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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... confessions was founded the government's campaign.1 Ts'ai T'ing - chang Learns about Soul - force Far from his ... confession continued ) was persuaded to join monk T'ung - yuan's gang and was taught the magical incantations . ( Here was ...
... confessions led up one blind alley after another . He could not find the Three Teachings Temple in Hai- chou , where master - sorcerer Ming - yuan was supposed to be awaiting the return of his queue - clipping acolytes . Nor could he ...
... confessions relating to the Chekiang sorcery scare in LFTC / FLCT CL 33. Both the drafts and the edited copies are preserved , with only minor differences between them . These confessions were evidently assembled by imperial order in ...