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8. The hell where one must sit on sharp rocks.<br />

Tso-shan-tsien ^ [Jj ^c (!)•<br />

9. The hell where the victims wear iron jackets.<br />

Cli'wan-t'ieh i-shang W- $k & $£<br />

10. The hell where one is crushed beneath wooden beams, stones<br />

and earth.<br />

Muh-sliih t'eu-wa yah-choh ^s JB Wk JH M ^Ot<br />

11. The hell where the eye-balls are pierced (2).<br />

Cliah-yen-chu siao-ti-yuh ^ BJI ^ *b M Wt<br />

12. The hell where the mouth is filled with lime.<br />

Shih-hwui-tu-tsui ^B M ^ ^<br />

13. The hell where one is forced to swallow hot medicaldecoctions.<br />

Kwan-jeh-yoh-ti siao-ti-yuh $| ffc $} ffy ^ J| ffi<br />

14. The hell where the victims stumble on a road strewn with<br />

oily beans.<br />

Teu-tze-p'an-yiu-hwa-t'ah tieh-kioh jg. ^ ££ ffo iff" 81 %k M<br />

15. The hell where the lips are split.<br />

Lah-tsui. siao-ti-yuh jfj|j fl^ >J> jtfj $jfc (3).<br />

16. The hell where one is buried beneath a pile <strong>of</strong> gravel.<br />

farms.<br />

Sui-sheh-t'eu mai-shen #£ -§ jj|| j|| J^<br />

Culprits punished in these hells (4).<br />

1°. Those who did not pay dues, taxes and rents for their<br />

(1) See Illustration n° 46, where the victims are pierced with the sharp<br />

points <strong>of</strong> the rocks, while a demon prods thenvwith a three-pronged fork.<br />

(2) See Illustration n° 46, where a demon is depicted thrusting needles<br />

into the eyes.<br />

(3) Ldh $lj, to cut in two, to hack. Tsui P$, the lips,<br />

the mouth.<br />

Splitting the lips was formerly a cruel mode <strong>of</strong> torture in China. Williams.<br />

Dictionary <strong>of</strong> the Chinese Language.<br />

(4) All kinds <strong>of</strong> injustice, cheating and trickery, pilfering, niggardliness<br />

and hard-heartedness are punished in this hell.

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