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The Punishments of China (1804)

Ebook - Crime
Wednesday, 30 July 2008

The Punishments of China: illustrated by twenty-two engravings

The NY Public Library has scans of an 1804 book from China, that shows 22 engravings of common punishment methods of the day.  (boingboing.net)

'The Punishments of China' (1801/1804) by GH Mason at NYPL" looks like a cheerful children's book, but it provides graphic detail of ingenious cruelties devised to penalize thieves, disorderly women and translators who willfully misinterpreted others' words. The punishment for "committing fraud on merchants" was to be suspended face down on a canvas sling that could be tightened to back-breaking extremes." (for example) (bibliodyssey.blogspot.com)

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A culprit before a magistrate.

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A culprit conveyed to prison.

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A culprit conducted to trial.

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An offender undergoing the bastinade.

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Twisting a man's ears.

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Punishment of the swing.

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Punishing a boatman.

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Punishing an interpreter.

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The rack.

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Torturing the fingers.

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Burning a man's eyes with lime.

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A malefactor chained to an iron bar.

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Punishment of the wooden collar.

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A man fastened to a block of wood.

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A malefactor in a cage.

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Punishment of a wooden tube.

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Hamstringing a malefactor.

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Close confinement.

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Conducting an offender into banishment.

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A malefactor conducted to execution.

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The capital punishment of the cord.

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The manner of beheading.

Comments (15)add comment

Eadi jon-paul said:

PLEASE SEND ME A COPY TO 9301 ANDORA DRIVE MIRAMAR FL 33025
May 19, 2009

ryanjones said:

cool man it realy hearts i dyed
February 03, 2009

katie said:

i am at school1
February 03, 2009

kerryharris said:

look very painful so glad i was not around
February 03, 2009

Jak said:

These pics are nasty. but not as nasty as me . I EAT KITTENS
February 03, 2009

sharnnie said:

these r interstrsting its nt very nice as they look painful im glad im here not there
February 03, 2009

Paige-louise preece said:

OMG how painfull will all that be ! =(
i am sooo glad that ii live in Englandd !

x
February 03, 2009

demi hay said:

wow very painfull =) oh my god,, that must hurt... im glad were in England 2009! =) x
February 03, 2009

henry 12345 said:

i like peunuts
February 03, 2009

Damien triplett said:

i have seen worse torture out of 10 i would give 8 : -)
February 03, 2009

sharnnie said:

its so cool my tortures r worse
February 03, 2009

sharnnie said:

WOW its jeusus (jebus)
February 03, 2009

Meghan said:

i can't find anything on why they got these punishments! all there is are pictures.....grr.....
January 27, 2009

Lisa-Marie said:

Thnxs i wz lookin fur sum gd pics for ma project in skl
January 26, 2009

agnese said:

the only thing this site shows are the pictures of people being punished, but it dosen't say what they have done to resive these punishments. :( i cant find a decent site to find out about punishments in China...
January 22, 2009

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