How do you say hanging in ancient times?

"Give HongLing or White Silk", HongLing and White Silk are hanging tools used by ancient emperors to make people die.

Giving HongLing is the punishment of strangulation in ancient times, that is, giving you a piece of red cloth to hang yourself. Both HongLing and Bai Ling were hanged, but HongLing was used for big crimes and Bai Ling was used for small crimes. HongLing and Bailing were hanging tools used by ancient emperors to execute people. It's just a long red cloth or a long white cloth.

The system of giving death is unique to the autocratic monarchy in ancient China. People with special status (nobles, ministers, handmaiden or concubines, etc.). ) was given poisoned wine, swords, silks, ropes and other things and executed himself.

The origin of the system of granting death

The system of granting death should have originated from Shang Dynasty at the earliest. The Shang Dynasty formed a relatively complete aristocratic hierarchy. The "royal family" who is related to the Shang king by blood and kinship is the main body of the Shang nobility.

In the Shang society, clan kinship played an important role, regardless of family and country, and the relationship between monarch and minister was close, which naturally led to the formation of the concept of integration of monarch and minister, from which the concept of "punishment is not as good as doctor" was directly deduced. On the other hand, the Shang Dynasty had a relatively complete criminal law.

Throughout its criminal law, no matter from the lightest corporal punishment to the heaviest death penalty, it has a strong punishment and insult to prisoners. In this sense, it is an insult to the Shang King himself to directly punish the aristocratic ministers who are related to the Shang King, which is definitely not conducive to the dignity and stability of the entire aristocratic ruling system centered on the Shang King.