The five corporal punishments used in ancient China (pre-Han), involving physical mutilation or execution: tattooing, nose-cutting, amputation, castration, and death.

墨、劓、刖、宫、大辟构成了中国古代早期的五刑。

The standardized system of five punishments used from the Han/Sui dynasties onwards: whipping, flogging, penal servitude, exile, and death.

《唐律》中详细规定了笞、杖、徒、流、死这五刑。