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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... suggests a cultural network densely twined . But the vision struck peasant , bureaucrat , and emperor in different ways , according to the preoccupations that ruled their sev- eral ways of life . The case suggests both unity and ...
... suggests otherwise : the statute , he writes , “ emphasizes the element of ' delusion of the people ' ( huo - chung ) . " Simple people , aroused by heterodox teachings , may create disturbances and " give rise to chaos . " He is ...
... suggests a violation of fundamental taboos . Did such violation in turn suggest a connection with the supernatural and so justify their prosecution under sorcery statutes ? Although even in these cases " delusion " is brought in to ...