Death of the Wang Family (The Fate of Small People Behind the Grand History)

Author: (American) Jonathan Spence, translated by Li Biyu
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Publish Date: 2005-03-01
Features: Based on county annals, notes by officials and gentry, 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. Based on county annals, notes by officials and gentry, 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.