The Five Punishments was the collective name for a series of physical penalties imposed under the legal system of pre-modern dynastic China. Their nature changed over time: before the Western Han dynasty's Emperor Wen, the punishments were tattooing, cutting off the nose, amputation of one or both feet, castration, and death. Following the Sui and Tang dynasties, these were replaced with penal servitude, banishment, death, or corporal punishment such as whipping with bamboo strips or flogging with a stick. The Five Punishments were an important part of dynastic China's penal system, though not its only method of punishment. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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The Five Punishments (Chinese: 五刑; pinyin: wǔ xíng; Cantonese Yale: ńgh yìhng) was the collective name for a series of physical penalties meted out by the legal system of pre-modern dynastic China.
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Before the Western Han dynasty Emperor Han Wendi (r. 180-157 BC), the punishments involved tattooing, cutting off the nose, amputation of one or both feet, castration, and death.
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The Five Punishments (Chinese: 五刑; pinyin: wǔ xíng; Cantonese Yale: ńgh yìhng) was the collective name for a series of physical penalties meted out by the legal system of pre-modern dynastic China.
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meted out by the legal system of pre-modern dynastic China
In Group: Sacred and Religious Law Codes of Antiquity, Introduction, sentence 1
The Five Punishments (Chinese: 五刑; pinyin: wǔ xíng; Cantonese Yale: ńgh yìhng) was the collective name for a series of physical penalties meted out by the legal system of pre-modern dynastic China.
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