The death penalty has not existed since ancient times, but in the history of China, the death penalty, as the most severe punishment, appeared very early. In the legendary Three Emperors' era, the methods of punishment for violating customs and habits were "throwing" (you can't type the original word and hold a "throwing") and exile, and there was no death penalty or corporal punishment. Until the Five Emperors era, that is, after the emergence of state private ownership, there was already the death penalty. According to Shangshu? According to Hao Tao Mo, there are five kinds of death penalty in the Five Emperors' era: having a country, having a conscience, having a career, one day and two days, all of which belong to different nationalities. The ancient penalty system in China developed to Xia Dynasty, and gradually established a system with "five punishments" as the main body, namely "Mo, Mo, Mo, Gong and Da Punishment", in which "Da Punishment" was the death penalty. Therefore, the death penalty with a more comprehensive scope of application in the real sense comes from the "big monarch". At this point, the death penalty is no longer only applicable to foreigners, but also has a wider scope of application. In addition to outsiders, there are also some people who seriously violate social order.
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