TranslationRecompense for murder and arson. | |
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A second example of the rice-husking machine from another hell scroll (S9).
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A third example of the rice-husking machine from another hell scroll (C1). | |
A fourth example of the rice-husking machine from another hell scroll (B3). | |
A fifth example of the rice-husking machine from another hell scroll (I3). Yet in this case we are witnessing a moment of merciful intercession. Above (not pictured), Guanyin is entering the court, pouring her elixir to rescue the damned. Here one of the people about to be tortured is pointing to the flowing mercy which is transforming itself into lotus blossoms, including where the pestle is coming into contact with his colleague. | |
A sixth example of the rice-husking machine from another hell scroll (J4). | |
A seventh example of the rice-husking machine from another hell scroll (L07). | |
An eighth example of the rice-husking machine from another hell scroll (M02), here punishing unfilial children. | |
An example of the rice husking machine in the late Qing woodblock text Fengxing jueshi zhenjing 奉行覺世真經 (1882). |