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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.
(With John K. Fairbank) ' —— (1990). 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
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 ...
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.
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]
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
(Husband John Proctor Jr was executed for being a Witch) Elizabeth died sometime after 1703. The cause is unknown but not from Witch trials. Jeane Gardiner: d. 1651: Bermuda: Executed in Bermuda. Michée Chauderon: d. 1652 Switzerland: Confessed under torture to summoning demons and was the last person executed for sorcery in Geneva. [19 ...
The Massacre of St George's Fields occurred on 10 May 1768 when government soldiers opened fire on demonstrators that had gathered at St George's Fields, Southwark, in south London. The protest was against the imprisonment of the radical Member of Parliament John Wilkes for writing an article that severely criticised King George III .