Soulstealers : : The Chinese Sorcery Scare of 1768 /

Soulstealers : : The Chinese Sorcery Scare of 1768 / / Philip A KUHN.

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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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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Archive 1893-1999
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KUHN, Philip A,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2022]
©1990
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (320 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • 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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