作者:
Philip A. Kuhn 出版社: Harvard University Press 副标题: The Chinese Sorcery Scare of 1768 出版年: 1992-11-1 页数: 320 定价: USD 32.00 装帧: Paperback ISBN: 9780674821521
Midway through 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 chanting magical incantations over them in order to steal the souls of their owners. In this book, Kuhn chronicles this epidemic of fear and the official prosecution of soulst...
Midway through 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 chanting magical incantations over them in order to steal the souls of their owners. In this book, Kuhn chronicles this epidemic of fear and the official prosecution of soulstealers that ensued, so opening up a window on 18th-century China. The book raises questions not just about China, but also about past human behaviour in general and it demonstates how in any society, a provincial panic can become a national witch-hunt.
Philip A. Kuhn was Francis Lee Higginson Professor of History and of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University.
目录
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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
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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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fabulous! a detailed narrative of a campaign initiated by an alert emperor who drove grudging bureaucrats to run after seditious sorcerers who freaked the hell out of commoners in a so-called prospero...fabulous! a detailed narrative of a campaign initiated by an alert emperor who drove grudging bureaucrats to run after seditious sorcerers who freaked the hell out of commoners in a so-called prosperous age of ancient China when crises loomed. an enlightening insight of a bureaucratic monarchy sytem in late imperial age which affect China to date(展开)
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The tendency of social analysis since Max Weber is in fact to show that, in the long run, autocrats yield to bureaucrats. Yet I believe that arbitrary and routine authority may not have been...[excerpt]
The tendency of social analysis since Max Weber is in fact to show that, in the long run, autocrats yield to bureaucrats. Yet I believe that arbitrary and routine authority may not have been incompatible in the Chinese system, and may indeed have found ways to live side by side.(展开)
A simple thesis stuffed and purposefully extended with repetitive facts and ambiguous employment of conjunctions. What an ordeal! Poorly written. Terrible logic.
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3 有用 常务副momo 2020-01-03 08:20:30
此书是極好的反駁國內「去美國學個什麼勁的中國史」之類言論的材料。前八章叙述叫魂案的前因后果，适时插入High Qing文化社会背景的内容。最后两章结合全部交给分析，略显突兀。在Weber的研究和已有清朝官僚体制和权力运作的文献基础上，提出君主的独裁权力和官僚的程式化权力可以共存的观点。乾隆醉翁之意不在酒，真正关心的不是谁剪了辫子，而是他的江山和奴才。但奴才（干部）们又是社会的安全阀。
0 有用 躲猫猫社社长 2018-04-07 04:33:55
阴魂不散。第十章酣畅淋漓画龙点睛！cf. Bacchanalia危机和186BC的元老院决议
0 有用 Mr.X 2022-05-19 20:58:14
fabulous! a detailed narrative of a campaign initiated by an alert emperor who drove grudging bureaucrats to run after seditious sorcerers who freaked the hell out of commoners in a so-called prospero... fabulous! a detailed narrative of a campaign initiated by an alert emperor who drove grudging bureaucrats to run after seditious sorcerers who freaked the hell out of commoners in a so-called prosperous age of ancient China when crises loomed. an enlightening insight of a bureaucratic monarchy sytem in late imperial age which affect China to date (展开)
14 有用 筱纹 2016-03-23 20:54:19
很久以前读过。最近被教导以此书为范本写历史书，因为historian的本领在于讲故事，而讲故事的核心在于human nature....
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0 有用 去亚寒带冬泳 2024-03-31 21:10:59 上海
最后的总结精彩
0 有用 Holly White 2024-02-06 04:39:14 新西兰
想起上一本读的外国人写中国的书是红星照耀中国。这一本书后20%都是注释和参考文献啦(再次感慨kindle不适合看这类注释和参考文献太多的书籍)，果然是博士论文呢。 第一次知道叫魂这个词是因为一潍坊朋友，走路漏踩了，吓到了，说要原地叫叫魂。所以当第一次看到这本书名的时候引发了兴趣。 作者从萧山等江浙本地人对外来人(尤其是和尚)的排斥和害怕开始，一遇到外地人随口一问孩童(尤其是男童)的名字，就马上聚集... 想起上一本读的外国人写中国的书是红星照耀中国。这一本书后20%都是注释和参考文献啦(再次感慨kindle不适合看这类注释和参考文献太多的书籍)，果然是博士论文呢。 第一次知道叫魂这个词是因为一潍坊朋友，走路漏踩了，吓到了，说要原地叫叫魂。所以当第一次看到这本书名的时候引发了兴趣。 作者从萧山等江浙本地人对外来人(尤其是和尚)的排斥和害怕开始，一遇到外地人随口一问孩童(尤其是男童)的名字，就马上聚集在一起要打要抓，官府人员也没办法止息，就只能顺着来。屈打成招，有罪论，贪赃枉法在这里体验得淋漓尽致。一个小小的衙门铺头竟然在抓人之前先勒索，勒索不到就栽赃，被抓之人也只敢到更高的更大的官府部门说实话，就会频频出现翻供的情况。 作者从一个极小的点出发，到整个王朝和统治者的内心描述。喜爱历史的可细读。 (展开)
0 有用 mipropiocentro 2024-01-07 05:17:46 加拿大
[excerpt] The tendency of social analysis since Max Weber is in fact to show that, in the long run, autocrats yield to bureaucrats. Yet I believe that arbitrary and routine authority may not have been... [excerpt] The tendency of social analysis since Max Weber is in fact to show that, in the long run, autocrats yield to bureaucrats. Yet I believe that arbitrary and routine authority may not have been incompatible in the Chinese system, and may indeed have found ways to live side by side. (展开)
0 有用 タンポポ 2023-10-24 02:16:05 美国
A simple thesis stuffed and purposefully extended with repetitive facts and ambiguous employment of conjunctions. What an ordeal! Poorly written. Terrible logic.
0 有用 clio 2023-10-15 08:33:17 美国
十年后重读，微观与宏观之间的巧妙链接仍令人拍案叫绝。如果有一本能代表我学术品位的书，非《叫魂》莫属。