Sima Guang 司馬光 and Ennin 圓仁 on Reports of Imperial Cannibalism: A Correction
(2015)
Journal Article
Barrett, T. (2015). Sima Guang 司馬光 and Ennin 圓仁 on Reports of Imperial Cannibalism: A Correction. Studies in Chinese Religions, 1(3), 203-208. https://doi.org/10.1080/23729988.2015.1090103
Recent scholarship on the ritual and religious killing of human beings in medieval China is reviewed here in the light of new textual evidence. The sources recommending human sacrifice in military contexts are noted, and the role of deliberate slande... Read More about Sima Guang 司馬光 and Ennin 圓仁 on Reports of Imperial Cannibalism: A Correction.