Lingchi
Lingchi ([lǐŋʈʂʰɻ̩̌]; Chinese: 凌遲), translated variously as the slow process, the lingering death, or slow slicing, and also known as death by a thousand cuts, was a form of torture and execution used in China from roughly 900 CE up until the practice ended around the early 1900s. It was also used in Vietnam and Korea. In this form of execution, a knife was used to methodically remove portions of the body over an extended period of time, eventually resulting in death.
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Lingchi in traditional (top) and simplified (bottom) Chinese characters | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 凌遲 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 凌迟 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Vietnamese alphabet | tùng xẻo lăng trì | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hán-Nôm | 丛刟 凌遲 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Lingchi was reserved for crimes viewed as especially heinous, such as treason. Even after the practice was outlawed, the concept itself has still appeared across many types of media.
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