五刑 wǔxíng

wǔxíng noun imperial five punishments of feudal China
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Up to Han times: tattooing characters on the forehead 墨[mo4], cutting off the nose 劓[yi4], amputation of one or both feet 刖[yue4], castration 宮|宫[gong1], execution 大辟[da4 pi4]; Han dynasty onwards: whipping 笞[chi1], beating the legs and buttocks with rough thorns 杖[zhang4], forced labor 徒[tu2], exile or banishment 流, capital punishment 死 (CC-CEDICT '五刑')

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  • Scroll 4 Qing Guanyin Jing Shu Chan Yi Chao 請觀音經疏闡義鈔 — count: 5
  • Scroll 5 Tan Jin Wenji 鐔津文集 — count: 3
  • Scroll 1 Bian Zheng Lun 辯正論 — count: 2
  • Scroll 25 Guang Hong Ming Ji 廣弘明集 — count: 2 , has English translation
  • Scroll 3 Hongming Ji (Collection on the Propagation and Clarification of Buddhism) 弘明集 — count: 2 , has English translation
  • Scroll 2 Fo Zu Lidai Tong Zai 佛祖歷代通載 — count: 2
  • Scroll 3 Ming Bao Ji 冥報記 — count: 1 , has English translation
  • Scroll 1 Po Xie Lun 破邪論 — count: 1
  • Scroll 1 Hongming Ji (Collection on the Propagation and Clarification of Buddhism) 弘明集 — count: 1 , has English translation
  • Scroll 55 Fa Yuan Zhu Lin 法苑珠林 — count: 1

Collocations

  • 岂止五刑 (豈止五刑) 豈止五刑而作戒 — Fo Zu Lidai Tong Zai 佛祖歷代通載, Scroll 11 — count: 3
  • 制五刑 (製五刑) 制五刑於現在 — Bian Zheng Lun 辯正論, Scroll 1 — count: 3
  • 五刑关 (五刑關) 犯五刑關三木被箠楚嬰金鐵者 — Guang Hong Ming Ji 廣弘明集, Scroll 25 — count: 2
  • 加五刑 (加五刑) 備加五刑 — Po Xie Lun 破邪論, Scroll 1 — count: 2
  • 五刑辅弼 (五刑輔弼) 亦以五刑輔弼之 — Prajñāpāramitā Heart Sūtra 般若波羅蜜多心經, Scroll 1 — count: 2
  • 犯五刑 (犯五刑) 犯五刑關三木被箠楚嬰金鐵者 — Guang Hong Ming Ji 廣弘明集, Scroll 25 — count: 2
  • 备五刑 (備五刑) 竟備五刑 — Ming Bao Ji 冥報記, Scroll 3 — count: 2