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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The Chinese Sorcery Scare of 1768 Philip A. Kuhn. old Hungli on his succession to the throne in October 1735. Com- pared with how his father had got it , Hungli was handed the empire on a platter.1 Upon his succession , Hungli named his ...
... Hungli declared the case closed . Shaky evidence and a hasty execution make the " solution " of this case exceedingly doubtful . Nevertheless , the nature of the " memorial " and its widespread dissemination offer some hints about Hungli's ...
... Hungli's fears about it , we would have to call it highly volatile and unstable . Such fears were very much alive during the sorcery scare of 1768. That , I believe , is why Hungli initially forbore to mention the tonsure violation ...