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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... suspects and their boatman were dragged ashore and brought to the constabulary . Later that night , persons unnamed boarded the boat and helped themselves to the travelers ' money and clothing . Yao's boat was wrecked . Now the ...
... Suspects Meanwhile , officials in Chekiang , where it all had begun , were still without a plausible master - sorcerer . But after two months of ver- milion abuse from the Throne , Governor Yungde had at least found an acceptable way to ...
... suspects to officialdom every ten days . Also , every pre- fecture would appoint special agents to inspect " Taoist ... suspects , " like those faithfully reported by governors of neighboring provinces . What can we make of it ? Either ...