Pridmore Saxby, Pridmore William
Professor, Discipline of Psychiatry, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia.
Student, Medical School, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia.
Australas Psychiatry. 2018 Dec;26(6):651-654. doi: 10.1177/1039856218781013. Epub 2018 Jun 21.
: To characterize suicide in early China, as a means of extending knowledge of this behaviour.
: We examined Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and collated and considered relevant details.
: In early China, loss of authority/status, loved ones and fortune were triggers for suicide. The expression of the intention to suicide, either by word or action, was observed and elicited a placating response. Less frequent, but nevertheless clearly recorded, were accounts of suicide completed to satisfy the wishes of others.
: The suicide and related behaviour of early China shares many features with late Western societies, but one form (to satisfy the wishes of others) is currently undetected.
通过描述中国早期的自杀现象，拓展对这种行为的认识。
我们研究了《三国演义》，并整理和考量了相关细节。
在中国早期，失去权力/地位、亲人及财富是自杀的诱因。自杀意图通过言语或行动表现出来，并引发安抚反应。为满足他人愿望而自杀的情况较少见，但有明确记载。
中国早期的自杀及相关行为与西方晚期社会有许多共同特征，但有一种形式（为满足他人愿望）目前未被发现。
