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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... authorities by turning in a soulstealer . The furious mason had seized Mo and dragged him to the county yamen , where the would - be informer was beaten and exposed in a cangue ( a heavy wooden stock placed around the prisoner's neck ) ...
... authorities . The constable was beaten , exposed in the cangue , and finally let go- perhaps a more circumspect guardian of public order . The monks were freed , each with 3,200 cash to sustain him while his broken bones healed ...
... authorities forbid them to kill witches ; they even " fail to punish people for the worst crime we know . " 23 Modern governments in East Africa have suppressed popular antisorcery measures ( such as the poison ordeal ) at the cost of ...