Taizong's hell

S5: Second court -
King Chu Jiang

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Single Scroll 5

According to the document on the magistrate's desk, S5 represents the second court of King Chu Jiang even though Mdm Meng is here serving her tea of forgetfulness. Unfortunately the text to the left is no longer decipherable, but the vase on the right contains lots listing lifespans. The focus of this scroll is not on tortures, and the upper half is devoted to stellar deities. It most likely belonged to the same set as S6. (Image: 66 X 153 cm.)

The container of bamboo sticks on the righthand side of the judge's desk are all inscribed with numbers, and as evident on scrolls elsewhere (e.g. the Vidor collection, p. 31), that number indicates how many strokes or lashes are to be meted out as punishment.