Soulstealers : the Chinese sorcery scare of 1768 /

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 souls...

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Online Access:Electronic book from EBSCO
Main Author: Kuhn, Philip A.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published:Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1990.
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