and lines running through them. I talked to Yuen about them when I went home."Shen FuJohn KeatsWilliam BlakeHegel

Answer 1

Shen Fu.

Step-by-step explanation:

The given passage is from Shen Fu's Six Records of a Life Adrift, his autobiography during the Qing dynasty. The passage is taken from Record Two: Charms of Idlenes, where he talks about his love of nature. He admits that his love for flowers turned from fondness to obsession as he grew older. And after he befriended Zhang Lanbo, he "perfected the art of pruning branches and raising cuttings". And as he grew older, he realized the importance and comfort of decorating plants and his love for them.