Speaking of ancient torture, what is the first word in your mind? Ling Chi, but although Ling Chi is relatively common in TV dramas, in history, it is not considered a righteous punishment, and it is rarely a punishment that can be sentenced. When the door of the Qing government was opened, Westerners did not know Ling Chi's torture. But after witnessing Ling Chi's cruelty, many Westerners took pictures of Ling Chi and sent them back to China. Ling Chi became a verifiable and very cruel punishment. In ancient times, Ling Chi was indeed only convicted of very serious crimes.
Lingchi originated in the Liao Dynasty. At the beginning, it was used as a punishment to punish prisoners and make the public awe. There is nothing more scared and painful than the prisoner watching the flesh on his body, piece by piece. However, the knives were not as developed at the beginning, and the executioner’s craftsmanship was not as good as it is now. Therefore, Ling Chi at that time was to make sure that the prisoner had suffered enough torture, and then put an end to the prisoner’s life and let the prisoner be his own I cried bitterly for what I did. Ling Chi also developed from the literal number of swords to thousands of swords in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
In the Ming Dynasty, Lingchi was not regarded as a criminal punishment. It was only used for certain people. It can be nominated by Lingchi and the charge of playing the pipa. Moreover, playing the pipa is more famous than Ling Chi. Because Ling Chi's punishment time was too long, and it was a mental and visual devastation for the executioner and the people, but the execution of playing the pipa was simple, and it caused a lot of pain to the prisoner. It wasn't until in the Qing Dynasty that Ling Chi was truly included in the punishment and was known and accepted by the public. Who will be sentenced to Ling Chi? In the laws of the Qing Dynasty, anyone involved in rebellion must be sentenced to Lingchi. Then it is related to murder. Whether you are murdering a family of three, or committing cruel dismemberment to the other party, you must be sentenced to Ling Chi.
In addition, when it comes to order issues, Ling Chi must also be used. For example, killing the immediate elders is an unfilial person. In ancient times, the unfilial person was extremely spurned.Society and everyone dislike it. In the Qing Dynasty, the rights of slaves and maids were accidentally brought up, and slaves and maids were not allowed to be killed for no reason, otherwise they would be dealt with quickly. It's like a wife murdering her husband, no matter if your husband dotes on his concubine or insults his wife, he will be sentenced to Ling Chi for murder. In general, killing has to be linked to Ling Chi. In addition, there is one more modern thing worth learning. Use Ling Chi to deal with people who harvest and break people. The so-called harvest and cut is that human traffickers deform beggars and control them to beg.
Lingchi dealt with people who had extremely bad influences. In the Qing Dynasty, Lingchi was very particular about where the first cut should fall. What should be done with the last cut? All the tools used by Lingchi are Specially made. In history, Liu Jin instigated the emperor Zhu Huzhao to have fun. After Zhu Huzhao succeeded to the throne, the eunuch who was in power in the court and the opposition, some people participated in his book. . Liu Jin was executed for 3357 days, a full 10 days sentence.
Fortunately, modern times pay attention to human rights and humanitarianism, and there is no such cruel punishment. These tortures have gradually become history. Only when you look through it occasionally, you can understand how cruel it was back then. But in ancient times, these penalties were really very useful. Fortunately, with the advancement of modern science and technology, the methods used to combat criminals have become more powerful.
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