The Death of the Wang Family -- The Fate of Ordinary People Behind the Grand Narrative

Author: (American) Jonathan Spence, translated by Li Biyu
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Publishing Date: 2005-01-01
Features: Based on county annals, notes by officials and scholars, and memoirs, supplemented by scenes 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 common people at the time, especially profoundly revealing the tragic fate of peasants in China's feudal society.