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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... beggars . Nearly all writers on " beggars " begin by listing the various " types " of beggars ( the blind , the deformed , those who sang or juggled for the market crowds , the local beggars , and the seasonal outsiders ) . Certain ...
... Beggars In one respect , mendicant clergy were more vulnerable to sorcery charges than were lay beggars . Those who make a profession of communicating with the spirit world can readily be imagined to have ways of making spirit forces ...
... Beggars in China ( Peking : Peking Leader Press , 1925 ) . On beggar typologies , see also Jean - Jacques Matignon , " Le mendiant de Pékin , " in Superstition , crime , et misère en Chine , 4th ed . ( Lyons : Storck , 1902 ) , 207– 246 ...