Soulstealers: Chinese Sorcery Scare of 1768

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1992
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In the reign of Ch'ien-lung emperor, Hungli, mass hysteria broke out. It was feared that sorcerers were roaming the land clipping off the ends of men's queues (braids worn by royal decree) and stealing their souls. Kuhn chronicles this epidemic of fear and the official prosecution of soulstealers.

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In the reign of Ch'ien-lung emperor, Hungli, mass hysteria broke out. It was feared that sorcerers were roaming the land clipping off the ends of men's queues (braids worn by royal decree) and stealing their souls. Kuhn chronicles this epidemic of fear and the official prosecution of soulstealers.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 320
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 02 Nov 1992
ISBN 10: 0674821521
ISBN 13: 9780674821521