There was a lot of torture in ancient times, why were these tortures invented?

Because there was no unified system in ancient times, the social system was quite chaotic. So in order to punish those who do many evils, torture was invented.

人彘 (zhàn) is the torture of removing all limbs and gouging out the eyes.

Hello, there were twenty-three kinds of torture in ancient times. You see which one you want to know. 1 Ling Chi, 2 car splits, 3 decapitation.

4. Chop in half and peel 5.

6 cannon branding and 7 palace punishments.

8 slashes and 9 pins.

10 buried alive. 11. Poison.

12 sticks. 13 laparotomy.

14. Intestine pumping. 15 shots.

16 Sinking River. 17 hanging.

18. Noodles. 19 amputated tongues.

20 pots. 21 Cooking.

22 large unloading eight pieces.

23 red embroidered shoes.

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It should be Ling Chi, cutting meat with a knife.

1. Ancient Chinese torture was a cruel criminal law for the purpose of executing or punishing prisoners, mainly including Ling Chi, beheading, beheading, skinning, cannon branding, palace punishment, etc. The famous ones are "Ten Tortures of the Manchu Dynasty" and "Ten Tortures of the Shang Dynasty".

2. Torture in the Shang Dynasty - gold code gourd strike, slashing, cannon branding, basin (ten thousand snake pits), burial punishment, preserved punishment, sitting on Jiachi slag Lu Shi, soup punishment, dripping punishment (dripping water punishment), gouging out the eyes, digging the heart (digging the heart), etc.

3. Manchu torture - skinning, waist beheading, car splitting, five punishments, Ling Chi, hanging, cooking, palace punishment, slashing punishment, inserting needles, burying alive, poisoning, stick punishment, sawing, breaking the vertebrae, filling lead, playing the pipa, pumping intestines, riding a beam and a wooden donkey, etc.

4. Folk torture - dipping pig cages, pinching fingers, human stakes, burning at the stake, red embroidered shoes, etc.

The reason why torture in ancient times was so cruel came from two aspects: the first was the lack of civilization, which made some people who stood on the power regard torture as a phenomenon of their own power; The second reason is that there is no perfect constitution, and when it comes to understanding the facts of a criminal's crime, there is no perfect system to judge it, and the result can only be obtained through torture. And as for who invented torture, it is only those who stand at the top of power who are qualified to do so.

There are three reasons why torture in ancient times was so cruel, the first was to set an example, the second was to make a fool of oneself, and the third was to vent one's anger。Whatever the reason, torture should not exist, as the old saying goes, "under a heavy sentence, there will be many grievances", and this is because torture has great drawbacks. <>

Some people in power will choose to use torture in order to deter people, so as to set an example. During the Qin Dynasty, there was a kind of torture for the waist beheading, this kind of criminal law is to use a huge axe, the blade is sharpened, fall from a height, directly cut off the waist of the person, the person who was executed will feel great pain in an instant, and then die immediately, because this criminal law is very cruel, so it is not common, but later there are also dynasties in use. <>

Some people in power will use torture in order to make a confession, which is why the ancients said, "Under heavy punishment, there will be many grievances". In ancient times, some ** in order to hand over or evade responsibility as soon as possible will choose to find a scapegoat, and directly use torture to force the person to admit that he has not done something, because the torture is too severe, so many people will choose to bear the responsibility they should not bear because they can't bear the torture. Because torture can easily be "tortured", many monarchs have cracked down on those who use torture.

Finally, some people use torture solely to vent their anger, the most typical example being Empress Dowager Lü during the Han Dynasty. Empress Dowager Lu was not favored at that time, so she was humiliated by the favored Mrs. Qi in every way, and later Mrs. Qi also wanted to rely on her favor to take away the crown prince of the son of Empress Dowager Lu, after Liu Bang's death, Empress Dowager Lu was in power, and the first thing was to find Mrs. Qi to vent her anger; Empress Dowager Lu ordered someone to cut off Mrs. Qi's hands and feet, and then soaked Mrs. Qi in a wine vat, and the name of this torture was "Ren Bi".

In general, torture always does more harm than good, so many wise monarchs have made it clear that torture will not be abused.

Because in ancient times it was a monarchy. There is no such thing as democracy. So in order to strengthen their own centralized rule.

The fear of the people is needed. When the people are afraid of the monarch. Fear of rulers.

Then his regime will be stable. So the feudal society of the monarchy will have a lot of torture, which is a deterrent for his people.

In ancient times, there was no advanced technology, and in order to obtain some information, they forcibly extorted confessions; In order to deter crime, when people are afraid, there may be less crime; Cater to superiors and exclude dissidents.

Because there have always been many wars in ancient times, each emperor conquered a piece of land, or changed a dynasty, in order to better and faster win the hearts of the people, so torture was generally used.