《王氏之死》 / The Death of Woman Wang

《王氏之死》 / The Death of Woman Wang is [[JonathanSpence|史景迁]]’s microhistory of [[Tancheng|郯城]] and the murder of [[WangShiTancheng|王氏]]. In 148. 王氏之死：断井颓垣上的历史妆镜, [[MihuanChishu|蜜獾吃书]] presents the book as a compact but structurally ambitious work: the actual murder case appears late because the county’s disasters, tax burdens, lawsuits, ghosts, and literary women prepare the social world in which Wang had almost no room to act.

The book’s source method is the episode’s central issue. It places [[TanchengCountyGazetteer|《郯城县志》]], [[HuangLiuhong|黄六鸿]]’s [[FuhuiQuanshu|《福惠全书》]], and [[PuSongling|蒲松龄]]’s [[LiaozhaiZhiyi|《聊斋志异》]] beside each other. That makes the book a case for Microhistory From Hostile Archives and Fiction As Historical Evidence: administrative documents can show judgment and procedure, while fiction can reveal fears and fantasies around hunger, sex, female agency, and ghostly revenge.

Connections

• [[JonathanSpence|史景迁]] - author.
• [[WangShiTancheng|王氏]] - central historical subject.
• [[Tancheng|郯城]], [[TanchengCountyGazetteer|《郯城县志》]], [[HuangLiuhong|黄六鸿]], and [[FuhuiQuanshu|《福惠全书》]] - official and local-history source cluster.
• [[PuSongling|蒲松龄]] and [[LiaozhaiZhiyi|《聊斋志异》]] - literary source cluster.
• Microhistory From Hostile Archives, Fiction As Historical Evidence, and 清代性别法律秩序 / Qing Gender Legal Order - main conceptual frames.