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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... torture to find out who . But the monk , having been interrogated many times , now seemed somewhat broken down . " If we torture him more just now , he might die , and then we would be unable to uncover any- thing . " ( Vermilion ...
... torture " and " punishment " were both expressed by the same word ( hsing ) . There were , nevertheless , legal restraints on the use of torture . Use of unauthorized torture imple- ments , as well as killing a prisoner by torture ...
... torture , " a statement that had greatly enhanced the credibility of the confessions.35 What , then , asked the grand councillors , was the meaning of these gravely wounded prisoners , whose lacerated bodies still had not healed ? Monk ...