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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... head . After I reached the county yamen , I summoned all the students for academic examination . " As they gathered in the great hall , " I personally went over to the man in question and removed his cap . Indeed , his hair was totally ...
... head , you would escape harm . ( Rumors about queue- clipping sorcerers had been drifting in from across the Shantung border since late June . Shantung folks said that to thwart such sorcery one should cut off the whole remaining part ...
... head exposed to show the crowd " ( that is , hung up on a pole and left there ) .60 So Hai - yin was out of his pain , and the governor was relieved of his problem . Having a prisoner die in jail was cause for minor admin- istrative ...