Branding (branding)

Also as"Paoge".1It is a kind of torture by the Zhou Dynasty. Xunzi·Yee soldiers ":"Zhou a dry, prison Jizi , for the stake."Redords of the Grand History of China·Yin Ji ":"People hope and princes have pan, so Zhou is heavy monarch, have Paoge method."Pei Yin cited the "local" solution set:"Paste the pillars, and the carbon guilty under, make line of Yan, then fall into the charcoal. Daji smile, fine sounding name Paoge punishment.""Sui Shu·Criminal annals ":"If Zhou by soup, do not make a Paoge, punishment and Li, Shou position according to the Hebrew, then convergence bridle, as Tian sou."

　　2Refers to the use of red hot iron seared the punishment of men. Qing - "Peach Blossom Fan·The hill ":"I was about to provincial constitution, draw the prison, but he Xingshu, and branding."Qing emperor Pu Songling "Strange tales from Liaozhai·Two business ":"The broken heart, the big business and Fu, branding."Lu Xun "·Blessing ":"She is like the branding like scaling back, face also become dark gray."

　　3Metaphor for the unbearable pain. Su Zhe song "the theory of·Sun Zhongmou."Wu Yue people in branding land, country with death."

　　4Ancient copper lattice with barbecue. Han Feizi·Yu Lao."Zhou nursery for meat, a branding, got worse hill, near the pool of wine."Yu Yue "Zhuzi thoughts·Han Feizi."Cover for the copper lattice, cloth fire under them, to take the meat meat eater in the nursery, the lattice gun and eat it."

Zhou made. Grease on the pillar, burning charcoal, a row column, fall into the charcoal. Also refers to torture. Qing Wang Tao "Wengyou rest on·Zhang Jigeng: a biography ":"To kill the thief Wu party hundred ten, Bing yuan died in branding death."

The Paoge, is a source of torture. Charcoal column (GE), heat is crawling column, namely falling carbon. Later the general term for the red hot iron burns the prisoner torture

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During the reign of King Zhou, a cruel punishment name in order to suppress the rebels set. Redords of the Grand History of China·Yin Ji ":"Zhou is also developed, with the method of branding."Smear oil on copper, the combustion of charcoal, barefoot walk in to teach inmates pillars, that is sure to slide down the slide, slide down and just fell to the burning coals.

Who invented branding

About branding punishment, legends and historical records are said to be Zhou for, that is to say, Ji Yuanqian is in Eleventh Century the Shang Dynasty. Xunzi·Yee soldiers "Ji Yun:"Zhou a dry, Qiu Ji Zi, as the stake."Han Feizi·Remember Yu Lao "cloud:"Zhou as meat garden, a branding, got worse Qiu, Lin wine pool."All say branding punishment is Zhou dry matter, but not in the eighteenth Century B.C. the Xia Dynasty. The "Han Feizi" said"A branding"The"Set"Word, more clear branding punishment is the invention of Zhou Dynasty.

Sima Qian wrote "historical records", taking the ancient legend, differentiate sources, is very careful, cautious. In the "Xia Ji", a powerful evil deeds, he only wrote"Jie not Wu De Wu hurt people, people"A sentence, said Xia Jie no invention or use branding. But in "Yin Ji", he is clearly written:"Zhou is a penalty provision, Paoge method". Paoge namely branding.

The Qing Dynasty famous jurist Shen Jiaben, in his famous work "test" in the history of criminal law, the criminal law status through detailed examination. What is the research results? In the section, he made four entries, said"Five Penalties","Corporal torture","The ransom","Nulu"Each of the objective, content, no branding. But in the day, he listed clearly"Branding"This entry, the entry of the evidence, is the "records of the historian·Yin Ji "contained"Zhou is a penalty provision, Paoge method".

Writing in his neighbor's historical romance, is also say branding punishment is Zhou invention, did not see that Jie invented. As Mr. Chen Zhichang wrote "China ancient kingdoms" on a detailed description of Zhou and his concubine Daji invented branding punishment after, but did not have what relation to Jie and branding. Although this is a novel, there are many details are supposed to come out, but the story of the backbone is true. This book is in the Chinese ancient widespread myths, legends, geology, biology, archaeology, epigraphy, oracle bones, classical books and modern works in many aspects of historical materials, choose the more credible, popular, easy, with a story of description, a novel.