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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... victim's name while driving such a piling ; the victim may be stupefied by dusting or blowing a powdered drug ( mi - yao ) on him , so he cannot resist being clipped ; victims are very likely to be male children ; victims will sicken ...
... victims to the yamen for questioning . Ultimately his findings were forwarded to the summer capital , where the alarmed emperor ordered that the victims be sent immediately to Peking for interrogation by the Grand Council . Afterward ...
... victims were reported every day . Many were so powerfully affected that they fainted and collapsed on the spot . Others were completely unaware , until later , that they had been clipped . Some had their whole queues stolen , others cut ...