A Study On Cipei Punishment In The Song Dynasty

The Cipei punishment in the Song Dynasty is a special punishment system that punishes prisoners who have committed serious crimes by means of the rod spine,the thorn face and the distribution flow.It integrates three punishments of the rod spine,the thorn face and the distribution fiow.In the early Song Dynasty,in order to reflect the court’s leniency,all punishments except death penalty were converted into stick punishment instead of punishment,which led to the problem of excessive death penalty and light life sentence.The Cipei Punishment came into being.At first,it was mainly used to accompany the death penalty of accomplices,including felony such as thieves and stolen goods,but with the development of time,the scope of application continued to expand,causing many problems.The implementation of the Cipei punishment is a complicated process and contains many details.For example,the specific number of beat,the specifications of the rod,the specific location of the thorn,and the specifications of the thorn.In addition,sending prisoners to the distribution area is also an important task,which includes not only preparations such as home registration but also various issues in the specific escort process,the identity of the prisoner,whether the prisoner can bring his family,and the prisoner being escorted.During the process,escape,death,etc.occurred.At the same time,the choice of the location is also the focus of the implementation of the Cipei punishment.Whether a place can accept prisoners and whether a large number of prisoners are needed in a certain place will change with the passage of time.Therefore,the change of the location is also the focus of our discussion.After a prisoner is sentenced to banish,there will be different treatments depending on the severity of the crime.Some prisoners will be released and some prisoners can only be moved step by step,while some prisoners cannot leave their stabbing location for life.Therefore,the court’s kindness to prisoners is also worthy of our discussion.The Cipei punishment in the Song Dynasty was a special penalty system that punished the criminals who committed felonies by means of rod spine,stinger and diversion.