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

Author: Stephen J. G. Wu
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: Based on county annals, notes of officials and gentry, and memoirs, supplemented with 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.