Ling Chi: Death by a Thousand Cuts, in Pictures
- Author: Artefact
- Categories: H, International, News
- Date: Dec 3, 2009 22:28 JST
- Tags: Bizarre, China, Crime, Execution, Guro, History, Image Gallery
The ancient Chinese execution method known as “death by a thousand cuts,” or in Chinese as Ling Chi or Leng T’che, which as the name suggests involves slicing apart a live criminal, is documented in the grotesque yet fascinating photographic record reproduced below:
The actual practice, though undeniably brutal, differs somewhat from the mythologised version in which victims are slowly sliced into thousands of pieces over days in order to prolong their suffering to untold levels.
Historians think instead that the practice normally took the form of tying down the subject before a crowd, and then slicing off breasts, major muscles and eventually limbs and the head in a process unlikely to have lasted more than half an hour. Death must have occurred long before the procedure was complete.
“Merciful” variations might involve drugging the subject or dispatching them with a blow to the heart early on in the process.
These photographs date from 1904 (they were taken by French observers); the practice was finally abolished in 1905 after being a common punishment for a thousand years. Other grisly execution practices at the time included killing the entire family of the accused or leaving them in a cage to expire naturally.
China has come a long way in 100 years, though not clearly not nearly as far as some would hope…


























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That's SICK!
Oh... First...
You think this is sick? Wait til you see the sit-on-bamboo-and-let-it-grow-into-you torture method.
So you suggest that it is normal? Anon, you must've had really hard life.
Oh shit Carve that Turkey. It's late but Happy Thanks Giving you guys!!
The majority of world have in some point of it's history a executin method, and it isn't for punish a criminal, but to make the population have fear to commite a forbidden act. It's just a diferent method. The more classical are Dismemberment , Impalement, Decapitation and Crucification.
Well cruelty is another thing where Japan is still superior. This is nothing.
To be fair, these torture methods were imposed on the Chinese by their Manchu conquerors and not by the Chinese themselves.
Just as the Japanese later does to the Chinese again a few decades after these photos were taken..
Heh funny how those torture methods that was said of what Japan did to China, Japan never had those practices done before that said time.
It's also funny how those methods were more of what the Chinese was doing before...
LOL "Manchuu conquerors", what descendant of Chinese are you? I'd say American Chinese who only learned some random stuff about China through the internet. Chinese is Chinese and the friggin place was fighting each other all the time, just like Japan. Asia is a motherfucking war driven region. It's in our fucking bloods. That's why we argue and bullshit to each other still to this date.
The only way to redirect our rage is through ejaculation. That's right, if sanakakucomplex would post more porn related stuff and ppl just jacked off all the time, the world would be a more peaceful place less the angry Asians.
fuuuckkkinggg trooollllllll
http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/12/03/ling-chi-death-by-a-thousand-cuts-in-pictures/#comment-373042
Haaaahh! The best way to mitigate my disgust is through inappropriate humor! HAAHHH!
Therefore, *fapfapfap*.
...damn lo-rez images!
The Japanese are so stupid and ignorant at present!
So when will we get to see the Nick Berg video on SanCon?
France in the dark ages rougly had Two Thousand different method of legally executing a criminal some of them included melting iron, sulphur, rats and the criminal anal cavities, long shard of burning wood, and even sometimes the bible. And when the guy did something really bad all of that at the same time.
I dare say that this is not sick, this is barbaric and show a certain lack of creativity.
I didn't know all those things melted!
The Japanese are so stupid or ignorant at present!
I'm not sure what country is accredited to this, but I've heard of this one torture method where a rat is trapped under a copper bowl placed on a man's stomach. A fire is lit on the top of the bowl, and since it conducts heat well, causes the rat enough discomfort to burrow downwards.
I've heard of that one too. I saw it in a movie once (but with a metal bucket and a blowtorch). Probably a country in Europe though.
that was a movie....
man I wish I hadnt looked at this, horrendous and if it was a women chopping of the breasts is disgusting looks like the guy was alive til he lost his arms.
A thousand cuts? I can only see about four in the pictures. What a con!
I guess It kinda make sense that the worst tortures are from china.. I've heard that they try out new drugs on the peasants, killing thousands, so that the emperor can get a side-effect-free drugs..
You see? That's what you get for believing the leader is God! Thank goodness for democracy..
You idiot. You think that's just China? What do you think "Tennou" means? At least before WWII?
I don't want to know.
And I don't like my sankaku turning into gurochan >_>
It means civilization to those uncouth chinese Savages.
Certainly Japan was better then COMMUNISM.
no, it wasn't.
At least communism is a form of government beyond monarchy, which is what Japan had till the US arrived, and blew away the illusion the God-Emperor had.
Idiots stop. Chinese first had Emperors which were considered as descendant lines from their Gods, then this guy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Yat-sen
now called the Father of the Nation got pissed and overthrew the Qing Dynasty and formed the Republic Party in China.
So now Republic Party have the money and power.
Other bitches want power too and influenced by communism formed the Communist Party.
Republic Party and Communist Party were at war too and Republic having more money was winning cuz Communists had no money.
Japan attacked then Republic and Communist formed a truce to not fight each other and fought against Japan together. After Japan announced defeat after the Hiroshima Bomb, Communists took the weapons from Japan and broke the truce then drove the Republicans to a little island called Taiwan.
So that was the long story short, fucking idiots.
Thats not Communist China morons, that was still the Qing dynasty.
wow awesome history explanation definitely better that old history book i used to read
Hell yeah! Bring on the Gurochan!
It's Japan that thinks their leader is big-g-God, not China.
Too bad you are an idiot Chinese or not even Chinese. Emperors in China were considered as descendants of God.
If you rule, then your family received mandate from heaven, until your descendants cause the people to rebel at which point your entire family gets wiped out.
Chinese imperial theory is based on Heavenly Mandate, not divine lineage. A bad Emperor can and should be disposed of when he loses his mandate.
你终于发现了
this is sick stupid bloody site this is just wrong and did i mention sick :@
yummy.
Don't let the door hit you on the way out.
What? China? AGAIN?
I lol'd. Though, this is not a laughing matter since my eerie self can't handle guros such as this. :<
The Qing dynasty has 10 major torture.
How many does CIA have? Hundreds? I googled the CIA torture manual and there's plenty of ways there.
Do you not know ENGLISH ? he mention 10major which mean there are still others method
but with the lack of valid documentation it can not be taken into account that ancient china actually has man grisly tortures, at least not as many as the inhumane America.
I imagine the CIA use much more psychological methods, like they do in Guantanamo bay.
Stop being such a damn nihilist anyway, like America is the worst place to live. Try living in a Iran, then tell me what torture is.
NAOTO DISU SHITTO AGEIN!
Dumb dumb troll america is nothing compare to the china fuckers 90% of they "Torture" result of you going home without a head, as IF you survive of course. :)
Not again, that is pretty old and isn't done anymore...
I'm kinda glad it's not in color
From what I heard expert executioners can keep the criminal alive until the final (1000th) blow. I guess legends are just legends.
They'd have to use hot blades to immediately stop beading with each cut, then they could in theory prolong the whole procedure for some time. Guess it takes a lot of training to get the maximum amount of pain without the candidate's early exodus.
Not that I'd like to have either side of it. Kind of a little unsettling, isn't it..
u could just use a lightsaber
And let them be legends only, not the truth...