The ancients would rather be tortured than commit suicide.

There were many kinds of punishments in ancient China, some of which were very severe torture. If you commit a crime and are sentenced to these punishments, then even if you are not dead, it will be a complete torture for people. Of course, after these tortures, the probability of not dying is relatively low, and most prisoners will still be tortured to death. Knowing that you will die is very painful, why not commit suicide? Although they are all dead, at least they can suffer less.

In fact, it's not that prisoners don't want to commit suicide, but that they don't have a chance to commit suicide. Just like Liu Jin, the eunuch who was sentenced to the New Year Festival, he was sentenced to three days to finish the New Year Festival. In order not to let him die early, there are also special people to feed him so that he will not die so early. These prisoners sentenced to torture are generally under strict supervision, and even have instruments of torture to prevent suicide. After wearing shackles and handcuffs, even if you want to commit suicide, you can't help it. The so-called tongue biting in TV series is simply unreliable, not to mention that ordinary people don't have the courage to bite their tongues to commit suicide. Even if you have the courage, the probability of death by biting your tongue is very low, and the final result can only be a little more crime, but you are not dead yet.

And in ancient times, if the prisoner committed suicide, it would implicate the guards. In order not to punish themselves, the guards generally do their duty and resolutely do not give prisoners the opportunity to commit suicide.

There are still some people who will not commit suicide even if they are tortured to death, among whom Shi Dakai is the representative. Shi Dakai was divided by years and died without saying a word. This situation is nothing more than unwillingness. I would rather be tortured to death than kneel for mercy.