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The punishments of China: 1804 book

Picture 6-41The NY Public Library has scans of an 1804 book from China that shows 22 engravings of common punishment methods of the day.

Shown here: a malefactor enduring the “punishment of the wooden collar.” Can anyone translate the Chinese characters on the collar?

Link (Via BibliOdyssey)

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