Death by a Thousand Cuts

Death by a Thousand Cuts PDF

Author: Timothy Brook

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 2008-03-15

Total Pages: 342

ISBN-13: 9780674027732

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In Beijing in 1904, multiple murderer Wang Weiqin became one of the last to suffer the extreme punishment known as lingchi, called by Western observers “death by a thousand cuts.” This is the first book to explore the history, iconography, and legal contexts of Chinese tortures and executions from the 10th century until lingchi’s abolition in 1905.