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夏竦(985-1051),字子乔,宋朝江州德安(今属江西)人。宋仁宗天圣元年(1023),夏竦出任洪州知州。洪州自古以来就是一个巫风相当盛行的地方,也是宋代巫风最为炽盛的地区之一。 当时,洪州活动着一支数量多达1900余户(因为巫师的巫术一般只秘密传授给家人,世代相传,形成了不少巫师世家,故宋人对巫师称“户”或“家”而不称“口”或“人”)的巫师队伍。在洪州各地,到处是巫师的“神坛”,神坛内矗立的鬼神塑像和四周布满的幡旗,使整个神坛显得神秘莫测、阴森恐怖。而当地民众,十分迷信,举凡婚丧嫁娶、修房造坟、生病患疾等,无不求助巫师。在民众的心目中,巫师具有沟通鬼神的“特异功能”,拥有祈福禳祸、治病疗疾、预测人生未来的能力。所以在当地社会中,巫师权比官吏大、话如神旨,无人敢违背,没
Summer 竦 (985-1051), the word Joe, Jiang Song Dean (now Jiangxi) people. Song Renzong days of the first year (1023), Xia Kui as Hongzhou know state. Since ancient times, Hongzhou is a place where witchcraft is quite popular and one of the most flourishing areas in the Song Dynasty. At that time, Hongzhou had an activity of as many as 1,900 households (because the witchcraft of the shaman usually secretly passed on to his family and handed down from generation to generation and formed many sorcerer families, But not “mouth” or “person”) wizard team. In Hongzhou, there are witches’ “altars” everywhere, ghosts and goddesses standing in the altar, and banner flags strewn all around them, making the entire altar seem mysterious and eerie. The local people, very superstitious, cite all the weddings and funerals, repair the grave, ill illness, all help wizards. In the minds of the public, wizards have the “special function” of communicating with ghosts and gods and have the ability to pray for misfortune, cure diseases and predict the future of life. Therefore, in the local community, the magician’s power is greater than that of the officials.