Soulstealers: The Chinese Sorcery Scare of 1768Harvard University Press, 1990 - 299 頁 Midway through the reign of the Ch’ien-lung emperor, Hungli, in the most prosperous period of China’s last imperial dynasty, mass hysteria broke out among the common people. It was feared that sorcerers were roaming the land, clipping off the ends of men’s queues (the braids worn by royal decree), and chanting magical incantations over them in order to steal the souls of their owners. In a fascinating chronicle of this epidemic of fear and the official prosecution of soulstealers that ensued, Philip Kuhn provides an intimate glimpse into the world of eighteenth-century China. |
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... Chekiang had spread to Kiangsu . Soulstealing ( by the queue - clipping method ) was believed to be practiced by itinerant beggar - monks from Chekiang , who were entering the neighboring province to practice their loathsome craft . The ...
... Chekiang . What is more , Kiangsu and Chekiang rice has long been insufficient to supply Kiangsu and Chekiang , so that even in abundant years they have looked to Hunan and Hupei . For several decades , rice from Hunan - Hupei has ...
... Chekiang provincial authorities have concealed a real sorcery case by making him a scapegoat , “ instructing a confession ” to make the inquisitors believe it was all a frame - up ? The doomed constable reasonably objected that he would ...