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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... meaning that the temple was little frequented by pilgrims or by devotees wanting masses celebrated for the dead , and so got few donations.43 Nearer the city , on Chien - yuan Mountain , was a prosperous temple : a Kuan - yin Hall ...
... meaning in a ritual situation . Its meaning within a ritual context is related to , but not necessarily the same as , its root meaning . 31. James L. Watson , " Of Flesh and Bones : The Management of Death Pollution in Cantonese Society ...
... meaning of conformity and delineate the boundaries of the social system . " Labeling Deviant Behavior : Its Socio- logical Implications ( New York : Harper and Row , 1971 ) , 147 . 10. Lester C. Thurow , The Zero - Sum Society ...