▁husband ' s ▁death . ▁In ▁doing ▁so , ▁she ▁adds ▁a ▁sense ▁of ▁self ▁to ▁the ▁di ary ▁entries . ▁ ▁The ▁di ary ▁includes ▁aut obi ographical ▁sni ppets ▁about ▁Mur as aki ' s ▁life ▁before ▁she ▁entered ▁imperial ▁service , ▁such ▁as ▁a ▁child hood ▁an ec d ote ▁about ▁how ▁she ▁learned ▁Chinese : ▁▁▁ ▁Some ▁text ual ▁fragments ▁may ▁not ▁have ▁surv ived . ▁Bow ring ▁bel ieves ▁the ▁work ▁is ▁difficult ▁to ▁define , ▁that ▁pie cing ▁it ▁together ▁is ▁puzz ling . ▁He ▁sees ▁four ▁discrete ▁sections , ▁beginning ▁with ▁the ▁dated ▁descri ptions ▁of ▁the ▁birth , ▁followed ▁by ▁two ▁und ated ▁sections ▁of ▁intros pective ▁v ign ettes , ▁and ▁a ▁final ▁dated ▁section ▁in ▁chron ological ▁order . ▁This ▁" st range ▁arrangement ", ▁as ▁he ▁calls ▁it , ▁might ▁be ▁the ▁result ▁of ▁st itch ing ▁together ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁incomplete ▁sources ▁or ▁fragments . ▁The ▁di ary ' s ▁text ▁was ▁used ▁as ▁a ▁source ▁for ▁the ▁E iga ▁Mon og at ari ▁– ▁a ▁la ud atory ▁work ▁about ▁Mich in aga ▁and ▁the ▁Fu ji w ara ▁cl an , ▁written ▁or ▁compiled ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 1 th ▁century ▁– ▁with ▁entire ▁sections ▁copied ▁verb at im ▁from ▁Mur as aki ' s ▁work . ▁Yet ▁the ▁text ual ▁differences ▁between ▁the ▁two ▁suggests ▁the ▁E iga ▁Mon og atori ▁author ▁had ▁access ▁to ▁a ▁different , ▁perhaps ▁more ▁complete ▁text ▁of ▁the ▁di ary ▁than ▁has