What is the punishment for women who are not happy, "Moc Lu" that is more terrifying than deat.h?

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Not as comfortable as it is today, ancient Chinese society was extremely respectful of men and women, women could only listen to the arrangements of the family, and when they grew up, they worshipped their husbands like fathers without a voice at all.

Therefore, the ancient woman had to suffer all the warmth, being treated unfairly, even a small act such as laughing at a stranger of the opposite se.x was considered unjust and guilty. And those who are involved outside will b.e hate.d by the world, and at the same time suffer many punishments. "Moc Lu" is one of them.

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So what was the punishment of "Mu Lu" that made ancient Chinese female prisoners more afraid than deat.h?

In China's feudal history, there was a cruel punishment reserved for female prisoners named "Mu Lu". The name sounds beautiful, but in reality, this is a terrible tortur.e, making many female prisoners when faced with it choose to leave on their own instead of having to endure. This punishment is also known as the "Wooden Horse Punishment" and is usually applied to women who are accuse.d of failing to keep morals.

According to records, the first person to suffer this punishment was Vuong Ba - the character who is said to have arranged the sinful marriage between Phan Kim Lien and Ximen Khanh in the work "Thuy Hu". In the novel, Wang Ba was tried by Vo Tong, but in history, she was actually arrested and put on trial, finally applying the punishment of "riding a wooden horse".

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A wooden horse is a type of tool with a hollow body, four legs on wheels. Inside the horse's belly there is a special set of mechanisms consisting of levers and "fair wheels". When the wheel moves, it causes the horse's back to rise and fall. The female prisoner was forced to sit on this horse and was pushed to a street parade. In the process, the continuous movement of the internal mechanism will impact the prisoner's body, causing the organs to be seriously damaged, even shattered before reaching the courtroom.

Later, people even changed this punishment to a more terrible level by replacing the wooden stick on the horse's back with a specially shaped tool. When the prisoner is placed up, the mechanism of movement causes the instrument to open inside the body, then continuously close, rotate and crush the soft tissues. It was so overwhelming that the female prisoner could hardly bear it.

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Convicted women often suffer not only physical abus.e but also public stigma and humiliatio.n. They were strippe.d naked and paraded in the streets, with signs clearly stating their names and crimes on their bodies. In feudal society, honor for a woman is extremely important, so being stigmatized like that is even more cruel than deat.h.

During the procession, the prisoners were not only insulted and thrown objects by the people, but also touched by the guards. In order to prevent female prisoners from dying too early on the road, the guards sometimes even perform evil acts against them before executio.n, in order to "enlarge" their bodies to prolong their endurance.

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In addition to the punishment of "Moc Lu", ancient women also had to face a series of other types of punishment if they did not keep morality.

Finger clip

This is the most popular tool in ancient times, widely applied in the Tang, Song, Ming and Qing dynasties. Women who are suspected of having an extramarital relationship will have to put 4 fingers in and then be pressed down. There is a saying "Ten fingers connected to the heart", when a woman can't stand it and faints, she will be poured cold water to wake up again to suffer the hardship.

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Bull tendon whip

In the Song, Ming, and Qing dynasties, women in the harem who committed the crime of virginity or resistance to fate would be strippe.d naked, using a staff in the shape of a whip or a stick (a scepter is a form of hitting a person with a whip or stick). The bull's tendon whip was also applied by the nuns in the green rooms to prostitutes when they refused to obey.

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Chastity belt

This is a type of iron underwear, also known as a "virgin belt" for women who are careless. When the husband was away, he was worried that his wife would be curious about the stamp outside, so he used this object to lock his wife's reproductive organs, making her unable to perform acts with other men. There are many women who have discharge cheeks due to rubbing with the virgin belt, infected with worms and di.e.

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The pear suffers

This was the punishment for TD criminals, women who were attributed to "having se.x with Satan" or for gay men in the Middle Ages. The iron "pear" would be placed in the victi.m's two sensitive parts and then the screws would help adjust the opening of the sharp blades to crush the body part that had to be inflicted, causing deat.h to the prisoners in most cases.

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Iron Virgin

Some documents say that this tool was once used in some European countries. The shape of the iron virgin attracted the attention of many people when it was created in the form of a virgin. This all-out tool is designed to be hollow inside like a small chamber. The front of the iron virgin has a lid with the inside covered with spikes, only enough room for 1 person inside.

When she was struck by an iron virgin, the female prisoner would not be able to move because the sharp thorns made of iron constantly pierced her body. In order to increase the level of multiplication for prisoners, it is also possible to pierc.e iron spikes inside the iron virgin. As a result, inmates suffer extreme physical pai.n when pierced by sharp objects, losing bloo.d gradually over a long period of time before dying.

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The above punishments reflect gender inequality and patriarchy in feudal society. Women do not have the right to freedom and are often punished more severely than men in cases involving morality and virginity.

Today, thanks to the development of human civilization and the idea of gender equality, these forms of equality have been eliminated. Women in many parts of the world have won freedom, equality with men, and the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities. However, in some culturally backward areas, there are still forms of oppression against women, requiring society to continue to fight to protect their rights.

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