The Late Qing Court's Power Struggles: Du Fengzhi's Diary (A Modern Chinese Classic)

This historical account was compiled from nearly four million characters of diary entries left by the late Qing official Du Fengzhi. Written in plain language, it records day by day his official dealings, court cases, tax collection, and private life during more than a decade of service in Guangdong, vividly portraying the realities of survival in the late Qing's local bureaucracy and the many sides of human life.