The Death of Wang: The Fate of Ordinary People Behind the Grand Narrative

Author: (American) Jonathan Spence
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: Based on county annals, notes by officials and scholars, and memoirs, supplemented with excerpts from Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, this book not only authentically reflects the social conditions of Shandong in the early Qing Dynasty but also vividly recreates the life of the people at the time, especially profoundly revealing the tragic fate of peasants in China's feudal society.