The characteristic of Chinese corporal punishment was torture resulting in physical injury or amputation in criminals, and the characteristics of punishment appeared gradually over time. Corporal punishment has been widespread in China since 2000 BC, but the period of maturation dates back to the Zhou Dynasty (1046 BC-249 BC). There were four types of corporal punishment: "Mo" which is a writing on the body of the offender, "Yi" which means cutting off the criminal's nose, "Fei" which means cutting off the offender's foot and finally "Gong" which means is castrate criminals. These sanctions aimed to create amputation, humiliation and suffering for transgressors (Fu,1993,p.109). However, such sanctions were repealed after the Nan-bei Dynasty (420 AD-589 AD), and the main corporal punishment became physical injury, such as flogging. Even if the punishment still aims to humiliate and torture the condemned, it is less bloody and irrecoverable. The last one is capital punishment. The ancient Chinese usually used capital punishment as a judgment in cases of treason, rebellion, and murder. Furthermore, the forms of ancient Chinese capital punishment were diverse and ruthless. For example, “Dapi” is the alias of ancient Chinese extreme punishment. This punishment includes "Paoluo" (prisoners tied on a hot metal beam until death), "Lingchi" (killed with thousands of cuts and body dismemberment), and "Chelie" (tearing the criminal to pieces with five carts). Those ideas
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