Tattoos, which are regarded as fashionable by modern people, are the first of the five punishments in ancient times, and they are the most feared punishments of ancient women
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Many people are not particularly aware of the Ancient Five Punishments, but when it comes to tattoos, many young people regard it as a fashion. But what everyone does not know is that tattoos ranked first in the ancient five punishments, which were called - ink punishment. Prisoners sentenced to ink are required to engrave words on their faces and color them with ink to make it a permanent insulting injury.
Speaking of punishment, it is inseparable from the law, punishment is to serve the law, but also to maintain the solemnity and inviolability of the law, but many kings in ancient times let punishment become a tool for their own venting and eradication of dissidents, the most representative figures are: The King of Shang, Qin Shi Huang, etc., but the basis of the punishment they use is not separated from the ancient five punishments, of which ink punishment is the first of the five punishments, and it is also the punishment that ancient women are most afraid of. Why is it that a punishment that is basically harmless to the body has become the most terrible punishment?
First of all, let's understand the ancient punishments, and the five ancient punishments are the five punishments.
The Ancient Five Punishments refer to the punishments before the Pre-Qin Dynasty, namely: Ink, Blade, Blade, Gong, and Dapu. Because the society before the Qin Dynasty was relatively primitive and barbaric, the punishment was also more bloody. For example, the sword is a punishment for cutting off the nose of a prisoner, and the more famous case in history is the "prince breaking the law".
At that time, more than a year after the introduction of the Shang martingale transformation law, the prince should be punished by corporal punishment according to the law because he violated the law introduced by the shang martingale, but in order to ensure that the prince could successfully inherit the throne in the future, the two teachers of the prince became scapegoats, and one of the teachers was sentenced to death.
Ironically, Shang Martin eventually died under the laws he had enacted, and was finally sentenced to the punishment of car cracking in the Great Expedition. Of course, the emperor whose nose was cut off by Shang Martin also became an accomplice to Shang Martin's death.
In addition, there are punishments such as shaving and palace, which include: foot cutting, broken hands, and jam rooms, etc. This kind of torture makes the prisoner lose part of his organs and limbs, which is a very cruel punishment. All in all, it is to leave an indelible mark on the human body.
The big cut is the death penalty as we know it, and there are many types of executions, including car cracking, sacing, beheading, waist beheading, etc., which is an extremely cruel punishment.
However, it is very strange that if the ancient women were sentenced to great breakthroughs, the reaction was not very strong, and there was a feeling of waiting for the end of the world. Instead, when sentenced to ink punishment that has almost no effect on the body, the woman's reaction will be very strong, even demanding death. After careful study, it will be found that the reason why ancient women had such a strong reaction is that people in ancient society paid great attention to "righteousness", especially women.
In ancient times, women's requirements for righteousness were often more prominent than men's, and righteousness for women was discipline and righteousness. During the Western Han Dynasty, a classic history book was specially written to promote and praise the noble virtues of women, and this history book is the "Biography of The Daughters of Lie", which records the deeds of a large number of ancient women, including many generations: Lady Zhao, Stepmother Qi Yi, Lu Qiujie and other women who swore to die to defend the festival.
It can be seen from this that in the context of the ancient era of advocating the quality of righteousness, if women were sentenced to ink punishment, then it would be a lifelong insult to them, so that women whose social status was underground had no possibility of looking up, so ink punishment would become a punishment that ancient women feared the most.
In addition, in the case of very backward medical conditions in ancient times, after the face was inked, many people would fester due to inflammation of the wound, which eventually led to a large scar on the face, which was undoubtedly a fatal blow to women.
As for why the ink punishment will be ranked first among the five ancient punishments, mainly because the origin of the ink punishment is relatively early, in ancient times, the tattoo of the ink punishment was designed to restrain the escape of slaves. But it was found that this method of mental devastation and humiliation was more permanent than corporal punishment.
In addition, because this punishment is in a conspicuous position on the face, it can also play a warning effect to others. The main thing is that this punishment does not damage the human limb, and the prisoner can continue to work. And this cruel punishment was abolished until the end of the Qing Dynasty, and it really withdrew from the stage of history.