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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... evidence of an actual increase of mendicancy in general in the mid - eighteenth century . The discussion of outward migration in Ch'ing times has largely concerned movement of people into the relatively underpopulated borders , into ...
... evidence and a hasty execution make the " solution " of this case exceedingly doubtful . Nevertheless , the nature of the " memorial " and its widespread dissemination offer some hints about Hungli's problems with sedition . Although at ...
... evidence of bureaucratic laxity : although in ordinary criminal cases hot pursuit across provin- cial boundaries might be thought excessive , how could it be so in a case like this ? 16 On an encouraging note , Jangboo cheerfully ...