The punishment of "waist beheading" must be heard by everyone, but will the person who is beheaded die immediately? The answer is no.
Most of the organs of the human body are concentrated in the upper body, if the prisoner wants to die less painfully, the family can even bribe and let the knife cut upwards, if it offends the person, the enemy can also bribe the executive official, let the knife cut down, and prolong the painful process of death.
The last person to die of beheading was named Yu Hongtu, who was sentenced to death for his concubine Lin Shi's greed for pleasure, accepting bribes, and violating the fairness of the examination room. After Yu Hongtu was executed, he wrote seven "miserable" words in blood on the ground before he died of anger. Yongzheng felt cruel when he heard about it, so he abolished this punishment.
In addition, the celebrities who have been beheaded by the waist in history include a generation of beggars Li Si, a debate monk, and a royal master.
Princess Weichang, who had been favored by Emperor Wu of The Han Dynasty, was said to have been implicated in the scourge of the witches and was sentenced to be beheaded, but the relevant historical materials do not seem to record this matter, or it is rumored in the wild history.