In ancient times, Zhao Gao was the most famous punishment for cutting off the waist.

Among the top ten punishments in ancient China, in addition to the famous punishment of year-end, rape and stripping, there is another kind of punishment that is very cruel, that is, cutting off the prisoner directly from the waist, which is as cruel as riding a wooden donkey, making people die slowly in pain and fear, and giving people a kind of psychological and physical damage.

Slaughter a person: the punishment of painful beheading is similar to that in ancient times, but after beheading, a person dies directly, but beheading is different. It makes a person die slowly, and this punishment has been around since the Zhou Dynasty. Generally, the prisoner is tied under a knife or a huge axe before execution, and then the person is cut in half from the waist with great falling force.

Because people's main organs are located in the upper part, their minds are still relatively clear, so people who are punished by waist cutting will not die immediately. Most people died of severe pain and excessive blood loss, which is really cruel, not only for prisoners, but also for people watching the punishment.

There are many beheaded people in history. Except for Li Si, the prime minister of Qin State, who was framed and rebelled by Zhao Gao, many historical celebrities were beheaded.

Celebrities beheaded: 1, Chao Cuo (the physician of Emperor Han Jingdi)

Chao Cuo, an ancient imperial counselor in Han Dynasty. When Han Jinggang succeeded to the throne, many vassals in various fiefs had plans for their own government to list the soil, so Chao Cuo, an ancient scholar, wrote to Han Jing to demand implementation? Cut off Francisco? Realizing this problem, Emperor Han Jing agreed to Chao Cuo's policy of reducing vassals. Although the purpose is very good, because the policy has been implemented. One size fits all? The way, and very radical, was opposed by C.

So the prince of Wu and Liu Bi joined hands with seven other princes? Jun Qing side, over Chao Cuo? In the name of rebellion, the rebels were in full swing all the way, plus the pressure from the ministers of the DPRK. In order to ease the contradictions inside and outside Korea, Emperor Han Jing ordered Chao Cuo to go to court, suddenly arrested him and sentenced him to a penalty of half. It is said that Chao Cuo, who was sentenced to half a sentence, died a few minutes later.

2. Debate monk (having an affair with Princess Gaoyang)

The debating monk was a student of Master Xuanzang in the Tang Dynasty. He is young and handsome and has read many classic works. By chance, he met Princess Gaoyang, the favorite daughter of Emperor Taizong. At this time, Princess Gaoyang was unhappy after marriage because of her political marriage. After meeting the debating machine monk in Shuai Shuai, they had an affair for seven or eight years, during which they had two sons.

Later, because the secret jade pillow given to him by Princess Gaoyang was stolen by thieves, their affair was revealed to the world. When Emperor Taizong learned about this, he felt that the royal family had been humiliated by them, but he loved his daughter very much, so he ordered the monk to be beheaded.

3. Yu Hongtu (the last person to be beheaded)

Yu Hongtu, who studied politics in Henan during the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty, was the invigilator of the imperial examination. In order to frame him, he posted the examination materials behind the official uniform of Hongtu, without knowing it, which led to cheating in the examination room. After the incident, Yong Zhengdi ordered him to be beheaded.

Because of the sudden incident, Yu Hongtu didn't have time to bribe the executioner, so when beheading, he slowly put down his knife to slow down his death. After being beheaded, Yu Hongtu was in great pain and wrote seven letters on the ground. Tragedy? When the word died, Yongzheng thought it was too cruel to cut his waist, and ordered it to be abolished. Yu Hongtu became the last person to be beheaded in the history of China.