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#Patreon國際書介】剛得知我的一位大學老師、美國歷史學權威史景遷教授(Jonathan Spence)病逝,非常惋惜。記得年前香港文革批鬥歷史科時,正常舊課本也有引述他對鴉片戰爭的觀點。讓我們重溫一下他的名作《婦人王氏之死》,緬懷一代史家的離世。
//《婦人王氏之死》以康熙年間一個貧窮北方小鎮「郯城」為背景,在龐雜史料中歸納整合,用文學性筆觸,探討當時天災人禍、土地賦稅、法律判決、文化風俗、官民關係、女性地位等議題,從而描繪出一幅清初常民浮世繪。史景遷參考的史料,⋯
居然還有蒲松齡的《聊齋誌異》,因為這本神怪小說對當時各行各業生活狀態、民間風俗習慣記載得相當深刻。

單是這種匠心,就不是一般學究所能掌握。

在史景遷筆下,明末清初自然不是盛世,但也談不上亂世,而是社會秩序重構中的變世。1668年的一場大地震,郯城就有九千人喪生,然後五十年間,⋯
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