摘要
1768年的叫魂案,曾因海外汉学家孔飞力的写作而广为人知,《叫魂》一书也颇受好评。但是,通过史料再梳理,与类似案件再对比,可以发现,孔飞力所言的乾隆借叫魂案以整肃官僚的立论并不存在,它不过是同时代君主介入大案的一个缩影,且叫魂案的处理,整体上也是成功的。可以说,不是乾隆制造了叫魂案,而是孔飞力心中的理论前见制造了《叫魂》的写作。孔飞力的论调,反映了小历史写作中的局限,也提醒我们在阅读海外汉学著作时应当保持必要的清醒和鉴别力。
The soul stealing case of 1768 was made famous by the writings of the overseas sinologist Philip A.Kuhn,whose Soul Stealers:The Chinese Sorcery Scare of 1768 has received wide acclaim.However,a review of the historical material and a comparison with similar cases reveals that there is no evidence for Kuhn's argument that the Qianlong emperor used the soul stealing case to purge the bureaucracy;this was merely a microcosm of the contemporaneous monarch's intervention in a major case,and the handling of this case was,on the whole,successful.It could be argued that it was not tQianlong who created this case,but rather the theoretical presupposition in Kuhn's mind that created Soul Stealers.Kuhn's argument reflects the limitations of minor historical writing,and reminds us that we should maintain a necessary sobriety and discernment when reading the writings of overseas sinologists.
出处
《中国社会科学》
CSSCI
北大核心
2023年第6期185-203,208,共20页
Social Sciences in China
作者简介
茆巍,华东政法大学科学研究院副研究员(上海201620)。
