A Survey of Society in Late Ming Dynasty in China with “Du Pian Xin Shu”

• Main Authors: Yi-hau Lin, 林奕豪
• Other Authors: Tung-yang Huang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2012
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/41454488760192921609

碩士 === 國立雲林科技大學 === 漢學資料整理研究所碩士班 === 100 === “Du Pian Xin Shu”, also called “The Cheated Book” and also other different names, is a kind of guide book to teach people to avoid being cheated. It was written by an official member in Ming dynasty: CHANG Ying-Yu, and Xiong Zhen-Ji added the prologue in 1617. It was spread in Ming dynasty because the cheated cases were often happened on so many common people and businessmen. CHANG Ying-Yu would avoid these cheated events by this book. The artifice in the book also could be happened in modern society. For instance, someone pretended to be ghost, god, soul and other cases to scare common people because they were often afraid of death so that the cheater could extort them to gain great of money. Also still other case about the four cardinal vices would be happened not only in old time but modern society. This study started from the history of creating, and analyzed the social status and the description of the victims and his/her careers to realize the relationship between the victims and the offenders. Finally, this study researched the society condition in the late Ming dynasty by the model of description that reflected the society.