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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... death meant irksome paper- work , a possible investigation , and a fine to be docked from the magistrate's salary , should he be found guilty of negligence or mis- treatment . Chang's condition worsened , the police reported ; by May 20 ...
... death and sleep is not a sharp one . Death is simply a failure to wake up . The term ssu ( “ death ” ) is commonly used to mean “ unconscious . " Personal com- munication , December 24 , 1988 . 15. P'u , Liao - chai chih - i ( 234 ) ...
... Death Pollution in Cantonese Society . " In M. Bloch and J. Parry , eds . , Death and the Regen- eration of Life , 155-186 . Cambridge : Cambridge University Press , 1982 . " Funeral Specialists in Cantonese Society : Pollution ...