How cruel it was to wear cangue in ancient times (the shackles worn by ancient prisoners)

The ancient cangue was indeed cruel, but it was not the norm. It is unreasonable to discuss whether tort

How cruel it was to wear cangue in ancient times (the shackles worn by ancient prisoners)

The ancient cangue was indeed cruel, but it was not the norm. It is unreasonable to discuss whether torture tools are cruel without considering the actual situation. As for those with seals, they are basically affixed before transporting prisoners. The purpose is to be afraid that the team transporting the prisoners will release the prisoners without permission, and then find someone else to take the fall. This is naturally impossible to get rid of, but the ancient ranks can generally meet some reasonable requirements of you, such as convenience and tickling.

1. Who is wearing a flail?

Cangue does bring people very painful instruments of torture, but not everyone wants to "enjoy" this kind of instruments of torture. People who can enjoy this kind of torture are generally murderers and Jiang Yang thieves. If anyone likes traditional drama, they will find that Susan in Susan's commentary also wears a cangue. She wore a cangue because she was killed by mistake. Basically, people who steal or cheat don't need to wear flail. Modern felons have to wear handcuffs and shackles, which cannot be called abuse.

2. When do you wear cangue?

Although wearing a cangue is a privilege that only ancient felons can enjoy. But they don't always have to bear this privilege. Usually, they will be taken to other places for trial or serving their sentences. The reason is also very simple, to prevent escape or resistance. In ancient times, it was not easy for people who dared to kill, and it was not a realistic thing that the team responsible for escorting prisoners had peerless martial arts.

Wearing cangue can effectively prevent prisoners from resisting or escaping, and it is also a kind of protection for the team escorting prisoners. After all, there were not many things like Lin Chong that were unlucky enough to offend powerful people and were scheduled to die halfway in ancient times. So wearing a cangue is a relatively reasonable choice.

3. How uncomfortable is it to wear a cangue?

As mentioned in the question, the cangue is called the mobile station cage. In fact, if you really try, you will find it less uncomfortable. Because although the fetters limit the activities of the hands, the body itself is very limited, and activities such as twisting the waist and squatting are basically unrestricted. Moreover, if you want to lie down, you won't feel too uncomfortable lying on the front (provided that you need a pillow) because this problem has been taken into account in the later shackles, especially when the position where the neck should stay is adjusted backwards, and the margin between the neck and the back is about one inch, so lying on the front is completely painless.

Moreover, considering the ancient productivity and human rights, wearing cangue is really a very humanized design. On the basis of limiting prisoners' resistance to the maximum extent, it is also a manifestation of fully respecting prisoners' human rights in ancient times to fully consider comfort.

In a word, wearing cangue is really not so unacceptable, especially in the feudal environment of ancient China. Wearing cangue is a time-saving, labor-saving, safe and environmentally friendly way, and I have to admire the wisdom of the ancients here.