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China: An executioner or 'headsman' with his sword and a collection of severed heads....

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China: An executioner or 'headsman' with his sword and a collection of severed heads. Photographh taken at a prison in Canton (Guangzhou), late Qing period, c. 1900
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During the Qing dynasty, criminal justice was based on extremely detailed Great Qing Legal Code. One element of the traditional Chinese criminal justice system is the notion that criminal law has a moral purpose, one of which is to get the convicted to repent and see the error of his ways.

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China / Asia / asia / canton / historical images / historical / execution / asian / headsman / executioner / qing dynasty / historical pictures / chinese / history / guangzhou

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