著名历史学家孔飞力在他的名作《叫魂——1768年中国妖术大恐慌》的开篇即这样写道:“1768年,中国悲剧性近代的前夜。”这是一个有悖常识的论点,因为当时正处于后世所称的“康乾盛世”。书中孔飞力通过追寻一个名为“叫魂”的妖术“幽灵”在华夏大地上盘桓的踪迹,来探寻看上去正值盛世的时代下,一场妖术恐慌引发的种种地方性事件如何演变成推动整个清政府政治制度全力运作的大事件,从而勾画出蕴含危机的清代官僚政治体系的剪影。 Well-known historian Kong Fei Li wrote in his famous masterpiece, “Calling the Soul - the Great Chinese Panic in China in 1768”: “This is the eve of the tragic modernity of China in 1768.” This is a paradox Argument, because at the time it is called “Kangxi ”. In the book, KONG Fei-force seeks a variety of places triggered by the witchcraft panic by looking for the trail of a witchcraft “ghost ” called How the sexual events evolved into major events that pushed the entire Qing government’s political system into full operation, thus delineating the silhouette of the bureaucratic political system in the Qing Dynasty that contained crises.