Soulstealers : : The Chinese Sorcery Scare of 1768 / / Philip A KUHN.
Midway through the reign of the Ch'ien-lung emperor, Hungli, 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...
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KUHN, Philip A, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Soulstealers : The Chinese Sorcery Scare of 1768 / Philip A KUHN. Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2022] ©1990 1 online resource (320 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1. Tales of the China Clipper -- 2. The Prosperous Age -- 3. Threats Seen and Unseen -- 4. The Crime Defined -- 5. The Roots of Sorcery Fear -- 6. The Campaign in the Provinces -- 7. On the Trail of the Master-Sorcerers -- 8. The End of the Trail -- 9. Political Crime and Bureaucratic Monarchy -- 10. Theme and Variations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Midway through the reign of the Ch'ien-lung emperor, Hungli, 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 opens a window on the world of eighteenth-century China. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Mai 2022) HISTORY / Asia / China. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Archive 1893-1999 9783110442212 https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674039773?locatt=mode:legacy https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674039773 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780674039773/original |
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Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1. Tales of the China Clipper -- 2. The Prosperous Age -- 3. Threats Seen and Unseen -- 4. The Crime Defined -- 5. The Roots of Sorcery Fear -- 6. The Campaign in the Provinces -- 7. On the Trail of the Master-Sorcerers -- 8. The End of the Trail -- 9. Political Crime and Bureaucratic Monarchy -- 10. Theme and Variations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- Index |
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