The Generation and Transformation of the"Golden Silkworm Compulsion"Tales
The"Golden Silkworm Compulsion"appeared in the middle and late Northern Song Dynasty and was widely circulated in the Southern Song Dynasty,where it became the representative of"compulsion"and was considered to be the most poisonous of all.However,in the literature after the Song Dynasty,the symptoms and tests of the Golden Silkworm Compulsion are pathologically unsustainable,and the number of re-al cases of being struck by the Golden Silkworm Compulsion has rarely increased.It is clear from the generation and circulation of the story of the"Golden Silkworm Compulsion"and the changes in its"prevalence"in the region that the Golden Silkworm Compulsion is in fact not a specific poison,disease or witchcraft,but a syn-thetic cultural concept that well symbolizes the mystery and power of the"compulsion".The tales of the"Golden Silkworm Compulsion"are also summarized and synthesized from each other.The reason behind the circulation of the story of the"Golden Silkworm Compulsion"is both fear and curiosity,as well as the discrim-ination and conjecture of the mainstream cultural circle against the marginalized cultural circle.
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