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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... Taoist beggar caught a glimpse of her and stationed himself with his begging bowl near the Ch'en gate . When the Taoist saw a blind man exiting , he asked his business . The blind man answered that he had been called in to tell the ...
... Taoist priests , popular attitudes were probably more unreservedly fearful . Taoist practitioners were conventionally associated with various forms of magic ( alchemy , exorcism , and the search for immortality ) . This made them ...
... Taoist priest Wang Ta - ch'eng , who deposed that he was from T'ung - lu County in the west Chekiang prefecture of Yen - chou . He used to make a living as a geomancer . Because business was bad , he " assumed the habit of a Taoist ...