古代的刑罚是相当发达的。我们今天看到的刑具只是其中一小部分。像“五马分尸”“千刀万剐”“宫刑”这类酷刑更是惨无人道，骇人听闻。
gǔdài de xíngfá shì xiāngdāng fādá de 。wǒmen jīntiān kàndào de xíngjù zhǐshì qízhōng yì xiǎo bùfen 。xiàng “wǔmǎfēnshī ”“qiāndāowànguǎ ”“gōngxíng ”zhèlèi kùxíng gèng shì cǎnwúréndào ，hàiréntīngwén 。
Punishments in antiquity were very advanced. The torture devices we've seen today are a few of them. Punishments like being drawn and quartered, being hacked apart by knives or castration were even more appalling and brutal.