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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... Grand Secretariat , perhaps instructing that one of the Six Boards take action , or perhaps simply that the information be filed . A more portentous matter or a nor- mative pronouncement might be communicated by an " open edict " ( ming ...
... grand councillors now sent for witnesses : Yü - tzu's mother and wandering father , both of whom were tracked down , along with his cousins ; and clerk Li and his son . Chin Kuan - tzu was able to identify everyone . However , Yü ...
... Grand Council record book of imperial edicts , square volumes . These volumes include copies of both open - channel edicts and confidential court letters . They also include confidential memo- randa from the Grand Council to the Throne ...