Soulstealers: The Chinese Sorcery Scare of 1768Harvard University Press, 1990年1月1日 - 317 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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... council , the Grand Council . Sometimes a returned memorial might be adorned with vermilion in many places , as the monarch responded to particular points by writing between the lines . A more formally organized response was drawn up as ...
... Grand Council commission convicted him of bribery and extortion and sentenced him to death by strangulation , but Hungli quickly reprieved him . Holding brevet third rank , he was sent off to Urumchi to redeem himself . Two years later ...
... 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 ...