五ご刑けい

noun

five punishments of ancient China

Refers to the ancient Chinese penal system: tattooing, cutting off the nose, cutting off a leg, castration or confinement, and death. Historical term used in discussions of Chinese legal history.

• 古こ代だい中ちゅう国ごくの五ご刑けいには、入いれ墨ずみや鼻はな削そぎなどが含ふくまれていた。

  The five punishments of ancient China included tattooing and cutting off the nose.

noun

five punishments of the ritsuryō system

Refers to the penal system under Japan's ritsuryō codes: light caning, severe caning, imprisonment, exile, and death. Historical term used in the context of Japanese legal history.

See also: 律令制

• 律りつ令りょう制せいにおける五ご刑けいは、笞ち、杖じょう、徒ず、流る、死しの五いつつである。

  The five punishments under the ritsuryō system were light caning, severe caning, imprisonment, exile, and death.