中國(guó)古代刑罰

DeathPenaltyinAncientChinaHanging（絞刑）Thereareseveralkindsofhanging（絞刑）.Hangingmeansputtingaropearoundtheprisoner'sneck,leavinghisfeethangingintheair,andkillinghimselfwithhisownweight.Strangulation（勒死）,however,doesnotrequirethefoottobesuspended.Itismainlytotightentheroperingthroughexternalforcesinordertoachievethepurposeofasphyxia（窒息）.Strangulation(勒死)wasthemostcommonformofhanginginancientChina,andhanging(上吊)wasmostlyaformofsuicide.Ofcourse,itisalsoadecentdeathpenaltyifsomeonecommitsasuicidebyemperororder(賜死).Hanging（絞刑）ThestandardpracticeofhanginginancientChinawastotietheprisoneronhiskneestoapillar（綁在柱子上）,putaropearoundhisneck（將繩子套住頸部）,andhaveanexecutioneroneachside(劊子手在兩側(cè))andputawoodenstickintotherope（將木棍插入套繩）,thenturnitintheoppositedirectiontomaketheropetighterandtighter,andfinallystrangletheprisoner.（套繩越來越緊，最后把人勒死）Peelingtheskin（剝皮）Whenpeeling,thelowerpartoftheskinisdividedintotwohalvesbyaknife,andtheskinandmusclesareslowlyseparatedbyaknife,likeabutterflyspreadingitswings.Thehardestpartisthefatman,becausethereisstillapileofoilbetweentheskinandthemuscles,whichisnoteasytoseparate.Peelingtheskin（剝皮）Aftertheskinwaspeeledoff,itwasmadeintoadouble-sideddrumandhungup.Theearliestpeelingwasdoneafterdeathandlateritwasdonewhenthepersonwasalive.Cuttinginthewaist（腰斬）Thiskindofpenaltyistocutpeoplefromthemiddle.Themainorgansareintheupperbody,sotheprisonerwillnotdieatonce.MingChengzukilledFangXiaoruinthisway.Aftercutoffthewaist,FangXiaorucrawledwithhiselbows.Heusedhishandtowritetheword"慘"foralmosttwenty-fourhours.Splittingthehumanbody（車裂）Theheadandthelimbsoftheprisonerareputontherope,andthefivehorsesarerushinginfivedirectionsandtearingthepersonintofivepieces.ItissaidthatShangYangissufferofit.Ittakesalotofefforttocutaperson'sheadandlimbs,nottomentionpulling.Thesufferingoftheprisonerisevenmoreimaginable.Thelingeringdeath（凌遲）ThemostcrueldeathpenaltyinancientChinashouldbelingchi,whichiscommonlyknownasdeathbyathousandcuts,thatis,cuttingoffthelimbsofthesinnertopreventhimfromresisting,andthencuttinghimtodeath.However,theexecutionoflingchiisverymysterious.Thehistoricalrecordsdidn'twriteitclearly.Thelingeringdeath（凌遲）Inthelateqingdynasty,awesternmantookapictureofthe"eightknivespunishment"oftheqingdynasty.Fromthispicture,wecanseehowcrueltheso-calledlingchiwas.Lightthelamp（點(diǎn)天燈）Lightingthelampisakindoftortureintheolddays.Theprisonerisstrippednaked,wrappedinsackcloth,soakedintheoilcylinder,andthenhisheadandfeetweretiedtoahighwoodenpoleatnight,andlighthimfromthefoot.Someareaswoulddrillaholeintheprisoner'sbrain,pouringinthelampoilandlightingitcanmaketheprisonerburninextremepain.點(diǎn)天燈是舊時(shí)的一種酷刑，把犯人扒光衣服，用麻布包裹，再放進(jìn)油缸里浸泡，入夜后，將他頭下腳上拴在一根挺高的木桿上，從腳上點(diǎn)燃。有些地方會(huì)在犯人的腦上鉆個(gè)小洞，倒入燈油并點(diǎn)燃，可讓犯人在極痛苦中被燒死。IntheromanceoftheThreeKingdoms,DongZhuowaskilledbyWangYunandthenlitthelamp.《三國(guó)演義》中董卓被王允設(shè)計(jì)殺死之后被點(diǎn)了天燈。Immersepigcage（浸豬籠）Thepigcagewasatoolfortransportingpigs.Itwasalsousedasakindofcruellynchinginancienttimes.Ifawomanhadsexualintercoursewithothermeninsteadofherfiancéorhusband,shewouldsufferfromimmersingpigcage.Thatis,putthepersoninacagemadeofbam