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Chinese sorcery scares refer to a series of moral panics or mass hysteria events in Imperial China, occurring in 1768, 1810, 1876, and 1908. [1] These scares were characterized by widespread fears of sorcery practices, particularly "soul-stealing," a form of alleged magic believed to cause illness or death.
Soulstealers: The Chinese Sorcery Scare of 1768. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. ISBN 0674821513.. Winner of the 1990 Joseph Levenson Prize of the Association for Asian Studies，Chinese：叫魂：1768年中国妖术大恐慌; National Polity and Local Power: The Transformation of Late Imperial China (1990), with Timothy Brook and Min ...
1768 was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1768th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 768th year of the 2nd millennium, the 68th year of the 18th century, and the 9th year of the 1760s decade. As of the start of 1768, the ...
Chinese sorcery scares, a series of similar events that took place in 1768, 1810, 1876, and 1910. [14] Great Fear (1789) – a general panic that took place between 17 July and 3 August 1789, at the start of the French Revolution. [15]
An example of the use of torture and the risk of false confession was seen in The Chinese Sorcery Scare of 1768. These elements still influence modern Chinese views toward law. All death sentences were reported to the capital and required the personal approval of the emperor.
Pages in category "Fictional characters who use magic" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 525 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Scare actors primarily aim to draw a frightened reaction from their audience. This unique approach to performance art has led to many of the most fascinating stories from these professionals ...
Soulstealers: the Chinese Sorcery Scare of 1768 Harvard University Press 1990 Post-1900 Philip C. Huang: The Peasant Family and Rural Development in the Yangzi Delta, 1350-1988 Stanford University Press 1990 1993 Pre-1900 Martin J. Powers: Art & Political Expression in Early China Yale University Press 1991 Post-1900