@article{ref1,
title="The professionalized transformation of medical witchcraft in the Qin-Han Dynasties",
journal="Zhonghua Yi Shi Za Zhi",
year="2014",
author="Liu, Yang and Liu, Changhua",
volume="44",
number="2",
pages="72-76",
abstract="By witchcraft, it refers to the activities of imagining and intending to affect or control the object through&quot;supernatural power&quot;. Ancient witchcraft was applied extensively in which those applied for medical purpose included sorcery, praying, superstitious art of anti-disaster, and tabooing, were collectively called&quot;medical witchcraft&quot;. During the Qin-Han periods, witchcraft was transformed by the theory of Yin-Yang and Five-Phases as a part of technical profession. Among them, the system of demon-ghost witchcraft was replaced by the necromantic ghost system; exorcism and taboo system were infiltrated with the conception of the art of mathematics and technical system; whereas the superstitious art of anti-disaster was replaced by incantation. The remnants of medical witchcraft not yet totally transformed were also applied by the technical professionals of the Qin-Han Dynasties.<p /> <p>Language: zh</p>",
language="zh",
issn="0255-7053",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}