Confucianism has been established as The Orthodox Thought of China since the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and Confucian thought advocates "benevolent government", but in fact, the ancient rulers ostensibly respected Confucianism, but in fact ruled the country according to law, which is the so-called "external Confucianism and internal law". In order to maintain their rule, the ancient emperors formulated many cruel punishments, such as five horses dividing the corpse and a thousand knives, just listening to the name made people feel chilling. In ancient times, executioners were called "executioners," and each of them had blood on their hands. In the last years of the Qing Dynasty, with the use of guns, executions were gradually replaced by beheadings with guns, and the industry of executioners was gradually eliminated by the times.
Known as China's last executioner, Deng Haishan is said to have cut off the heads of more than 300 people in his lifetime, and after the Qing Dynasty abolished beheadings, he lost his job. The executioners we see in the TV series today are all big men, and they only wait for an order, and they will fall with their knives. To outsiders, the executioner's job is really simple, but in fact, beheading is a technical job that requires a long period of exercise. In ancient times, people were very superstitious, they believed that the executioner killed too many people, and in the future he would die eighteen layers of hell, so although the executioner's treatment was good, the average person was not willing to do this job.
Deng Haishan's choice to be an executioner is actually forced by life, he can't live in this life, then he can't go up and down hell! Although Deng Haishan was determined to be an executioner, he had to find a master. After finally finding a master, he had to practice the sword technique every day according to the master's instructions, and every day he wielded a large knife to see that there was nothing, which was actually to master the speed and strength. After getting familiar with the knife, he had to take the pumpkin to do an experiment, and the master drew a line on the pumpkin, and the knife edge must coincide with this line! To do this, it takes a long time to connect, and only then can it be accurate when beheading.
After practicing the knife technique, the most important thing is to practice, in fact, the executioner must overcome his inner tension, after all, it is a murder! Deng Haishan's first execution was also very nervous, and he meditated in his heart that the person he killed was a great traitor and a great evil, and that he killed him to eliminate harm for the people. Of course, the executioner's income is very good, in addition to the court to give them money, some criminals' families will also bribe them, hoping that they will give them a good time when they are executed.
Deng Haishan's old age was very torturous, he killed more than 300 people in his life, although this is his profession, but every night can not sleep, people also feel that he is heavy and unwilling to go near him. After the Qing Dynasty abolished beheading, the unemployed Deng Haishan decided to become a monk, and when the abbot of the temple heard that he was an executioner, he refused, and the abbot thought that his sins were too deep for the Buddha to survive.