Lingchi (), also referred to as the “sluggish slicing” or “loss of life by a thousand cuts”, is a historic Chinese language methodology of capital punishment during which the condemned is slowly and methodically minimize to loss of life over an prolonged interval.
This ugly type of execution was sometimes reserved for probably the most heinous crimes, and was typically used as a strategy to terrorize and deter potential criminals. Lingchi was first used through the Tang Dynasty (618-907), and was finally abolished in 1905.
