Soulstealers: The Chinese Sorcery Scare of 1768Midway through the reign of the Ch'ien-lung emperor, Hungli, 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 opens a window on the world of eighteenth-century China. |
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21 ( Jangboo ) : These criminals who are caught in the provinces give out names and addresses that are later untraceable , or only give names and no addresses . This is the result of the craftiness of the criminals , who cover up clues ...
21 ( Jangboo ) : These criminals who are caught in the provinces give out names and addresses that are later untraceable , or only give names and no addresses . This is the result of the craftiness of the criminals , who cover up clues ...
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Once Yungde had become governor , he had “ suspected that there might be criminals secretly stirring up trouble " and had warned local officials to be vigilant . Now , Yungde continued , the confessions in the recent Shantung case had ...
Once Yungde had become governor , he had “ suspected that there might be criminals secretly stirring up trouble " and had warned local officials to be vigilant . Now , Yungde continued , the confessions in the recent Shantung case had ...
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Watchfulness was still the order of the day , and an official who captured a “ chief criminal ” would thereby be ... “ clues could naturally have been found , and the chief criminals would have been unable to slip through the net .
Watchfulness was still the order of the day , and an official who captured a “ chief criminal ” would thereby be ... “ clues could naturally have been found , and the chief criminals would have been unable to slip through the net .
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