Taizong's hell

S15: Ninth court -
King Du Shi

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Single Scroll 15

Also perhaps belonging to the same set of scrolls as S11 and S14 (or at least of a similar style) but surviving in a better condition, S15 portrays the ninth court of King Dushi with traditional tortures such as the weighing of cheating merchants on scales, vertically rending and tiger attacks on hunters. Mulian and references to other narratives also appear among the clouds. (Image: 77 X 146 cm.)

According to a cartouche in a scroll from the Donnelly collection (p. 49), Jin Niang and Liu Shen -- here picture before the magistrate's desk -- advised others to eat meat.