宫刑

宮刑

gōngxíng

noun #64,223

Meanings

HSK 7-9

宫刑是古代一种非常残酷的刑罚。

Gōngxíng shì gǔdài yì zhǒng fēicháng cánkù de xíngfá.

Castration was an extremely cruel punishment in ancient times.

HSK 7-9

司马迁受了宫刑以后，忍着屈辱写完了《史记》。

Sīmǎ Qiān shòu le gōngxíng yǐhòu, rěn zhe qūrǔ xiěwán le 《 Shǐjì 》.

After suffering castration, Sima Qian bore the humiliation and finished the Records of the Grand Historian.

history

Also called 腐刑, it was one of the 五刑 of early China. 司马迁 suffered it for speaking up for the general 李陵, and wrote of the shame in his letter to 任安.

宫 gōng

刑 xíng