What is Lingchi?
[[File:Lingchi (cropped).jpg|thumb|A prisoner put to death by ''Lingchi''. (10 April 1905)]] '''Lingchi''', '''slow slicing''' or '''death by a thousand cuts''' was a method of execution by [[dismemberment]] used primarily in [[China]], but also used in [[Vietnam]] and [[Korea]] from 900 to 1900. In this method, a [[knife]] was used to methodically cut off various portions of the body, eventually resulting in death. Lingchi was reserved for crimes deemed especially heinous such as [[high treason]] and the process continued a while after the victim had died. [[File:Martyrdom of Joseph Marchand.jpg|thumb]] [[Category:Capital punishment]]