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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... officials had covered up the sorcery cases of the past spring . It hardly matters whether the cover - up had resulted from official scorn of popular superstition ( elite agnosticism about sorcery ) or whether the tonsure offense hinted ...
... officials were exceedingly sensitive to the prevailing winds . Hungli knew that the dignity of the Throne could be maintained only by insisting on the reality of the plot and by punishing officials who had failed to prosecute with ...
... officials , and cover - ups for local officials by province chiefs , wrote Hungli , Jangboo had better hold off on impeachments for the moment . Vermilion : " If you do [ impeach them ] , will they be willing to make any reports ...