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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... prosecute a man who murdered someone to obtain his gall bladder for concocting a cure for leprosy . Documents on the ... prosecution under sorcery statutes ? Although even in these cases " delusion " is brought in to debunk the efficacy ...
... prosecution would have been the statutes on practicing biodynamic sorcery by " extracting vitality " ( statute 288 ) or on injuring people by charms or incantations ( statute 289 [ 3 ] ) . If human hair contains vitality , as I will ...
... prosecution . . . How dare I be even slightly remiss in prosecuting these vile , traitorous sorcerers ? ( Vermilion ) : Highly improper . Memorialize promptly on the present situation . The prosecution of the sorcery case had run into a ...