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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... common man so quick to pounce on the nearest monk whenever fears of sorcery crossed his mind ? Official Treatment of ... common man was barred from celebrating the impe- rial and bureaucratic cults , he did share some of their theology ...
... common reasons for travel . Another , perhaps the most common , was begging : small temples commonly lacked enough land endowment to support their inhabi- tants , and lacking adequate donations or fees from requiem masses , begging was ...
... common diversion for inmates undergoing the common torments of jail life , described in Chapter 1. ( Bodde , " Prison Life , " 317 , describes the practice of large- group confinement . ) The " stupefying powder ” must have been part of ...