Lingchi (), also referred to as the “sluggish slicing” or “loss of life by a thousand cuts”, is a historic Chinese language technique of capital punishment by 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 usually used as a technique to terrorize and deter potential criminals. Lingchi was first used in the course of the Tang Dynasty (618-907), and was ultimately abolished in 1905.
