Page:Ta Tsing Leu Lee (1810).pdf/89

 THE

OF

A.

N,

General Laws.

Rhombus 100x6.svg

I.

PRELIMINARY REGULATIONS.

— Description of the Ordinary Punishments.

HE lowest degree of punishment is a moderate correction inflicted with the lesser bamboo, in order that the transgressor of the law may entertain a sense of shame for his past, and receive a salutary admonition with respect to his future, conduct. Of this species of punishment there are five degrees:

The second degree, or division of punishment, is inflicted with the larger bamboo, and is subdivided in the following manner: Rh