郯城 / Tancheng
郯城 / Tancheng is the Shandong county setting of 史景迁’s 《王氏之死》. 148. 王氏之死：断井颓垣上的历史妆镜 presents it as a devastated Qing local society rather than a neutral backdrop: the 1668 earthquake, famine, drought, locusts, Manchu conquest violence, bandits, taxes, corvee obligations, and transport-route burdens shape the conditions around 王氏’s murder.
The county matters to the wiki because it joins disaster history to gender and legal history. 《郯城县志》 records official events and local destruction, while 黄六鸿’s 《福惠全书》 adds case practice and governing detail. The episode uses Tancheng to show Natural Hazard As Social Disaster at household scale: disaster, tax, hunger, shame, and law become constraints on intimate life.
Connections
- 《王氏之死》, 王氏, and 史景迁 - central book and case.
- 《郯城县志》, 黄六鸿, and 《福惠全书》 - source cluster.
- Natural Hazard As Social Disaster, Folk Religion Disaster Politics, and Disaster Relief Mismatch - broader disaster-history frames.
- 清代性别法律秩序 / Qing Gender Legal Order - legal and household order operating inside the county.