Soulstealers The Chinese Sorcery Scare Of 1768

Name: Soulstealers The Chinese Sorcery Scare Of 1768
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ISBN: 9780674821521

ISBN-10: 0674821521

ISBN-13: 9780674821521

Edition: 1990

Authors: Philip A. Kuhn

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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. Kuhn weaves his exploration of the sorcery cases with a survey of the social and economic history of the era.…

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 1990
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 1/1/1992
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 316
Size: 7.44" wide x 9.21" long x 0.93" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English




Tales of the China Clipper



The Prosperous Age



Threats Seen and Unseen



The Crime Defined



The Roots of Sorcery Fear



The Campaign in the Provinces



On the Trail of the Master-Sorcerers



The End of the Trail



Political Crime and Bureaucratic Monarchy



Theme and Variations


Notes


Bibliography


Glossary


Index