The history of human punishment is very long, almost the same as the birth of the human state, even before the birth of the state, punishment has already begun in the tribe.
The earliest torture originated from war, because punitive measures were imposed on prisoners. Moreover, the torture of that era specifically refers to corporal torture, and they are more cruel. They cut their noses and eyes, and short legs . Punishments such as severed hand can be said to be very cruel.
The key is that these physical punishments will cause irreversible harm. With the life of the prisoner, the military strategist and sun bin is the physical punishment. His name is out.
With the development of the times, corporal punishment has become more and more unsuitable to society. In the Hanwen Emperor period, corporal punishment was abolished. This is a great progress in history.
After the abolition of the corporal punishment, China’s main penalty mode has become the five types of punishments, and his degree is aggravated by this. The imprisonment and the death penalty can be specific. There are many types.
Imprisonment and fixed-term imprisonment in modern society life imprisonment is not the same thing. Ancient imprisonment refers to exile, while imprisonment in modern society refers to a penalty of deprivation of liberty.
Why is there no penalty for deprivation of liberty in ancient societies? This is mainly because people in ancient societies have no freedom, and most people are basically fixed within a radius of their own land Within the scope of activities.
so set a penalty to deprive yourself,The deterrent effect on ancient people is not great, or even not at all. Some people often have no food to eat. If you are in prison, you may have a higher chance of surviving than outside. It is mainly the ancient farmers at the bottom. too bitter.
In ancient times, in addition to the conventional five punishments , there were also five punishments specifically for women, mainly because of the difference between men and women. When designing penalties specifically for women, some special punishments were used. Means, even humiliation and punishment are both serious.
The status of women in ancient times was low. In fact, most facts, the probability of breaking the law is also relatively low. The reason why there are female prisoners is mainly because of being condemned, especially some big family princes and nobles. After breaking the law, the female relatives in the family usually It's all miserable.
The first is to cut their noses and stab them, forcing them to work in a barracks, doing hard labor such as pounding rice. This kind of coolies who are assigned to the military camp are considered better, and some are directly acting as military prostitutes.
Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhudi Zhudi, both of them used to slaughter the prostitutes for the purpose of humiliating the wives. A humiliating punishment.
The second type is 拶(zǎn) punishment, which is commonly known as finger clamping. This kind of punishment is often seen in TV dramas. The torture instrument is a set of small wooden sticks worn with a rope. During torture to extract a confession, the executioner would use the torture instrument to clamp the woman’s finger and pull the rope forcefully to allow the other party to confess.
It may be that women are relatively weak, and pinching their fingers is a very painful punishment for them. Many female prisoners can't stand the pinch stick, and in the end they all get beaten up.
The third type is ,Commonly known as spanking, since the Southern Song Dynasty, the ethics of women have become more and more strict, and spanking is more of a humiliating punishment.
Therefore, in the Song, Ming and Qing Dynasties, there is a regulation that a woman who commits an adulterous crime must "get off her clothes and be beaten with a rod", that is, she must take off her clothes and be beaten.
The fourth kind is to grant death. Note that it is granting death. Generally, the death penalty is either hanging or beheading, but granting death means giving you white silk or poisoned wine. , Let you die.
The fifth is a strange price comparison. It is palace torture. Many people know that men have palace torture. In fact, women also have palace torture. It refers to being hit on the abdomen with a wooden stick, causing her to lose her fertility.
In ancient times, the fate of women was often determined by the birth of a son. Therefore, the loss of fertility was more uncomfortable for ancient women than death.
These five types of penalties are clearly stipulated by the government for women, but there are also a lot of abuse of penalties, especially for women. There are some more cruel penalties for adultery.
Sitting on wooden donkeys or immersing pig cages are all aimed at women. In ancient times, a patriarchal society was punished particularly severely for female adultery, and the methods were particularly cruel.
Of course, these are all types of punishment after the fact. The various methods of torture that appear during the interrogation process can be renovated in endless ways, especially some penalties for women, for women The weaker parts can achieve the effect of amplifying the pain, and the methods are very cruel.
What else do you know about ancient penalties? Welcome to add.
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