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06-05-2012, 01:10 AM
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Re: Chinese Torture And Execution. Full Set (Circa 1900s B&Ws)
Ling Chi, or slow slicing, was used as a method of execution in China for a thousand years -- the first records of this practice date back to roughly 900 AD -- until it was outlawed in 1905. Also known as death by a thousand cuts, ling chi involved the slow, systematic cutting of non-vital body parts with a sharp blade, causing prolonged suffering. First, flesh was cut off the arms, legs and chest, then limbs were amputated, and finally a fatal cut was delivered either to the throat or heart. In some cases, the condemned was killed first, and the mutilation of the body occurred post-mortem, as a form of humiliation and punishment after death. According to Confucian principles, a victim of ling chi would not be "whole" in the afterlife. |