Note 306 — LV. THE VIRTUOUS DAUGHTER-IN-LAW.
Herbert Allen Giles translation
An illegal form of punishment, under the present dynasty, which authorizes only bambooing of two kinds, each of five degrees of severity; banishment, of three degrees of duration; transportation for life, of three degrees of distance; and death, of two kinds, namely, by strangulation and decapitation. That torture is occasionally resorted to by the officers of the Chinese Empire is an indisputable fact; that it is commonly employed by the whole body of mandarins could only be averred by those who have not had the opportunities or the desire to discover the actual truth. return to footnote anchor 306 return to footnote anchor 322